For 44 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Emily Nussbaum's Scores

  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 30
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 44
  2. Negative: 5 out of 44
44 tv reviews
    • Metascore: 87
    • Emily Nussbaum 100
    From the moment I saw the pilot of Girls, I was a goner, a convert.
    • Metascore: 99
    • Emily Nussbaum 100
    Breaking Bad [is] a radical type of television, and also a very strange kind of must-watch: a show that you dread and crave at the same time.
    • Metascore: 82
    • Emily Nussbaum 100
    Behind the Candelabra succeeds precisely because it doesn’t care much about health or what constitutes a good role model--it shows respect for a complicated marriage simply by making it real.
    • Metascore: 73
    • Emily Nussbaum 90
    Episodes is great--the sharpest sitcom debut this year. Among other excellent qualities, it's actively funny, with none of the dramedy lumpiness that spoils other half-hour offerings (bad camp, faux-energy badinage, heavy-handed sentimentality).
    • Metascore: 79
    • Emily Nussbaum 90
    Smash does a very satisfying job of merging the pleasures of "American Idol" and commercial Broadway, placing the "hummable melody" dead center and prioritizing fun over absolute authenticity.
    • Metascore: 94
    • Emily Nussbaum 90
    The new episodes start well, then keep improving, with narrative clarity and a fresh visual beauty.