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Monday, December 2, 2013

Emily Nussbaum: “Sam & Cat,” “Six by Sondheim” reviews. by Emily Nussbaum

Despite my profession, there’s plenty of television I don’t watch: cooking shows and Fox News, the sixteen post-Vegas seasons of “The Real World,” sports that are not…

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Emily Nussbaum: Comic aggression in “Moms Mabley” and “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.” by Emily Nussbaum

An old lady sways back and forth onstage, working her jaw. “Can’t no old man do nothin’ for me but bring me a message from a young man,” she says. Her eyes widen, her…

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Emily Nussbaum: “Bunheads” review. by Emily Nussbaum

The sixth episode of “Bunheads,” a new series on ABC Family, ended with an odd sequence worth rewinding. Three teen ballerinas stared straight into the camera—eyelids smudged, beatnik-…

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Hate-Watching "Smash" by Emily Nussbaum

Since its delightful pilot, the show has taken a nosedive so deep I'm surprised my ears haven't popped. All the caveats I noted but dismissed in my earlier review have become the definingly …

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

76 Minutes With Marlo Thomas -- New York Magazine by Emily Nussbaum

Backstage and out on the town with the feminist TV pioneer, now in the limelight again, as a "dumb blonde."

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 09:50PM

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