Rather than bemoan pop culture’s most divisive genre, Emily Nussbaum spends time with the creators, the stars and the victims of the decades-long effort to generate buzz. Credit...Miguel Porlan ...

Across 14 chapters, Nussbaum successfully walks a tightrope. Avoiding censure and trivialization, her narrative keenly captures the reality genre “through the voices of the people who built it” — ...

It didn’t take long for WWE NXT to shake up the Title picture at Vengeance Day, as the very first match of the night saw a Championship change hands. The match was for the NXT Women’s North American ...

Reality TV dominates television today. It’s estimated that almost 80 percent of adult viewers watch reality TV shows. But how did we get here? Amna Nawaz spoke with Emily Nussbaum, author of the new ...

Back in the days when I frequented Twitter, I followed Emily Nussbaum, who tweeted more than any human seemed capable of, given that she had a job. Then a lightbulb went off: Her job was reviewing ...