Phillip Maciak

Phillip Maciak (@pjmaciak) is the TV editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. His essays have appeared in Slate, The New Republic, and other venues, and he's co-founder of the Dear Television column. He's the author of The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era (Columbia University Press, 2019) and Avidly Reads Screen Time (New York University Press, 2023). He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.

Articles

"Broad City," Season 3
Broad City’s Third Coming
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleFeb 18, 2016
- Dear Television
Super Yoncé
Dear Television on Super Bowl 50 and Beyonce
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleFeb 8, 2016
- Dear Television
Are We Not Kardashians?: On "The People v. OJ Simpson"
Dear Television reviews "American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson"
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleFeb 3, 2016
- Dear Television
Our Lady of Sorrows: On "The X-Files"
Dear Television chats about The X-Files season 10 miniseries
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleJan 26, 2016
- Dear Television
Mr. Robot: Season 1
Original Programming: On "Mr. Robot"
Phillip MaciakSep 8, 2015
- Dear Television
Gods and Bachelors: On Lifetime's "UnREAL"
Dear Television on Lifetime's show Unreal
Phillip MaciakJul 15, 2015
- Dear Television
- Television
True Detective, Season 2: "Maybe Tomorrow"
Mad Pitz: Fury Road
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleJul 7, 2015
- Dear Television
True Detective, Season 2: "Night Finds You"
Midnight Dreary
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleJun 30, 2015
- Dear Television
- Television
True Detective, Season 2: "The Western Book of the Dead"
Happy Father's Day
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleJun 23, 2015
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Person to Person"
'The Waste Land'
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakMay 18, 2015
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Lost Horizon"
Age of Olson
Phillip MaciakMay 5, 2015
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Time & Life"
Not Safe For Work: Mad Men's Art of Cursing
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakApr 27, 2015
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "The Forecast"
Never Too Late
Jane Hu, Phillip MaciakApr 20, 2015
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Severance"
'Mad Men' Fantasies
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakApr 7, 2015
- Dear Television
Parenthood's End: On Television's Children
Phillip MaciakFeb 10, 2015
- Dear Television
The 2014 Dear TV Questionnaire
Parts I and II
Evan Kindley, Jane Hu, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleDec 18, 2014
- Dear Television