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

Necro-streaming
Notes on Watching a Dead Show
Phillip MaciakNov 17, 2014
- Dear Television
Fall Sitcoms: A Dear TV Rundown
Black-ish, Mulaney, Manhattan Love Story, Selfie, A to Z
Jane Hu, Phillip MaciakOct 13, 2014
- Dear Television
Transparent: Season 1
That’s Not the Way it Feels: 'Transparent'’s Ensemble
Phillip MaciakSep 26, 2014
- Dear Television
The Leftovers, Season 1
Get Lost: Why You Should Be Watching 'The Leftovers'
Phillip MaciakAug 8, 2014
- Dear Television
- Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Waterloo"
She's an Astronaut
Phillip MaciakMay 26, 2014
- Dear Television
The Maya Rudolph Show
Saturday Night Lost: Maya Rudolph and SNL Nostalgia
Phillip MaciakMay 21, 2014
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "The Runaways"
Only Mothers Left Alive
Phillip MaciakMay 14, 2014
- Dear Television
Mad Men, Season 7: "Time Zones"
The Hangover
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakApr 18, 2014
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 4, "Two Swords"
Anne Helen Petersen, Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleApr 8, 2014
- Dear Television
"Broad City": Season 1
Theses on the Dance Moves of Ilana Glazer
Anne Helen Petersen, Phillip MaciakApr 2, 2014
“True Detective” Finale
Four takes on the first season
Anne Helen Petersen, Evan Kindley, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakMar 11, 2014
Broad City and Kroll Show
Comedy Central's new sketchy sketch comedies
Anne Helen Petersen, Jane Hu, Phillip MaciakJan 29, 2014
True Detective, Season 1: "Seeing Things"
The foreign object at the center of HBO's True Detective
Anne Helen Petersen, Phillip MaciakJan 23, 2014
Girls, Season 3: "Females Only" and "Truth or Dare"
Dear Television on HBO's Girls Season 3 premiere
Anne Helen Petersen, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakJan 16, 2014
DEAR TELEVISION
Anne Helen Petersen, Jane Hu, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakNov 7, 2013
Kill The Leading Man: Two Histories of 21st Century Television
Two comprehensive histories of 21st century television, wherein men play the leading roles on and off screen and women have directed the critical conversation.
Phillip MaciakAug 14, 2013