The series itself began in September 1986 as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, when Siskel and Ebert signed with Buena Vista Entertainment, the television division of the Walt Disney Company. The show's origins and format trace back to Sneak Previews (1975), a PBS series produced by WTTW that originally featured Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, and At the Movies, a follow-up show that the two critics created with Tribune Entertainment. However, the series went on permanent hiatus at the end of the year due to a lack of financial underwriting and the subsequent death of Ebert on April 4, 2013. The following month, Ebert announced a new version of At the Movies, which launched on public television on January 21, 2011. The show's cancellation was announced on March 24, 2010, and the last episode was aired during the weekend of August 14–15, 2010. The show aired in syndication in the United States and on CTV in Canada the show also aired throughout the week on the cable network ReelzChannel. It was widely known for the "thumbs up/thumbs down" review summaries given during Siskel's and Ebert's tenures (this was dropped after Ebert ended his association with the program, as the phrase "Two Thumbs Up" is a trademark held by the Siskel and Ebert families). ĭuring its run with Siskel and Ebert as hosts, the series was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards seven times and also for Outstanding Information Series, the last nomination occurring in 1997. Scott of The New York Times for what would be the program's final season. On August 5, 2009, it was announced that Phillips would return to the show as a permanent co-host, teaming with A. Starting on September 6, 2008, Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz took over as hosts their partnership lasted only one season. From April to August 2008 Michael Phillips, a successor of Siskel at the Chicago Tribune, co-hosted with Roeper. Įbert suspended his appearances in 2006 for treatment of thyroid cancer, with various guest hosts substituting for him. Following Siskel's death in 1999, Ebert worked with various guest critics until choosing Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper as his regular partner in 2000. Its original hosts were Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, the former hosts of Sneak Previews on PBS (1975–1982) and a similarly titled syndicated series (1982–1986).
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At the Movies (originally Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, and later At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper) is an American movie review television program produced by Disney–ABC Domestic Television in which two film critics share their opinions of newly released films.
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