Honestly, rave, I thought it had been canceled three years ago, when it stopped being aired in its usual 12:30 Sunday afternoon spot. Just learned this year (thanks to insomnia) that it's been kicked back to 3:30 Sunday mornings.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html > > Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show > Share | > > "At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons. > > The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based > nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its > lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger > Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. > > Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut > Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips > of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of > Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. > > >
