Film critic Roger Ebert is reviving the classic half-hour movie review program, At the Movies, on PBS, Ebert announced Friday.
Roger Ebert to produce movie review TV show
The new show, titled Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, will be hosted by Christy Lemire, film critic of The Associated Press, and NPR's Elvis Mitchell, a former film critic for The New York Times. It is scheduled to debut in January...read more
Just one day after the cancellation of At the Movies, Roger Ebert announced that he and his wife Chaz will produce a new movie review television show tentatively titled Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies.
At the Movies will end in August after 35 years
"No, Wednesday's cancellation of At the Movies hasn't discouraged us," Ebert wrote in his Chicago Sun-Times blog on Thursday. "We believe a market still exists for a weekly show where a couple of critics review new movies."
While Ebert did not reveal the details about the negotiations, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer assured fans ...read more
At the Movies, which traces its lineage back 35 years, will end this summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film-review series, once known as Siskel & Ebert after the show's first and longtime hosts, will air its final original program on the weekend of Aug. 14.
"This was a very difficult decision, especially considering the program's rich history and iconic status within the entertainment industry, but from a business perspective it became clear this weekly, half-hour, broadcast syndication series was no longer sustainable," the show's distributor, Disney-ABC Domestic TV, said in a statement obtained by THR.
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At the Movies began as Sneak Previews. It debuted in Chicago in 1975 and was hosted by...read more