The End Of An Institution
The show was never quite the same when Gene Siskel passed away in 1999. And Roger Ebert has certainly been no stranger to illness either.It was going to happen eventually, and it looks like that day has come. I wonder whether their "thumbs up/thumbs down" system of film ratings, and infamous "Wagging Finger of Shame" will live on...
From AP:
- Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert says he's cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show "in a new direction" and he won't be associated with it.
His announcement came a day after Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper said he was leaving the nationally syndicated "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper."
Roeper said in a statement Sunday that he had failed to agree on a contract extension with Disney-ABC Domestic Television so his last appearance on the show will air the weekend of Aug. 16-17.
I wonder what this "new direction" is that ABC wants to take the show in... we may never know now!
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