Ebert and Roeper No Longer 'At The Movies'

It's the end of an era. Both Richard Roeper and Roger Ebert are leaving the nationally syndicated movie review show, “At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper,” next season.
In a statement yesterday, Ebert wrote: “After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named ‘Siskel & Ebert’ and then ‘Ebert & Roeper’ in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it.”
AP is reporting that after eight seasons Roeper will also leave the show. Roeper said in a statement that he and Disney-ABC failed to reach a contract agreement. Roeper also said he planned to continue as a host of a movie review show elsewhere, but did not disclose details. His last appearance will be for the weekend of Aug. 16.
Ebert said in his statement that the trademark for the program, which he began with Gene Siskel in 1975 as “Sneak Previews” on PBS, “still belongs to me and Marlene Iglitzen, Gene’s widow, and the thumbs will return.”

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