Ebert & Roper

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mra

Sep 1, 2008 - CDT 12:45 PM

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RE: Ebert, Roper, (& Phillips)

At the end of the last show, Roper mentioned this was his last show.

"Disney, the studio has decided to take the program... ...in a new direction."
"...the thumbs will return. We are discussing possibilities, and plan to continue the show's tradition..."

Hopefully they will be back soon.

posters5

Sep 1, 2008 - CDT 12:51 PM

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yeah, this happened a while ago. they couldn't agree on a new contract with disney, so they're going to start a new show elsewhere while disney will find new critics to replace them for its own show.

JJ79

Sep 1, 2008 - CDT 1:15 PM

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AFAIK, the last "new" show was August 16. They've been showing reruns since then (two week's ago featured The Dark Knight and this past weekend's Tropic Thunder). I believe the new guys (Ben Mankiewicz and Ben Lyons) are debuting next week or the week after, I forget which one.

Jason, sad

John J. Puccio

Sep 1, 2008 - CDT 1:32 PM

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Fortunately, Ebert has the legal rights to the thumbs up/down business, so if he and Roeper return with a new show, they'll be using the old gimmick. Meanwhile, Disney seems to want to take the old show in an "Entertainment Tonight" direction. (Thumbs down)

John