Ebert and Roeper Call it Quits
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Los Angeles (CMR) – Film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have both resigned with “At the Movies”.
Ebert quit the show when Roeper couldn’t come to a financial agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television after his 8 season contract expired.
The current show is hosted by Roeper and Michael Phillips as Ebert had medical complications after surgery which caused him to lose his voice and stop appearing.
They will film four more episodes and their TV run will end on August 15th.
Ebert started on this show with Gene Siskel in 1975 and when Siskel died in 1999 Roeper took over.
Ebert will continue to write reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times. Roeper intends on starting up another movie critic show in the future.
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