in negotiations<\/a> with Disney for almost a year for use of the “thumbs” trademark.<\/p>\nThe first incarnation of the famous film review show premiered in 1975 on PBS, when Roger Ebert, a critic for the Chicago Sun Times<\/em> sat across the aisle from Gene Siskel, a critic for the rival Chiacgo Tribune<\/em>. It was their weekly, lively back-and-forth and their ultimate Roman Coliseum-style \u201cthumbs up\u201d or \u201cthumbs down\u201d judgment on a movie that earned them a prominent spot on the entertainment news landscape. Ultimately, the pair became famous enough that appearances on Late Night With David Letterman<\/em> and even a guest spot hosting Saturday Night Live<\/em> followed. They took their show into syndication in 1982, landing with Disney in 1986.<\/p>\nFollowing Siskel\u2019s death in 1999, Ebert was joined by Sun Times<\/em> columnist Richard Roeper, who himself has co-hosted the show with a variety of rotating guest critics over the two years while Ebert has been dealing with a series of health problems.<\/p>\nA video archive of reviews of the show can be found here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Film critic Roger Ebert has announced that he and fellow critic Richard Roeper have parted ways with DIsney-ABC Domestic Television, the production company behind the long-running movie review program that bore their names. Unable to
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