"At The Movies" cancelled by ABC/Disney

[Little_Nemo]

It was long in coming. Actualy once Siskel left it wasn’t any good. Neither Siskel or Ebert were very entertaining on their own but put them together. OK granted alone they made intellegent, thoughtful commentary, but they came across as overly intellectual and dull. Put the two in front of a camera and you had chemistry and entertainment.

I never felt Ebert had the nearly the same chemistry with guest host or Roeper. It seemed Siskel was on equal ground with Ebert but the rest were awed of him.

I agree completely. The entire foundation of the show was the interplay between the two. They were equal in stature so neither one could dominate the other. And they had the perfect level of opposition: they never agreed or disagreed with each other just for the sake of it. This made both of them work at their best level.