Point is, both Ebert [who worked behind the scenes during the last 2 years according, among others, to his sub-site at the Chicago Sun-Times] and Roeper leave the show due to creative differences with Disney-ABC.

Regardless of Ebert's health problems and possible Roeper co-hosts the show billed as '... with Ebert & Roeper' is dead. Well, at least with Disney ...

Quoting pauls42:

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here is the link http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_en_ot/people_roeper_5

Thx.  After i posted the message yesterday i realized i'd forgotten to create the link.  I went back and tried to add it then but the little hyperlink dialog wouldn't come up when i pressed the button (in both Firefox & IE).

I just now tried it again and it works.  I blame Bill Gates.

Quoting Agrare:

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just saw this link while reading that article, it basically says that Lyons and Mankiewicz (both Ben's) are taking over.

-Agrare

Wow Disney acted fast. I just think that Disney should have just cancelled the show, since it sounds like it's just going to be another inside Hollywood "news" program. Once Roeper's last show airs, its coming off my DVR record list. Maybe it's because I grew up in the Chicago area watching Siskel & Ebert, two reviewers from competing newspapers, Siskel from the Chicago Sun Times and Ebert from the Chicago Tribune, two friends getting together and debating the movies, made good television. I had my doubts when Roeper took over, but those didn't last long. To be At the Movies will always be either Siskel & Ebert or Ebert & Roeper.