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Ebert Moves On

It's been more than six months since famed film critic Gene Siskel died.

In the meantime, longtime partner Roger Ebert has publicly expressed his grief, and carried on with Siskel and Ebert & the Movies.

Now, with season No. 24 about to start, the living half of the award-winning duo has come to one conclusion: The show must go on.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebert is launching this season the nationally syndicated series under a new name--Roger Ebert & the Movies.

Those fearing a complete revamp of the thumbs up/thumbs down act needn't fret. The new show is built on the head-to-head format of its predecessor. Each week, two people will still go to a movie, come out and start comparing notes. But, as in the months since Siskel's death, Ebert will take on a revolving group of well-known guest critics.

Also securing its familiar spot on the program is the "Video Pick of the Week" section, featuring recently-released video titles.

The show will add a new twist, however, by occasionally breaking from the two-critic format. Ebert will periodically devote an entire show to a single topic, such as film genres, individual filmmakers, film festivals or the latest in movie trends.

Siskel and Ebert had been an on-air team since 1975, when a Windy City PBS producer decided to pit the film critic for the Chicago Tribune (Siskel) against the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times (Ebert).

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