At the Movies
52 Pick-Up/Nobody's Fool/Tai Pan/The Sacrifice
TV Flash files “52 Pick-Up/Nobody's Fool/Tai Pan/The Sacrifice” as hour 8 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 1, episode 8, aired 1986-11-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E08: listed hour 8 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 8 of 44 in season 1. It aired 1986-11-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Something Wild/The Mission/Hoosiers/Sky Bandits” (S01E07). Next is “The Mosquito Coast/Streets of Gold/Crocodile Dundee/Rate It X” (S01E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does 52 Pick-Up/Nobody's Fool/Tai Pan/The Sacrifice sit in the At the Movies guide?
S01E08 is listed hour 8 of 616 — hour 8 of 44 in season 1, season 1 episode 8.
When did At the Movies S01E08 air?
52 Pick-Up/Nobody's Fool/Tai Pan/The Sacrifice aired 1986-11-08 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the same as Sneak Previews?
Related Chicago-critics lineage; this syndicated 1982–1990 run (under various official titles) is the thumbs-as-shorthand era people mean by At the Movies. Balcony, barbs, mass criticism.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two thumbs up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert turn newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Syndication made serious criticism mass. The argument as format: two Chicago men teaching America it was allowed to have taste, and to disagree on camera.
The balcony is the silhouette. Syndicated 1982–1990 under various official titles: Chicago critics debate new releases with clips, barbs, and binary thumb verdicts — two thumbs up, newspaper rivals as appointment film talk. At the Movies is Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as celebrity critics: balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. The thumbs system became cultural shorthand. Serious criticism made mass. The argument as format. *Balcony as civic furniture, a thumb as the accessory…
Filed against
- Gene Siskel as Host/critic
Gene Siskel turned newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk on At the Movies — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Two thumbs as a national grammar. TV Flash files him as 1980s syndication…
- Roger Ebert as Host/critic
Roger Ebert turned At the Movies into appointment film talk with Gene Siskel — two thumbs up, balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. Newspaper rivalry as syndication. TV Flash files him as 1980s…
Also in season 1
- S01E01 Touch and Go/Night, Mother/Blue Velvet/Where the River Runs Black
- S01E02 Peggy Sue Got Married/That's Life/Crocodile Dundee/The Name of the Rose
- S01E03 Special Show: Colorizing - Hollywood's New Vandalism
- S01E04 Jumpin' Jack Flash/Tough Guys/Children of a Lesser God/Round Midnight
- S01E05 The Color of Money/Sid and Nancy/Down by Law/Clockwise
- S01E06 Soul Man/Half Moon Street/From Beyond/True Stories