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All episodes Season 1 S01E34 1987-05-30 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

The Untouchables/The Witches of Eastwick/Harry and the Hendersons

TV Flash files “The Untouchables/The Witches of Eastwick/Harry and the Hendersons” as hour 34 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 1, episode 34, aired 1987-05-30, 30 min.

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This leaf is S01E34: listed hour 34 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 34 of 44 in season 1. It aired 1987-05-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Beverly Hills Cop II/Amazing Grace and Chuck/Ishtar/The Chipmunk Adventure” (S01E33). Next is “Predator/Million Dollar Mystery/The Believers/Salvation” (S01E35). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does The Untouchables/The Witches of Eastwick/Harry and the Hendersons sit in the At the Movies guide?

S01E34 is listed hour 34 of 616 — hour 34 of 44 in season 1, season 1 episode 34.

When did At the Movies S01E34 air?

The Untouchables/The Witches of Eastwick/Harry and the Hendersons aired 1987-05-30 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.

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

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…

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