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All episodes Season 2 S02E03 1987-10-03 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan

TV Flash files “Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan” as hour 47 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 2, episode 3, aired 1987-10-03, 30 min.

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This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 47 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 3 of 43 in season 2. It aired 1987-10-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Princess Bride/China Girl/The Big Town/The Pick-Up Artist/I've Heard the Mermaids Sing” (S02E02). Next is “Surrender/Someone to Watch Over Me/Dancers/House of Games/Maurice” (S02E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan sit in the At the Movies guide?

S02E03 is listed hour 47 of 616 — hour 3 of 43 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.

When did At the Movies S02E03 air?

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan aired 1987-10-03 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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