At the Movies
The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead
TV Flash files “The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead” as hour 55 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 2, episode 11, aired 1987-12-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E11: listed hour 55 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 11 of 43 in season 2. It aired 1987-12-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Planes, Trains and Automobiles/Cinderella/Three Men and a Baby/Date with an Angel/Teen Wolf Too” (S02E10). Next is “Wall Street/Throw Momma from the Train/Broadcast News/Empire of the Sun” (S02E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Viewer FAQ
Where does The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead sit in the At the Movies guide?
S02E11 is listed hour 55 of 616 — hour 11 of 43 in season 2, season 2 episode 11.
When did At the Movies S02E11 air?
The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead aired 1987-12-05 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 2
- S02E01 Fatal Attraction/The Principal/Orphans/Amazon Women on the Moon/In the Mood
- S02E02 The Princess Bride/China Girl/The Big Town/The Pick-Up Artist/I've Heard the Mermaids Sing
- S02E03 Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan
- S02E04 Surrender/Someone to Watch Over Me/Dancers/House of Games/Maurice
- S02E05 Suspect/Killing Time/Barfly/Weeds/Hope and Glory
- S02E06 The Sicilian/Prince of Darkness/No Man's Land/The Glass Menagerie/The Whales of August