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All episodes Season 2 S02E16 1988-01-09 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Special Show: The Worst Films of 1987

TV Flash files “Special Show: The Worst Films of 1987” as hour 60 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 2, episode 16, aired 1988-01-09, 30 min.

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This leaf is S02E16: listed hour 60 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 16 of 43 in season 2. It aired 1988-01-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Special Show: The Best Films of 1987” (S02E15). Next is “The Couch Trip/For Keeps/Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam/Rent-a-Cop/The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn” (S02E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does Special Show: The Worst Films of 1987 sit in the At the Movies guide?

S02E16 is listed hour 60 of 616 — hour 16 of 43 in season 2, season 2 episode 16.

When did At the Movies S02E16 air?

Special Show: The Worst Films of 1987 aired 1988-01-09 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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