At the Movies
The Hot Spot/Mr. Destiny/Memphis Belle/Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
TV Flash files “The Hot Spot/Mr. Destiny/Memphis Belle/Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael” as hour 188 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 5, episode 5, aired 1990-10-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E05: listed hour 188 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 5 of 48 in season 5. It aired 1990-10-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Avalon/Listen Up/Henry & June/Desperate Hours” (S05E04). Next is “Reversal of Fortune/Quigley Down Under/White Palace/Night of the Living Dead” (S05E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Hot Spot/Mr. Destiny/Memphis Belle/Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael sit in the At the Movies guide?
S05E05 is listed hour 188 of 616 — hour 5 of 48 in season 5, season 5 episode 5.
When did At the Movies S05E05 air?
The Hot Spot/Mr. Destiny/Memphis Belle/Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael aired 1990-10-13 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 5
- S05E01 Postcards from the Edge/State of Grace/White Hunter, Black Heart/After Dark, My Sweet
- S05E02 Goodfellas/Narrow Margin/Funny About Love/The Tall Guy
- S05E03 Pacific Heights/King of New York/Miller's Crossing/Texasville
- S05E04 Avalon/Listen Up/Henry & June/Desperate Hours
- S05E06 Reversal of Fortune/Quigley Down Under/White Palace/Night of the Living Dead
- S05E07 Special Show: Silent Movies