At the Movies
Wayne's World/Medicine Man/Final Analysis/Voyager/Rhapsody in August
TV Flash files “Wayne's World/Medicine Man/Final Analysis/Voyager/Rhapsody in August” as hour 253 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 6, episode 23, aired 1992-02-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E23: listed hour 253 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 22 of 45 in season 6. It aired 1992-02-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Nolte & Sarandon” (S06E22). Next is “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!/Radio Flyer/Falling from Grace” (S06E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Viewer FAQ
Where does Wayne's World/Medicine Man/Final Analysis/Voyager/Rhapsody in August sit in the At the Movies guide?
S06E23 is listed hour 253 of 616 — hour 22 of 45 in season 6, season 6 episode 23.
When did At the Movies S06E23 air?
Wayne's World/Medicine Man/Final Analysis/Voyager/Rhapsody in August aired 1992-02-15 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 6
- S06E01 Dogfight/Late for Dinner/Rambling Rose/Blood & Concrete
- S06E02 Paradise/Livin' Large/The Fisher King/The Indian Runner
- S06E03 Deceived/Necessary Roughness/The Search for Signs of Intelligence Life in the Universe/The Rapture/My Own Private Idaho
- S06E04 Shout/The Man in the Moon/The Super/Stepping Out/Whore
- S06E05 Frankie and Johnny/Homicide/Little Man Tate/Ricochet/Shattered
- S06E06 Other People's Money/Ernest Scared Stupid/City of Hope/Life Is Sweet