All episodes Season 10 S10E29 1996-03-23 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City

TV Flash files “Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City” as hour 445 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 10, episode 29, aired 1996-03-23, 30 min.

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This leaf is S10E29: listed hour 445 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 29 of 50 in season 10. It aired 1996-03-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Executive Decision/Ed/Two Much/The Star Maker/Land and Freedom” (S10E28). Next is “Sgt. Bilko/Jack and Sarah/A Family Thing/Carried Away/From the Journals of Jean Seberg” (S10E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City sit in the At the Movies guide?

S10E29 is listed hour 445 of 616 — hour 29 of 50 in season 10, season 10 episode 29.

When did At the Movies S10E29 air?

Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City aired 1996-03-23 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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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…

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