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All episodes Season 12 S12E01 1997-09-06 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Fire Down Below/In and Out/Julian Po/Bang

TV Flash files “Fire Down Below/In and Out/Julian Po/Bang” as the first listed hour of season 12 — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 12, episode 1, aired 1997-09-06, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S12E01: listed hour 519 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, first listed hour of season 12. It aired 1997-09-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “She's So Lovely/Hoodlum/Excess Baggage/Paperback Romance/M/Le Samurai” (S11E52). Next is “The Game/The End of Violence/L.A. Confidential/The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca” (S12E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does Fire Down Below/In and Out/Julian Po/Bang sit in the At the Movies guide?

S12E01 is listed hour 519 of 616 — first listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 1.

When did At the Movies S12E01 air?

Fire Down Below/In and Out/Julian Po/Bang aired 1997-09-06 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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