At the Movies
Beloved/Happiness/Practical Magic/Love Is the Devil/The Cruise
TV Flash files “Beloved/Happiness/Practical Magic/Love Is the Devil/The Cruise” as hour 574 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 13, episode 6, aired 1998-10-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E06: listed hour 574 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 6 of 48 in season 13. It aired 1998-10-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Holy Man/Bad Manners/One Tough Cop/The Mighty/The Imposter” (S13E05). Next is “Pleasantville/The Alarmist/The Lion King II: Simba's Pride/Apt Pupil/Life is Beautiful” (S13E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Viewer FAQ
Where does Beloved/Happiness/Practical Magic/Love Is the Devil/The Cruise sit in the At the Movies guide?
S13E06 is listed hour 574 of 616 — hour 6 of 48 in season 13, season 13 episode 6.
When did At the Movies S13E06 air?
Beloved/Happiness/Practical Magic/Love Is the Devil/The Cruise aired 1998-10-17 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 13
- S13E01 Rounders/Kiki's Delivery Service/Simon Birch/Slums of Beverly Hills/Digging to China
- S13E02 One True Thing/Rush Hour/A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries/Permanent Midnight/Touch of Evil/Chicago Cab
- S13E03 Ronin/Pecker/Clay Pigeons/Urban Legend/Shadrach
- S13E04 What Dreams May Come/A Night at the Roxbury/Snitch/Antz
- S13E05 Holy Man/Bad Manners/One Tough Cop/The Mighty/The Imposter
- S13E07 Pleasantville/The Alarmist/The Lion King II: Simba's Pride/Apt Pupil/Life is Beautiful