Sneak Previews

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Sneak Previews was an influential American television show that popularized film criticism for a broad audience, co-hosted by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

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instanceOf film review television series
television program
airedOn PBS member stations
alsoKnownAs Opening Soon at a Theater Near You
Sneak Previews with Jeffrey Lyons and Michael Medved NERFINISHED
basedIn Chicago NERFINISHED
broadcastOn public television
coHost Gene Siskel NERFINISHED
Janos Prohaska NERFINISHED
Jeffrey Lyons NERFINISHED
Michael Medved NERFINISHED
Roger Ebert NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
debutedAsLocalShow true
expandedToNationalSyndication true
firstAired 1975
firstAiredOn WTTW NERFINISHED
firstNationalBroadcast 1978
followedBy At the Movies NERFINISHED
Siskel & Ebert NERFINISHED
formatFeature film clip excerpts
in-studio discussion
thumbs up thumbs down style reviews
genre film criticism
talk show
hasReviewScale thumbs down
thumbs up
influenced At the Movies NERFINISHED
Siskel & Ebert NERFINISHED
later film review TV programs
lastAired 1996
medium television
notableFor bringing Siskel and Ebert to a national audience
popularizing televised film criticism
notableHost Gene Siskel NERFINISHED
Jeffrey Lyons NERFINISHED
Michael Medved NERFINISHED
Roger Ebert NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork PBS NERFINISHED
originalStation WTTW Chicago NERFINISHED
precededBy Opening Soon at a Theater Near You NERFINISHED
presentedBy Gene Siskel NERFINISHED
Roger Ebert NERFINISHED
productionCompany WTTW NERFINISHED
productionLocation Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
subjectMatter motion pictures
targetAudience general television audience

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Roger Ebert notableWork Sneak Previews