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Ebert & Roeper to Leave At the Movies

Originally posted 07/21/2008 11:00AM

Another year hosting the influential review show At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper?

Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are giving that a big thumbs-down.

The two Chicago-based film reviewers won't be returning next season, reports the Associated Press.

Roeper said it was because he couldn't come to an agreement on a contract extension with Disney-ABC, and Ebert, whose announcement followed that of his colleague's, said in an e-mail that Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the program "in a new direction" and he won't be associated with it.

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