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Sneak Previews (1975 to 1996: known as Opening Soon...at a Theater Near You from 1975 to 1977, and Sneak Previews Goes Video from 1989 to 1991) is an American film review show [1] that ran for over two decades on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It was created by WTTW, a PBS member station in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1982, the pair left Sneak Previews to create the syndicated show At the Movies. [2] Following a contract dispute with Tribune Media in 1986, Siskel and Ebert signed with Buena Vista Television , creating Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (later renamed Siskel & Ebert , and renamed again several times after Siskel's death).
Saturday morning preview specials were aired on television annually to present previews of each network's fall lineup of Saturday-morning cartoon children's programming. Similar to the model for their new prime time counterpart shows, television networks in the United States and Canada would film a preview special for the fall season.
At the Movies (also known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) is an American movie review television program that aired from 1982 to 1990. It was produced by Tribune Entertainment and was created by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert when they left their show Sneak Previews, which they began on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in 1975.
A sneak preview is an unannounced film screening before formal release, generally with the usual charge for admission. Sneak previews were created in the 1930s to help determine "success and failure factors" of a film, [9] [10] while modern sneak previews provide additional publicity and word-of-mouth exposure for the movie.
Thea Flaum (born Thea Kharasch; September 17, 1938) is an American television producer best known as the creator of Sneak Previews, [1] the movie review show featuring Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. [2]
Following the departure of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, he co-hosted the PBS movie review show Sneak Previews from 1982 to 1996. He also appeared on MSNBC's At the Movies from 2004 to 2006 with his son, fellow critic and television personality Ben Lyons.
Sneak Prevue was an American pay television network that served as a barker channel to provide previews of pay-per-view films and events to cable television providers. The channel launched in 1991 and existed until 2002.