• Variety, Thursday, August 6, 2009 9:30 AM

A.O. Scott, from The New York Times and Michael Phillips, from the Chicago Tribune, will be the new hosts of "At The Movies," the venerable syndicated film criticism show made famous by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, hosts since September 2008, are leaving.

The switch is a move to take the show back to its roots of one-on-one film debate that was established when it first began. Scott and Phillips "are regarded by millions of people as authorities in film criticism and will be lending their influential voices to 'At the Movies,'" says Brian Frons, who oversees ABC Media Productions, which produces the show. The 24th season of "At The Movies" will premiere the weekend of Sept. 5.

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