Roger Ebert and The Movies



Ebert continued the show with a series of guest critics. Originally containing the Siskel & Ebert title, the program was renamed Roger Ebert & The Movies on Saturday, September 4, 1999, due to the death of Gene Siskel. The guests were allowed to try out their wits with Roger Ebert and test the possible chemistry. Ebert and film director Martin Scorsese cohosted one noteworthy episode about the best films of the 1990s. This format continued through the end of the 1998-99 season and into 2000 before Ebert named fellow Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper as his permanet co-host.

Critics substituting for Gene Siskel after his death
The following critics who substituted for Siskel after his death:
 * David Ansen
 * Peter Bogdanovich
 * Jeff Greenfield
 * Jane Horwitz
 * Desson Howe
 * Harry Knowles
 * Joyce Kulhawik
 * Norman Mark
 * Janet Maslin
 * Todd McCarthy
 * Elvis Mitchell
 * Joe Morgenstern
 * Wesley Morris
 * Howie Moshovitz
 * Michaela Pereira
 * David Poland
 * B. Ruby Rich
 * Richard Roeper (who would become one of the show's hosts from 2000-2008)
 * Jonathan Rosenbaum
 * Leah Rozen
 * Lisa Schwarzbaum
 * Martin Scorsese (film director)
 * Tom Shales
 * Joel Siegel (until their "Worst of 1999" show)
 * Kenneth Turan
 * Jan Wahl
 * Michael Wilmington