I am – Hercules “At The Movies,” Disney’s bastard descendant of the old “Siskel & Ebert” movie review show, is kaput. Currently hosted by newspaper critics A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips, it will air its last episode in August. "This was a very difficult decision, especially considering the program's rich history and iconic status within the entertainment industry, but from a business perspective it became clear this weekly, half-hour, broadcast syndication series was no longer sustainable," reads an ABC/Disney press release issued Wednesday. The show began in 1975, sort of, as the PBS series "Sneak Previews," starring Chicago newspaper critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Siskel and Ebert were hired away by Tribune Entertainment in 1982 to create a very similar show titled "At The Movies."* In 1986, they were hired away by Disney to create yet another very similar show titled "Siskel & Ebert & The Movies," which was eventually retitled "Siskel & Ebert," which became "Roger Ebert & The Movies" following the 1999 demise of Siskel. After a rotating series of critics (including Ain't It Cool mastermind Harry Knowles) came to sit in Siskel's seat, the series was retitled "Ebert & Roeper," co-starring Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper. When health issues cost Ebert his voice in 2006, Ebert's seat on "Ebert & Roeper" was filled by a number of critics on a rotating basis, including A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips. Late that year, the show's name was changed to "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper." In mid-2008, Disney rebooted its show as "At The Movies" (I guess Tribune Entertainment no longer had claim to that title) with new hosts Ben Mankiewicz and the widely reviled Ben Lyons.** In mid-2009, Disney rebooted "At The Movies" again with Scott and Phillips taking over as the new hosts. "Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott can be very proud of their work on At the Movies. If it had to die, it's going out with class," tweeted Ebert following Wednesday's announcement. "At the Movies' producer David Plummer, a veteran from the S&E&R days, did a great job. Ben Lyons was not his fault." Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

* PBS' "Sneak Previews" continued between 1982 and 1986 with new co-host Jeffrey Lyons. **Ben Lyons is the son of Jeffrey Lyons.