Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz have been removed as co-hosts of At the Movies (which was once Siskel and Ebert at the Movies), about one year after they were infamously given reign to one of the few television programs focused on film criticism. In further good news, they will be replaced by frequent guest-hosts Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and A.O. Scott (New York Times); two actual grown ups. To be fair, Mankiewicz always seemed far less out of his element than the infamously inarticulate and blurb-happy Lyons. This also just in... come September 5th, I'll actually start watching At the Movies for the first time in over a year.Scott Mendelson
