Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: After Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert died on Saturday , February 20 , 1999 , Roger Ebert did the show with nearly 30 co-hosts .
Simplified: He currently stars on the American television show `` Ebert & Roeper '' with Roger Ebert . Roeper replaced Gene Siskel on the show in 2000 ( which used to be called `` Siskel & Ebert '' ) , shortly after Siskel died in 1999 .