Archival Availability & Broadcast Timeline Explorer

In September 2006, ABC aired a $40-million two-part television miniseries, The Path to 9/11, to over 25 million viewers. It was never re-aired on broadcast television, never released commercially on DVD in North America, and never indexed on any digital streaming service. Explore the timeline of its disappearance and audit the factors locking historical media in vault limbo.

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Structural Impediment Breakdown

Deconstruction of current structural barriers preventing public streaming availability for The Path to 9/11:

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Journalistic Basis & Source Attribution

Based on reporting published in The Wall Street Journal opinion column (@WSJOpinion / @WSJFreeEx) authored by James Freeman and editorial contributor @heymiller: "A television miniseries disappeared down the memory hole. 'The Path to 9/11' aired exactly once, two decades ago. Then it vanished."

WSJ Free Expression Original Air: ABC (Sept 10-11, 2006) Directed by: David L. Cunningham Written by: Cyrus Nowrasteh Production Cost: ~$40 Million

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