the two-hour film was planned to be shown as part of the three-hour "the michael moore pre-election special" on in demand, but in demand backed out in mid-october. moore later arranged for simultaneous broadcasts on november 1, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. (est) on dish network, tvn, and the cinema now website and material prepared for "the michael moore pre-election special" was incorporated into "fahrenheit 9/11: a movement in time", which aired that same week on the independent film channel.