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{{original research|date=April 2019}}The [[September 11 attacks]] in the [[United States]] in 2001 had a significant impact on broadcast and venue entertainment businesses, prompting cancellations, postponements, and changes in content. In the United States and several other countries, planned television screenings of films and fictional programs where [[terrorism]], [[plane crashes]], [[bombs]], or other related disasters that were the primary subject were postponed or cancelled.
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==Films==
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Numerous films that were in production were cancelled, and many films were edited. There were various reasons given for the alterations, including keeping material up-to-date, as a gesture of respect for those who died, and to avoid trauma for those emotionally affected by the attack. There are also many films which notably were not edited.

Roughly 45 films were edited or postponed because of the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/09/hollywood.war/ | publisher=CNN| title=Uncle Sam wants Hollywood | date=November 9, 2001 | access-date=May 8, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102130044/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/09/hollywood.war/ | archive-date=January 2, 2010 | url-status=live |first1=Bill |last1=Schneider |first2=Anne |last2=McDermott}}</ref>

===Edited films===
====With the World Trade Center removed====
A teaser trailer for ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' was recalled, as it featured [[Peter Parker (2002 film series character)|Spider-Man]] capturing a helicopter filled with criminals in a web spun between the Twin Towers. A poster with the World Trade Center reflected in Spider-Man's eye was also recalled, while the short teaser trailer of the film also removed the towers from Spider-Man's eye reflection. [[Sony Pictures|Sony]] removed any mentions of the Twin Towers from the teaser images and trailer on the website. A shot of the World Trade Center (WTC) was deleted from the film, but it can be found on the Sony Stock Footage website.<ref name="PullsTeaser">{{cite web |last=KJB |date=September 13, 2001 |title=Sony Pulls Spider-Man Teaser Trailer & Poster |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/305/305861p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209125330/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/305/305861p1.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2007 |website=IGN }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/sony-pictures-recalls-spider-man-promotional-material-featuring-wtc/|title=Sony Pictures recalls Spider-Man promotional material featuring WTC|date=September 12, 2001 |access-date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324014645/https://www.cbr.com/sony-pictures-recalls-spider-man-promotional-material-featuring-wtc/|url-status=live |first=Rob |last=Worley}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/13/september11.usa|title=Spider-Man in Limbo after New York tragedy|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=September 13, 2001 |access-date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324014624/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/13/september11.usa|url-status=live}}</ref> The home video release of ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' had the ''Spider-Man'' trailer removed as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106426582/companies-postponing-redoing-ad/ |title=Companies postponing, redoing ad campaigns in wake of attacks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190658/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106426582/companies-postponing-redoing-ad/ |date=September 17, 2001 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |page=31 |newspaper=[[Odessa American|The Odessa American]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Two scenes were added to the film in response to the attacks: in the first, a group of New Yorkers attack [[Norman Osborn (2002 film series character)|the Green Goblin]] over the [[Queensboro Bridge]], with one saying, "You mess with Spidey, you mess with New York!", and another saying "You mess with one of us, you mess with ''all'' of us!". The second, a scene of Spider-Man hanging onto a flagpole with a large [[Flag of the United States|American flag]], was seen in later trailers and at the end of the film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 2, 2019|title=Watch: 'Lost' Twin Towers teaser for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man remastered from original print|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/spider-man-sam-raimi-twin-towers|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=SYFY Official Site|language=en-US|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104043735/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/spider-man-sam-raimi-twin-towers|url-status=live |first=Josh |last=Weiss}}</ref>

The WTC was digitally deleted from skyline shots in ''[[Zoolander]]'', which was theatrically released nearly three weeks after the attacks.<ref name=germain>{{cite web|last1=Germain |first1=David |title=Images of trade center preserved in fresh films shot before Sept. 11|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-04-20/article/11500?headline=Images-of-trade-center-preserved-in-fresh-films-shot-before-Sept.-11---By-David-Germain-The-Associated-Press |website=The Berkeley Daily Planet |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=December 16, 2014 |date=April 20, 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203013054/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-04-20/article/11500?headline=Images-of-trade-center-preserved-in-fresh-films-shot-before-Sept.-11---By-David-Germain-The-Associated-Press |archive-date=February 3, 2014 }}</ref> However, the Twin Towers were later restored for the 2016 Blu-ray release.

''[[Don't Say a Word]]'' was theatrically released nearly three weeks after the attacks, and the filmmakers contemplated delaying its release, but decided against it. However, they cut out and replaced shots of the towers from the edit, such as the opening shot, which shows [[Brooklyn]] instead.<ref>{{citation |title=Don't Say a Word DVD commentary |last=Fleder |first=Gary |date=October 12, 2001 |publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]}}</ref>

''[[Men in Black II]]'' originally featured a climax that included the WTC, but the scene was changed to the [[Statue of Liberty]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tragedy Affects Men in Black 2|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/tragedy-affects-men-40035/ |access-date=March 26, 2022 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326054452/https://www.tvguide.com/news/tragedy-affects-men-40035/ |url-status=live |first=Damon |last=Romine |date=September 22, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=MIB2 Edited|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/14/mib2-edited|publisher=IGN|access-date=August 17, 2022|date=September 14, 2001}}</ref>

Director [[Roger Michell]] had the WTC towers digitally removed from the opening main title sequence in ''[[Changing Lanes]]''. In the DVD commentary, he admitted that it was a mistake to erase them, and pretend they did not exist.

Shots of the World Trade Center were partially seen in ''[[Mr. Deeds]]'': one was shot in the helicopter for the scene where Longfellow Deeds arrives in New York City, and one was shot on the [[Upper West Side]], which shows the entire Manhattan skyline. The towers were digitally removed in the scene where Deeds and Chuck Cedar play [[tennis]], which was shot on [[Roosevelt Island]] in spring 2001.<ref name=mrDeeds>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/movies/25th-hour-spike-lee.html |url-access=limited |quote=Most controversially, some filmmakers chose to leave their skyline shots intact, but to erase the Twin Towers with digital effects |title='25th Hour': The Best 9/11 Movie Was Always About New York |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910123004/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/movies/25th-hour-spike-lee.html |url-status=live |first=Jason |last=Bailey}}</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=May 2024|reason=The cited source says the towers were digitally removed, but does not discuss where or when the scenes were filmed}}

Shots containing the World Trade Center were removed from ''[[Stuart Little 2]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Youngs|first=Ian|date=September 9, 2002|title=Has Hollywood forgotten 11 September?|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2239484.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117225001/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2239484.stm|archive-date=November 17, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> ''[[Serendipity (film)|Serendipity]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/09/25/world-trade-center-towers-cut-from-cusack-movie/|title=World Trade Center towers cut from Cusack movie|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 25, 2001 }}</ref> and ''[[Kissing Jessica Stein]]''.<ref name=germain/> Scenes of the WTC were also removed from ''[[People I Know]]'', but they can be found on the [[DVD]] release in the deleted scenes [[featurette]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prince|first1=Stephen|title=Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism|date=2009|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780231520089|page=79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SPgcyGainyYC&pg=PA79|access-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/https://books.google.com/books?id=SPgcyGainyYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA79|archive-date=October 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The scene in which the World Trade Center gets hit by meteors and catches on fire was edited out of many television broadcasts of ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' after the attacks.<ref name = Latchem>{{Cite web|title=Looking Back at the Impact of 9/11 on Movies and TV – Media Play News|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/looking-back-at-the-impact-of-9-11-on-movies-and-tv/|access-date=November 4, 2021|language=en-US|last=Latchem|first=John|date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104043733/https://www.mediaplaynews.com/looking-back-at-the-impact-of-9-11-on-movies-and-tv/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' features a scene atop the WTC, which was edited out on several television channels. However, as of Christmas 2018, the scene with the WTC was restored.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liles |first=Jordan |date=2020-12-02 |title=Was Part of a Twin Towers Scene in 'Home Alone 2' Cut for TV? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/home-alone-world-trade-center/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Snopes |language=en}}</ref>

====Other changes related to the September 11 attacks====
In the 2002 re-release of ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', the dialogue "You're not going as a terrorist" (spoken by the mother) was replaced with "You're not going as a hippie."<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrorism in movies, pre- and post-9/11 |date=September 8, 2011 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/terrorism-in-movies-pre-and-post-9-11/24/ |publisher=CBS News |access-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010184234/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/terrorism-in-movies-pre-and-post-9-11/24/ |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] airing of ''[[Meet the Parents]]'', the scene near the end in which Greg gets into an argument with the airline stewardess and his subsequent interrogation by an airline official was edited to remove all references to Greg mentioning the word ''bomb'' on the airplane.

In ''[[Spy Game]]'', the level of smoke shown following a bombing was reduced because of its similarity to the smoking WTC wreckage.<ref>''Spy Game'' DVD commentary</ref>

A scene in ''[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]'' where debris from the destroyed moon crashes into a building was edited due to its resemblance to the attacks.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ftPGOKV-c|title=Time Machine – edited scene commentary|date=June 29, 2009|via=YouTube|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ftPGOKV-c|archive-date=October 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' originally showed [[Stitch (Disney)|Stitch]], [[Jumba Jookiba|Jumba]], [[Pleakley]], and [[Nani Pelekai|Nani]] hijacking a [[Boeing 747]] to chase down [[Captain Gantu]] and rescue [[Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] through the streets of [[Honolulu]]. However, this scene was changed to show them taking Jumba's spaceship and chasing Gantu around Hawaii's mountains. The original scene was included on the special edition DVD.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herreria|first1=Carla|title=This Disney Movie Looked Very Different Before 9/11|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lilo-stitch-before-9-11_us_57d85e09e4b09d7a68804690|access-date=September 16, 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922234300/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lilo-stitch-before-9-11_us_57d85e09e4b09d7a68804690|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The scene in ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' where Max saves Tank from a burning fire was edited on post-9/11 versions and Disney Channel due to the fire being too similar to the attacks, however the original scene was still intact in the [[Disney+]] version.

''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' was extensively reshot due to the fear of the CIA as the antagonist being wrongly interpreted as [[anti-Americanism]]. Due to the insistence of [[Matt Damon]] and [[Doug Liman]], the footage was not included. On the special edition [[DVD]] are descriptions of how and why the film was changed.

A scene in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie]]'' resembling the tragedy, with people falling from a toppling building and being ultimately saved by the [[List of The Powerpuff Girls characters#The Powerpuff Girls|Powerpuff Girls]], was rethought and adjusted to avoid making a direct reference to the World Trade Center.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Girls Just Want To Have Fun: The Powerpuff Girls Go Big … Screen |date=July 2002 |magazine=[[Animation Magazine]] |last=Mallory |first=Michael |page=34 |issue=7 |volume=16 |issn=1041-617X}}</ref>

[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] shelved previously scheduled airings of ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files]]'' and ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' on September 14 and 16, respectively. They were replaced by respective airings of ''[[Nine Months]]'' and ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''. ''[[The Peacemaker (1997 film)|The Peacemaker]]'' was also removed from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on the same day as ''Independence Day''.<ref name="PullsTeaser" />

''[[Die Another Day]]'' was originally going to end with a [[North Korea]]n satellite attack on Manhattan, which was moved to the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] after the attacks.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Field|first=Matthew|title=Some kind of hero : 007 : the remarkable story of the James Bond films|date=2015|others=Ajay Chowdhury|isbn=978-0-7509-6421-0|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire|oclc=930556527}}</ref>

Early versions of ''[[The Incredibles]]'' featured a scene where [[Mr. Incredible]] vents his emotions on an abandoned building, but ends up accidentally damaging a neighboring building as well. It was considered to be too reminiscent of the World Trade Center collapse and was replaced with a scene where Mr. Incredible and [[Frozone]] rescue trapped civilians from a burning building.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vaz |first=Mark Cotta |author-link=Mark Cotta Vaz |date=2004 |title=The Art of The Incredibles |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Chronicle Books LLC |page=70 |isbn=0811844331}}</ref>

''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' originally depicted the CDA blowing up a sushi restaurant as part of a decontamination effort, but the scene was replaced with the restaurant being quarantined under a dome of plasma instead. The filmmakers described the decision to alter the film in the Blu-ray "round-table discussion" bonus feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pixarpost.com/2012/05/directors-commentary-track-review.html|title=Director's Commentary Track Review|date=May 17, 2012 |publisher=Monster's Inc. – Pixar Post|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712174528/http://www.pixarpost.com/2012/05/directors-commentary-track-review.html|archive-date=July 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The WTC was removed from the promotional poster for ''[[Sidewalks of New York (2001 film)|Sidewalks of New York]]'', but the buildings remained in the film itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239986/trivia|title=Sidewalks of New York – Trivia|publisher=IMDb|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405222806/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239986/trivia|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date = August 2022}}

===Delayed films===
''[[View from the Top]]'' was originally scheduled for Christmas 2001, but the release was pushed back to March 21, 2003 due to the fact that the story revolves around a flight attendant on numerous planes.

''[[Collateral Damage (2002 film)|Collateral Damage]]'' was postponed for four months after being slated for release October 5, 2001, and features a terrorist bombing in front of a Los Angeles building.<ref name="script">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/09/24/hollywood-reacts-crisis|title=Script Check|work=EW.com|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072826/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,175677,00.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The film subsequently failed at the box office, which likely was a result of the public who felt the film (with its subject matter involving terrorists) was released too soon after the attacks.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

''[[Training Day]]'' was originally scheduled for release on September 21, but was delayed to October 5.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-men-in-black-2-endi/126102241/ |title='Men in Black 2' ending changed because of attack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619195535/https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-men-in-black-2-endi/126102241/ |date=September 15, 2001 |access-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |page=14 |publisher=[[Messenger-Inquirer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

''[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]'' was delayed by three months from its original December 2001 release because of an eventually-deleted scene where a meteor shower destroys New York City. {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

''[[Big Trouble (2002 film)|Big Trouble]]'' was postponed seven months because it involved a nuclear bomb being smuggled on board an aircraft; it was slated for September 21.<ref name="script" />

The release date of ''[[Bad Company (2002 film)|Bad Company]]'', December 25, 2001, was pushed several months because the plot involved a criminal mastermind planning to detonate a bomb in the [[Grand Central Terminal]].

''[[Gangs of New York]]'' was intended to be released on Christmas 2001, but its release was delayed until a year later due to the September 11 attacks.

''[[Deuces Wild]]'' was slated for release in September 2001, but was pushed back due to the attacks and storyline about violence in New York, and was eventually released in May 2002.

''[[Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film)|Buffalo Soldiers]]'' premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in September 2001, but its wide release was pushed back two years until 2003 due to war themes.

''[[Windtalkers]]'' was originally slated for a Christmas 2001 release, but was pushed back until June 2002 due to its war theme, and was re-edited for depictions of violence.

''[[Hart's War]]'' was originally planned for release in December 2001, but its release was postponed until February 2002 due to war themes.

===Cancelled films===
A [[Jackie Chan]] film called ''Nosebleed'', about a window washer on the WTC who foils a terrorist plot, was due to start filming on September 11, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Moore |title=Jackie Chan |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-09-27-0209260381-story.html |website=OrlandoSentinel.com |date=September 27, 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200720211846/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-09-27-0209260381-story.html |archive-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> [[Snopes]] questioned the suggestion that this was any kind of "narrow escape", pointing out the uncertain nature of film development and noting "it was almost certainly as part of a plan drawn up and abandoned long before September 2001".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snopes.com/rumors/jackchan.asp | title=Jackie Chan WTC Escape | date=March 8, 2008 | publisher=Snopes | access-date=November 30, 2013 | archive-date=April 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424030652/http://www.snopes.com/rumors/jackchan.asp | url-status=live |first=David |last=Mikkelson}}</ref>

[[James Cameron]] planned to make a sequel to ''[[True Lies]]'', but canceled the project after the attacks, saying that "terrorism is no longer something to be taken lightly".<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 5, 2021|title=The day before 9/11: what was life like before the world changed?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/05/the-day-before-911-what-was-life-like-before-the-world-changed|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106053307/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/05/the-day-before-911-what-was-life-like-before-the-world-changed|url-status=live |first=Tim |last=Adams}}</ref>

There were plans to have a sequel to ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', but after the attacks, [[Eric Roth]], [[Robert Zemeckis]], and [[Tom Hanks]] said that the story was no longer "relevant" and it felt "meaningless".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jensen|first=Erin|title=Why the 'Forrest Gump' sequel was halted: The film 'felt meaningless' following 9/11 attacks|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/03/21/forrest-gump-sequel-script-felt-meaningless-after-9-11-says-writer/3231469002/|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104043734/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/03/21/forrest-gump-sequel-script-felt-meaningless-after-9-11-says-writer/3231469002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Peter Berg]] had been set to direct heist film ''Truck 44'' for [[Fox 2000 Pictures]], which would have followed a group of [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]] firefighters who accidentally start a blaze in a ritzy [[Manhattan]] apartment building while robbing it, until Fox decided to shelve it in the wake of the attacks.<ref name="Truck44Var">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/columns/berg-trucks-to-radar-fincher-on-mission-1117861972/ |title= Shell-shocked showbiz  |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref> In March 2002, Berg attempted to get the project restarted at [[Radar Pictures]] by rewriting it so it took place in [[Miami]].<ref name="Truck44Var" />

[[Columbia Pictures]] had scheduled ''Tick Tock'', an action thriller written by Anthony Bagarozzi and [[Chuck Mondry|Charles Mondry]] to be directed by [[Stephen Norrington]] and star [[Jennifer Lopez]], to start production in January 2002, however due to the plot which centered around an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent investigating an amnesiac man and his connection to a serial bomber targeting shopping malls in [[Los Angeles]] during Christmas the movie was cancelled.<ref name="TickTockVar">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2001/biz/news/shell-shocked-showbiz-1117852720/ |title=  Berg 'Trucks' to Radar; Fincher on 'Mission'?  |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="TickTock2Var">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/time-for-tick-tock-1117786838/|title= Time for 'Tick-Tock' |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 30, 2025}}</ref>

===Non-altered films===
Some films released after 9/11 kept scenes of the WTC in them.

Director [[Cameron Crowe]] retained shots of the buildings in the [[Final cut privilege|final cut]] of ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'' as a tribute despite the producers asking for them to be removed. Crowe told the Associated Press "The idea of wiping them away by the computer &mdash; I couldn't do it [...] They've already been taken away once; they'll stay in the movie. Hopefully, the audience will understand it's a tribute."<ref name=ibtimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/one-world-trade-film-and-tv-producers-navigate-new-yorks-rapidly-changing-skyline-782553 |title=One World Trade: Film And TV Producers Navigate New York's Rapidly Changing Skyline |date=September 11, 2012 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711194502/https://www.ibtimes.com/one-world-trade-film-and-tv-producers-navigate-new-yorks-rapidly-changing-skyline-782553 |first=Christopher |last=Zara |author-link=Christopher Zara |work=[[International Business Times]] |publisher=IBT Media |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=miamiHerald>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/672055055/?match=1&terms=rene%20rodriguez |url-access=subscription |title=Sweet Dreams |first=Rene |last=Rodriguez |date=December 9, 2001 |work=[[Miami Herald]] |publisher=McClatchy |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

''[[Donnie Darko]]'' contains scenes in which parts of a plane fall from the sky, and it has been suggested that the film's darker themes were responsible for its poor box office,<ref>{{cite news |first=Danny |last=Leigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/30/2 |title=Donnie Darko: the rabbit rides again &#124; Film |work=The Guardian|date=July 30, 2004 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220020151/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/30/2 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> but it nonetheless went on to become a [[cult classic]] in the years following.

Shots of the WTC were kept in ''[[Delivering Milo]]'', and ''[[Crazy Little Thing]]''.

A shot of the towers was retained in the 2001 documentary ''Spider-Man – Once Upon a Time The Super Heroes!'' as a tribute. It was not edited for the DVD release on June 17, 2002.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

''[[A.I. (film)|A.I.: Artificial Intelligence]]'' was released less than three months before the attacks. A scene set thousands of years in the future which features a badly damaged WTC was not edited for its video release.<ref name = Latchem/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ehrlich|first=David|date=June 29, 2021|title=Spielberg's 'A.I.' Divided Critics, but It's the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/spielberg-ai-artificial-intelligence-turns-20-tribute-1234647354/|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=IndieWire|language=en|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104043733/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/spielberg-ai-artificial-intelligence-turns-20-tribute-1234647354/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The North Tower is seen in ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'' when Rainbow Randolph is dancing on the small bench in [[Duane Park]]. In the DVD commentary, [[Danny DeVito]] explained that it was the only shot in the movie that the WTC was in and he designed the shot. This movie was filmed from January to May 2001, four months before the 9/11 attacks.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

''[[City by the Sea]]'' has some shots of the World Trade Center that were not edited out.

''[[Gangs of New York]]'' ends with the New York City skyline containing the Twin Towers. The filmmakers had filmed the shot before the 9/11 attacks and later debated whether to remove the towers, have the towers dissolve out from the shot to signify their disappearance, or to remove the sequence entirely.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bosley|first1=Rachel K.|title=Mean Streets.|url=https://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/mean/page2.html|website=American Cinematographer|publisher=American Society of Cinematographers|access-date=July 26, 2015|date=Jan 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031140604/http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jan03/mean/page2.html|archive-date=October 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several scenes in ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' where a bomb explodes at the [[Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau|United States Consulate General]] were not edited for its video release.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Although shot after the September 11th attacks, one scene in ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' set in a version of 2003 where Kermit was never born shows the Twin Towers visible in the background. This was due to the backdrop used in the film being created prior to the attacks. Years after the film's release, this detail gained viral attention, inspiring jokes that the creation of Kermit the Frog [[Correlation does not imply causation|somehow]] [[Butterfly effect|indirectly led]] to 9/11.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/kermit-did-911-meme |title = Why 'Kermit Did 9/11' is the Conspiracy Theory That Won't Croak| date=September 7, 2021 }}</ref>

==Television==
===News coverage===
{{See also|Media documentation of the September 11 attacks#Television channels}}
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The television coverage of the September 11 attacks and their [[Aftermath of the September 11 attacks|aftermath]] was the longest uninterrupted news event in U.S. television history, with the [[List of United States over-the-air television networks#Major English-language commercial networks|major U.S. broadcast networks]] on the air for 93 continuous hours. From the moment the news was broadcast that the [[American Airlines Flight 11|first plane]] hit the [[List of tenants in One World Trade Center|North Tower]] of the World Trade Center, all [[Television program|programs]] and [[commercials]] were suspended, with all four networks broadcasting uninterrupted news coverage.<ref name="Carter A14">{{cite news|title=Viewers Again Return To Traditional Networks|date=September 15, 2001|first1=Bill|last1=Carter|first2=Jim|last2=Rutenberg|newspaper=The New York Times|page=A14|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/us/after-the-attacks-television-viewers-again-return-to-traditional-networks.html?pagewanted=print|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421225654/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/us/after-the-attacks-television-viewers-again-return-to-traditional-networks.html?pagewanted=print|archive-date=April 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of the night, [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]] estimated that at least 80 million Americans watched the evening news, while an estimate by the [[University of Georgia]] held that about two billion people either watched the attacks in real time or through the news.<ref name="Graff">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/pagers-pay-phones-and-dialup-how-we-communicated-on-911/|title=Pagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11|last=Graff|first=Garrett|date=September 11, 2019|magazine=WIRED|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917060206/https://www.wired.com/story/pagers-pay-phones-and-dialup-how-we-communicated-on-911/|archive-date=September 17, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>

The September 11 attacks were also the first time since the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] that television networks announced that there would be no television commercials or programs for an indefinite period of several days after the attacks, since it was widely felt that it was an inappropriate time for "fun and entertainment" programs to be shown when so much death and destruction was being seen live on television. During the week of the attacks, the networks' evening news broadcasts nearly doubled its average viewership audience, and it was estimated that American adults watched an average of eight hours of television a day, nearly doubling the average viewership audience. To keep up with the constant flow of information, many news networks began running continuous updates in a [[news ticker]], which soon became a permanent fixture of many networks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wolk |first1=Josh |title=Cable news tickers are taking over TV |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/19/cable-news-tickers-are-taking-over-tv/ |website=EW.com |access-date=September 6, 2018 |language=en |date=November 19, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910060910/https://ew.com/article/2001/11/19/cable-news-tickers-are-taking-over-tv/ |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On the day of the attacks and afterwards, news broadcasters scrambled to report accurate information, though erroneous information was occasionally broadcast. An examination of CNN's coverage of September 11, 2001 (which was replayed online, virtually in its entirety, on the fifth anniversary of the attacks in 2006) revealed that after the attack on the Pentagon, the network had also reported that a fire had broken out on the [[National Mall]], and that according to a wire report, a [[car bomb]] had exploded in front of the [[United States Department of State|State Department]]. It also broadcast an interview with a witness to the Pentagon attack who said it was a helicopter (not a plane) that hit the building. CNN was not alone in airing these or similar inaccurate reports, as subsequent examinations of coverage by other networks has shown.<ref name="Carter A14" />

====Reaction of various networks====
The major television stations in [[New York City]] provided local coverage of the World Trade Center attacks, though primarily through local cable systems, as their transmission facilities atop the WTC were destroyed, and they had to deal with six station engineers killed in the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtcengineers.net/|title=TV Engineers who were lost in the World Trade Center Attacks|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919081456/http://www.wtcengineers.net/|archive-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

As [[WCBS-TV]]'s and [[WXTV]]'s transmitting facilities were atop the [[Empire State Building]] at the time, their signals remained accessible over the air.

Some cable networks suspended normal programming and simulcast news coverage from other networks. For example, [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]]-owned [[VH1]] and [[MTV]] simulcast the feed from corporate sibling [[CBS]],<ref name="Viacom Network Responses to 9/11"/> and [[Disney]]-owned [[ESPN]] and [[ESPN2]] utilized the feed from corporate sibling [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="Graff"/>

Some cable networks continued broadcasting their regularly scheduled programming without interruption, particularly those geared toward children's entertainment, such as [[Nickelodeon]] and [[AOL Time Warner]]-owned [[Cartoon Network]].<ref name="Viacom Network Responses to 9/11"/> Several other networks such as [[Food Network]] and [[HGTV]], along with shopping channels [[QVC]] and [[HSN]], paused programming to display still images conveying sympathies and condolences.

Brazil's [[Rede Globo]] broadcast a special edition of [[Jornal Hoje]] (afternoon national newscast) at 12:00&nbsp;p.m. Normally the program would air after local newscasts and a sports news show. When Jornal Hoje ended, Globo decided to restart its normal programming for the second time, with occasional breaks for the news division to announce updates about the situation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Globo |first1=Memória |title=Quando a notícia interfere na programação – Atentados de 11 de setembro – Memória |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/quando-a-noticia-interfere-na-programacao/ |website=Memória Globo |access-date=January 16, 2021 |language=pt-BR |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117005852/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/quando-a-noticia-interfere-na-programacao/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It ran a special edition of its evening newscast [[Jornal Nacional]] at 8:15&nbsp;p.m. The program broke the record of most-watched newscast of the year. According to official numbers later released, for each 100 televisions being watched at the time, 74 were tuned into Jornal Nacional. The special edition had [[William Bonner (newscaster)|William Bonner]] and [[Fátima Bernardes]] as hosts and had the participation of correspondents in New York (live), Washington DC, London and Beirut.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Globo |first1=Memória |title=Jornal Nacional histórico – Atentados de 11 de setembro – Memória |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/jornal-nacional-historico/ |website=Memória Globo |access-date=January 16, 2021 |language=pt-BR |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117003804/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/jornal-nacional-historico/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Correspondent Jorge Pontual was praised by critics after a memorable report right by the WTC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jorge Pontual relembra a cobertura do 11 de Setembro |url=https://g1.globo.com/globonews/jornal-das-dez/video/jorge-pontual-relembra-a-cobertura-do-11-de-setembro-1624341.ghtml |website=G1 |language=pt-br |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807025824/https://g1.globo.com/globonews/jornal-das-dez/video/jorge-pontual-relembra-a-cobertura-do-11-de-setembro-1624341.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2002, that edition of the Jornal Nacional was nominated for the [[30th International Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Globo |first1=Memória |title=Emmy – Atentados de 11 de setembro – Memória |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/emmy/ |website=Memória Globo |access-date=January 16, 2021 |language=pt-BR |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116233008/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/atentados-de-11-de-setembro/emmy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Use of pictures====
When asked for her thoughts on the attacks, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]] stated that "we need to be very careful about our children". She warned parents not to let their children see the frightening images of destruction in a constant loop, and recommended that parents turn off the television and do something constructive, reassuring, and calming with their children.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/13/se.54.html | publisher=CNN| date=September 13, 2001 | access-date=May 8, 2010 | title=America Under Attack: Talk with First Lady Laura Bush | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522013548/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/13/se.54.html | archive-date=May 22, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Programming===
The most immediate impact to television was the loss of [[David Angell]], a co-creator and co-executive producer from the [[NBC]] show ''[[Frasier]]'', who with his wife, was among the passengers on [[American Airlines Flight 11]].

In the United States, the start of the [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001–2002 television season]] was put on hold due to the extensive news coverage (several series, such as NBC's ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'', were originally scheduled to debut on September 11), with mid-September premieres delayed until later in the month. Late-night talk shows such as ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' and ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' were also off the air; Letterman was already dark for the week for a pre-season vacation. Even after regular programming resumed, several talk shows remained off the air for several more days as writers and hosts determined how best to approach the sensitive situation. [[David Letterman]] was quoted on CNN as questioning whether he would even continue hosting his show. Ultimately, Letterman, [[Jay Leno]], [[Jon Stewart]], and other talk show hosts based in New York and Los Angeles returned to the airwaves with emotional initial broadcasts, with Letterman punctuating his thoughts by asking his audience how the attacks "made any goddamn sense." This was the second of four instances where the start of the television season was delayed due to issues outside of the control of the major television networks; the other instances were the [[1988–89 United States network television schedule|1988–89 season]] (as a result of the [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike]]), the [[2020–21 United States network television schedule|2020–21 season]] (due to television production being halted as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]), and the [[2023–24 United States network television schedule|2023–24 season]] (as a result of the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]] and [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike]]s).

Several television series, most notably ''[[The West Wing]]'' and ''[[Third Watch]]'', produced special episodes addressing the attacks; ''Third Watch'' devoted an episode to interviewing first responders, many of whom were advisors to the series, while ''West Wing'' presented an off-continuity episode in which the characters discuss an unspecified but similar attack with a group of students. ''[[Law & Order]]'' and its spinoff series all began their fall season premieres with a tribute to the victims. Shows such as the military based ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' and ''[[Third Watch]]'' (a series about New York City first responders) made major changes to their ongoing storylines to incorporate the event's aftermath. The season eight premiere of the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Friends]]'' was dedicated to the "people of New York City". Characters in the [[HBO]] crime drama ''[[The Sopranos]]'' discussed the attacks in several episodes, and the overall mood of the show became darker; the Twin Towers were also removed from the opening credits beginning with the fourth season. The HBO show ''[[Sex and the City]]'' removed the twin towers from its title sequence in the next season. ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', a series set within the espionage world that debuted in the fall of 2001, began adding references to terrorism and the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (an entity created after 9–11).

On September 17, 2001, ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' host [[Bill Maher]]'s guest [[Dinesh D'Souza]] disputed President [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s label of the terrorists being "cowards", saying that the terrorists were warriors.<ref name="bohlen2001">Bohlen, Celestine. (September 21, 2001.) [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04EFDA163DF93AA1575AC0A9679C8B63 "Think tank; In new war on terrorism, words are weapons, too"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321074412/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/arts/think-tank-in-new-war-on-terrorism-words-are-weapons-too.html |date=March 21, 2023 }}. ''The New York Times'' online archive. Retrieved on October 9, 2007.</ref> Maher agreed and, according to a transcript, replied, "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."<ref name="bohlen2001" /> The comments were widely condemned, and the show was cancelled the following June, which Maher and many others saw as a result of the controversy; however, ABC denied that the controversy was a factor, and said the show was cancelled due to declining ratings.<ref name="cbs0505">(2003-05-05.) [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maher-politically-incorrect-on-broadway/ "Maher: Politically incorrect on broadway".]  CBS News website. Retrieved on October 9, 2007.</ref><ref name="kirn2002">Kirn, Walter. (May 26, 2002.) [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805EEDE1338F935A15756C0A9649C8B63 "The way we live now: 5-26-02; The end of the affair"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321074412/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-5-26-02-the-end-of-the-affair.html |date=March 21, 2023 }}. ''The New York Times'' online archive. Retrieved on October 9, 2007.</ref><ref>Associated Press. (June 29, 2002.) [https://www.usatoday.com/life/2002/2002-06-29-maher.htm "Maher tapes final episode of 'Politically Incorrect'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422001853/http://www.usatoday.com/life/2002/2002-06-29-maher.htm |date=April 22, 2012 }}. ''USA Today'' online, retrieved on October 9, 2007.</ref> Maher said that the show struggled for advertisers in its final months.<ref>Maher, Bill. (September 10, 2006) [https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-op-maher10sep10,1,1091514.story?coll=la-headlines-suncomment "When can we finally be funny again?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522160434/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-op-maher10sep10,1,1091514.story?coll=la-headlines-suncomment |date=May 22, 2011 }} ''The Los Angeles Times'' via latimes.com. Retrieved on October 9, 2007.</ref>

''Family Guy'' creator and animator [[Seth MacFarlane]] was going to board Flight 11 to Los Angeles, but missed his flight due to drunkenness the night before.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wafflesatnoon.com/seth-macfarlane-missed-911-flight/|title=Seth MacFarlane Missed a Doomed 9/11 Flight|website=wafflesatnoon.com|date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=September 11, 2016|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008054658/http://wafflesatnoon.com/seth-macfarlane-missed-911-flight/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Delayed or cancelled entertainment awards shows====
The [[53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards]], scheduled for September 16, were delayed to October 7. However, the United States began to [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|bomb Afghanistan]] on that day, and the ceremony was again postponed. They finally aired on November 4, with a somewhat somber atmosphere after surviving rumors of cancellation. Due to the delay, the event was relocated from the originally scheduled [[Shrine Auditorium]] venue to the smaller [[Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles)|Shubert Theatre]]. The 2006 drama ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' featured flashbacks to this time, where two of the characters on the show were fictionally nominated for awards at this event.

The [[2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards]], which was scheduled for September 11, was cancelled immediately after the attacks. After many discussions about rescheduling the ceremony, The Latin Recording Academy determined it would be impossible to do so. Instead, the winners were announced at a press conference on October 30 at the [[Conga Room]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Attack-forces-cancellations-L-A-Madonna-show-2880603.php|title=Attack forces cancellations / L.A. Madonna show delayed, Latin Grammys canceled|work=SFGate|date=September 12, 2001 |access-date=20 November 2015|archive-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708214220/http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-09-12/entertainment/17616114_1_theme-parks-latin-grammys-fashion-week|url-status=live}}</ref> The cancellation of the event cost the organizers an estimate of $2 million in losses.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Garza|first1=Augustin|title=Latin Grammys Struggle With Loss of Momentum|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-18-et-gurza18-story.html|access-date=2014-09-24|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2002-05-18|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812084337/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/18/entertainment/et-gurza18|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the winners were acknowledged at the [[44th Grammy Awards]]. Furthermore, the attacks influenced the [[The Recording Academy|National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] to hold the [[45th Grammy Awards|2003 Grammy Awards]] ceremony in [[New York City]] as part of the "healing process".

The postponements and cancellations of various entertainment programs sparked rumors that the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] were postponing or even canceling the [[74th Academy Awards]] ceremony. However, in a written statement released by president [[Frank Pierson]], he denied any rumors that the attacks would affect the scheduling of the awards presentation saying that "the terrorists will have won" if they cancelled it. Nevertheless, the show went on as planned on March 24, 2002. The security was much tighter than in previous years, and the show had a more somber tone. According to ''[[New York Magazine]]'', there were 26 references to the attacks during the telecast.<ref>Giovanni, Joseph: "9/11 by the Numbers", ''New York Magazine'', 16 September 2002, page 54.</ref> On October 16, 2006, the awards event itself was designated a [[National Special Security Event]] by the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]].

Reflecting the significant and enduring impact of September 11 on popular culture, months and years after the attacks, events were still impacted, with the [[2003 Grammy Awards]] being held at [[Madison Square Garden]] instead of [[Staples Center]] as planned. [[Blockbuster LLC|Blockbuster Entertainment]] terminated their [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|awards ceremony]] permanently shortly after the second delay of the Emmys.

====Other changes====
13 of the first 30 episodes of ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' had some of its footage edited after 9/11 due to some scenes sharing higher resemblance to the attacks.

The ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' episode "Paris" had a joke about the Taliban's destruction of the [[Buddhas of Bamiyan]] removed from its original broadcast on September 14, 2001. However, the material was restored on home media and streaming versions of the episode.

The second episode of the first season of ''[[The Amazing Race 1|The Amazing Race]]'' was originally scheduled to air on September 12, but was delayed to September 19 as CBS cleared the week's schedule to cover 9/11's aftermath.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Postpones 2nd Episode of 'Race' Until Next Week |url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-postpones-2nd-episode-of-race-until-next-week-231.php |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Reality TV World |language=en}}</ref> Host [[Phil Keoghan]] admitted that he doubted the show would be renewed since he didn't believe there would be demand for a reality show centered on traveling in the immediate aftermath. Casting director, Lynne Spillman, and television producer, Ghen Maynard, however, stated that they believed the series acted as a celebration of the modern world, the joys of travel, and a chance to see different cultures and were confident it would last.<ref>{{Cite web |last=EDT |first=Norman WeissSaturday 9/04/21 at 1:26AM |title=The Amazing Race, which premiered 6 days before 9/11, is celebrating its 20th anniversary |url=https://www.primetimer.com/item/The-Amazing-Race-which-premiered-6-days-before-9-11-is-celebrating-its-20th-anniversary-XDS0B4 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=primetimer.com |language=en}}</ref> In addition, [[The Amazing Race 2|Season 2]] of the Amazing Race was in process of location scouting in September 2001, but it was paused until late October. Season 2's filming was initially planned to start in November 2001, but was delayed to January 2002.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78Jq05gKvk |title=How 911 Affected The Amazing Race |date=2024-03-30 |last=Melissa Rivers |access-date=2025-01-21 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

The [[Survivor: Africa|third season of Survivor]] was initially planned to premiere in mid-September, but was delayed to October 11th. In addition, the [[Survivor: Marquesas|fourth season]] (which would be filmed from November to December 10th) was initially planned to take place in [[Jordan]]. The producers had scouted the area for months, planned challenges, and had been cleared for filming by [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]] who personally approved of the project. After 9/11, Producer [[Mark Burnett]] deemed the political climate in the Middle East to be too tense and the filming location was changed to the [[Marquesas Islands]] in [[French Polynesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richard |first=Ianic Roy |date=2018-02-22 |title=Survivor: Arabia, the Season that Never Was |url=https://medium.com/a-tribe-of-one/survivor-arabia-the-season-that-never-was-e6f20d9bdd26 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=A Tribe of One |language=en}}</ref> 

The ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' episode, "[[101 Dalmatians: The Series#Episodes|Alive N' Chicken]]", was pulled from circulation due to a scene centering around [[101 Dalmatians: The Series#Characters|Spot Chicken]] flying a contraption into a windmill with the Dalmatians on top with the contraption falling into a sack of flour. The episode, along with the followup episode "[[101 Dalmatians: The Series#Episodes|Prima Doggy]]", had been removed from circulation until June 2020, when the show became available on [[Disney+]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://d23.com/everything-new-you-can-stream-on-disney-in-june-2020/|title=Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in June 2020|date=May 15, 2020|website=D23}}</ref>

In the ''[[Friends]]'' episode "[[The One Where Rachel Tells...]]", Chandler and Monica could not get on their flight for their honeymoon because Chandler joked about a bombing in the airport. After the attacks, the story was rewritten and reshot.<ref>{{YouTube|id=p5i7lu2pGQ|title=Friends Airport Security (deleted scene)}}</ref> As the show was set in New York, a disclaimer reading "Dedicated to the People of New York City" was added to the end of the episode "[[Friends (season 8)|The One After 'I Do']]", which was the first episode of the series to be broadcast after the attacks. In several subsequent episodes, Joey and other members of the crew are seen wearing NYPD and FDNY apparel; Joey is seen wearing a T-shirt that says "Captain [[Billy Burke (firefighter)|Billy Burke]]", referring to an NYC firefighter who died in the attack.

The opening credits of ''[[The Sopranos]]''{{'}}s first three seasons featured a shot of the Twin Towers visible in [[Tony Soprano]]'s side-view mirror. It was replaced with two shorter generic shots beginning in the show's fourth season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/09/911_ten_years_later_-_terror_o.html |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=August 23, 2015 |title=9/11: Ten years later – Terror on TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2011/09/911_ten_years_later_-_terror_o.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live |first=Alan |last=Sepinwall}}</ref>

New material was quickly added to PBS's ''[[Sesame Street]]'' following the attacks to address issues raised. The first episode of the season involves a [[grease fire]] at [[Hooper's Store]] which traumatizes [[Elmo]] until he meets some real-life [[firefighters]]. In another episode written after the attacks, [[Big Bird]] has to deal with his [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] pen pal Gulliver, who does not believe birds should be friendly to other species.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2002/010402.shtml |title=Muppet Central News – 9/11 echoes on Sesame Street |publisher=Muppetcentral.com |date=January 4, 2002 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905132154/http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2002/010402.shtml |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The syndicated version of the ''[[Married... with Children]]'' episode "Get Outta Dodge"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/817.html|title=Bundyology – Episode "Get outta Dodge"|work=bundyology.com|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195223/http://www.bundyology.com/hpg/817.html|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> features a scene of two Arabs with a ticking bomb at the front door of [[Al Bundy]]'s house offering to buy his [[Dodge]] [[Decrepit car|clunker car]] for $40 and asking for directions to the [[Sears Tower]]. It was pulled after the attack.

''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' had their [[opening credits]] modified at the start of their [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3)|third season]] on September 28 to remove an [[establishing shot]] of the World Trade Center.

A shot of the New York City skyline in the opening montage of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was altered to remove the Twin Towers when the new season began on September 29. A shot of an American flag was also added.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stooge |date=2020-03-13 |title=September 29, 2001 – Reese Witherspoon / Alicia Keys (S27 E1) |url=https://www.onesnladay.com/2020/03/12/september-29-2001-reese-witherspoon-alicia-keys-s27-e1/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The 'One SNL a Day' Project |language=en-US}}</ref>

''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]", which premiered roughly four years before the attacks and was partially set at the World Trade Center, was temporarily pulled from syndication by some carriers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-5.html#5.2.7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417175406/http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-5.html |url-status=dead |title=alt.tv.simpsons – List of Inquiries and Substantive Answers: Miscellany<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=April 17, 2010}}</ref> The episode returned to syndication in 2006.

In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Road to Rhode Island]]" (which aired a year before the attacks), [[Osama bin Laden]] distracts a security guard at the airport while the X-ray machine detects weapons. This scene was cut after the September 11 attacks and was also removed from the [[List of Family Guy home video releases|''Family Guy: Volume 1'']] DVD; however, the episode remains intact on the [[List of Family Guy home video releases|''Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection'']] DVD. The episode "[[A Fish out of Water (Family Guy)|A Fish out of Water]]" was originally scheduled to premiere on September 12, 2001, but was delayed to September 19 following the attacks.

Although ''[[Frasier]]'' had no explicit mention of 9/11 ever, a large American flag can be seen hanging by the windows in some of the post-9/11 episodes.

The ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episodes "[[Propane Boom]]" and "[[King of the Hill season 3|Death of a Propane Salesman]]" were temporarily pulled from syndication for the remainder of September, due to the depiction of the explosion of the [[Mega Lo Mart]] and the aftermath that followed, both episodes later returned to syndication in October 2001. Similarly, one station pulled the King of the Hill episode "[[Dog Dale Afternoon]]" due to Dale causing panic and hysteria inside a clock tower, which the syndicator viewed as too inappropriate during a time when America was in danger. That episode returned  to syndication in October 2001. 

The ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "[[Just One Bite]]" originally featured a scene in which [[Squidward Tentacles]] attempts to get to the "Patty Vault" by bypassing the Krusty Krab's security system, which consists of a bucket of gas and a match that eventually burns him. Despite this scene being removed after the episode's initial broadcast on October 5, 2001, it remains distributed internally among the fanbase. The episode re-aired in 2002 with the original scene replaced with a zoom-in towards the "Patty Vault" in the back of the Krusty Krab. This change was initially thought to have been made either out of respect the victims of the September 11 attacks (which occurred less than a month before the episode aired), or to prevent children from attempting to use and/or ignite gas. However, in 2018, [[Vincent Waller]] confirmed on [[Twitter]] that it was ultimately due to [[Nickelodeon]], the show's network, being against the idea of a gag involving a match and gasoline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1003628087982977024|title=Standards and Practices does not care for gags involving petrol and matches.|first=Vincent|last=Waller|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220163418/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1003628087982977024|archive-date=December 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode "Door to Door" was edited to remove some scenes of a burning city after an Irken invasion, with the [[Statue of Liberty]] being shown floating in water. The episode was also delayed from its original scheduled airdate of September 14, 2001 due to the attacks; it was replaced on the schedule that evening with ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''.<ref name="Viacom Network Responses to 9/11">[http://rugratonline.free.fr/time2001.html The Rugrats Timeline—2001]</ref> While the unedited version of the episode was aired in Australia, only the edited version has been released on DVD.

The Nickelodeon live program ''[[Slime Time Live]]'' had its entire taping schedule canceled for the rest of the week ending September 14, 2001.<ref name="Viacom Network Responses to 9/11"/>

The ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' episode "Malcolm's Girlfriend" originally had a subplot where Francis took refuge with a mad bomber in a remote Canadian cabin. The episode was to have guest starred [[Stacy Keach]] and the storyline was supposedly filmed, but due to the September 11 attacks it had to be re-filmed with a subplot involving Francis in an Alaskan prison witnessing a live soap opera.

The ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode "[[The Sky's the Limit (Only Fools and Horses)|The Sky's The Limit]]" was temporarily removed from repeat showings due to the final scene showing a plane nearly crashing into the [[Nelson Mandela House]].

According to the outtakes of ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'' season 2, the director and other crew members put a flag sticker on the [[clapperboard]] during production as a tribute to the victims.

''[[Sex and the City]]'' had a theme change where the [[Empire State Building]] replaced the Twin Towers as the opening credits with the name of [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] being shown.

''[[The Zeta Project]]'' had almost been cancelled after season one due to the events of 9/11; however, season 2 was made on the caveat they cut the word "terrorist" and make it lighter in tone.

====Non-altered shows====
Reruns of ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' showed the Twin Towers on [[Game Show Network]], especially the nighttime scene, during the opening.

==Music and radio==
Program directors from radio stations throughout the United States retooled their playlists in response to the attacks. Common changes included the heavy rotation of songs such as "[[God Bless the USA]]" by [[Lee Greenwood]] and [[Whitney Houston]]'s rendition of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" from [[Super Bowl XXV]]. Meanwhile, songs such as [[U2]]'s "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]", [[Drowning Pool]]'s "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]", and [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s "[[Crash Into Me]]" were excluded from playlists. Additionally, Clear Channel (now known as [[iHeartMedia]]) came under scrutiny for distributing a [[Clear Channel memorandum|list of 150 potentially sensitive songs that were not recommended for broadcast]] immediately after the attacks, including every [[Rage Against the Machine]] song.<ref name="playlist">{{cite news | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/rec.radio.playlist/index.html | publisher=CNN| title=Radio stations retool playlists after attacks | date=September 20, 2001 | access-date=May 8, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419190921/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/rec.radio.playlist/index.html | archive-date=April 19, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s weekly comedic news quiz show ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' did not record or broadcast a show for the weekend of September 15–16.

Christian [[rap metal]] band [[P.O.D.]] released their album ''[[Satellite (P.O.D. album)|Satellite]]'' on September 11, 2001, spurring success for the album and its lead single "[[Alive (P.O.D. song)|Alive]]", which was seen as having a positive message in the aftermath of the attacks. Other bands associated with genres such as [[nu metal]] and rap metal experienced a downturn in sales due to the attacks; these genres continued to decline in popularity in the following years.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kangas |first1=Chaz |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/9-11-changed-everything-for-the-music-industry-2407736 |title=9/11 Changed Everything for the Music Industry |work=L.A. Weekly |date=September 12, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826080904/http://www.laweekly.com/music/9-11-changed-everything-for-the-music-industry-2407736 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ |title=Vintage Korn: Life is Peachy at 20 |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225040414/http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ |archive-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Thrash metal band [[Slayer]] released their album ''[[God Hates Us All]]'' on September 11, 2001. Due to the name of the album and its lyrical themes and content, it has been interpreted by some as a premonition of the attacks. 

According to [[The Arrogant Worms|Arrogant Worms]] band member Trevor Strong, the song "Worst Seat on the Plane" was never performed live due to ''[[Idiot Road]]'' (the album it was featured on) being released on September 18, 2001.<ref name="trevor">{{cite web|url=http://www.trevorstrong.org/2010/02/episode-eighteen-trevor-talks-it-through/|title=Trevor Talks it Through – Episode Eighteen|work=Trevor Strong. Humour. Story. Song.|access-date=October 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113026/http://www.trevorstrong.org/2010/02/episode-eighteen-trevor-talks-it-through/|archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>

American alternative rock band [[Jimmy Eat World]] voluntarily changed the name of their album ''[[Bleed American]]'', which was released on July 18, 2001, out of concern that the title may be misinterpreted. It was re-released as the eponymous ''Jimmy Eat World'', and its [[Bleed American (song)|title track]] was renamed "Salt Sweat Sugar". In 2008, a deluxe version of the album was released, reverting both the album and song to their original ''Bleed American'' title.

Hungarian composer [[Robert Gulya]], who lived in the United States from 2000 to 2002, began to work on a guitar concerto shortly after the September 11 attacks. Gulya chose a [[Theme (music)|theme]] for the concerto's first movement,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpWx0Z4tG4 Video of the world premiere of Gulya's guitar concerto, first movement.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225234441/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpWx0Z4tG4 |date=February 25, 2013 }} [[Gramy Records]], 2010.</ref> which is reminiscent of the terror attacks.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip1U37_qemw ''Interview with Robert Gulya''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529174436/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip1U37_qemw |date=May 29, 2012 }} Robert Gulya talks about his collaboration with [[Johanna Beisteiner]] and the Concerto he wrote for her. Video, [[Gramy Records]], 2010. (Hungarian with English subtitles)</ref> 

The cover artwork of [[Dream Theater]]'s live album ''[[Live Scenes from New York]]'', released on September 11, 2001, originally depicted the skyline of New York City, including the World Trade Center, silhouetted in flames. The album was recalled and re-released with a different cover. Dream Theater's 2005 studio album ''[[Octavarium (album)|Octavarium]]'' includes the song "Sacrificed Sons", which is about the attacks and their aftermath. Dream Theater keyboardist [[Jordan Rudess]] performed a solo benefit concert three days after the attacks, which was the released as the album ''[[4NYC]]'' a year later. The band changed the title of one song from their 2002 album ''[[Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence]]''. "The Great Debate", which discusses [[Stem cell controversy|stem-cell research controversies]], was originally titled "Conflict at Ground Zero" after a lyric in its chorus, but the title was changed as news reports began to refer to the site of the attacks as "Ground Zero".<ref name="mikeportnoy.com">"[http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/13.aspx#216 FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102032003/http://mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/13.aspx#216 |date=January 2, 2010 }}". mikeportnoy.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.</ref> The band was in a [[Manhattan]] studio conducting final mixes of ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' on the day of the attacks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Epting |first1=Chris |title=Mike Portnoy Recounts Bizarre 9/11 Coincidence |url=https://noisecreep.com/mike-portnoy-recounts-bizarre-9-11-coincidence/ |website=[[Noisecreep]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |access-date=May 15, 2020 |date=September 6, 2011 |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905114130/https://noisecreep.com/mike-portnoy-recounts-bizarre-9-11-coincidence/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

English rock band [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] changed the name of the [[lead single]] off their 2001 album ''[[Golden State (album)|Golden State]]'' from "Speed Kills" to "[[The People That We Love]]". Also changed was the original cover art for the album, which featured a commercial airplane.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2014|title=Bushwhacked {{!}} Music {{!}} The Pacific Northwest Inlander {{!}} News, Politics, Music, Calendar, Events in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and the Inland Northwest|url=http://www.inlander.com/spokane/bushwhacked/Content?oid=2136000|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125454/http://www.inlander.com/spokane/bushwhacked/Content?oid=2136000|archive-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref>

The [[San Francisco Symphony]] continued with a previously planned program of [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Mahler's 6th Symphony]], the "Tragic," on September 12–15. The subsequent recording was highly acclaimed and garnered the [[2003 Grammy Awards#Classical|2003 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopsfsymphony.org/shop/product.php?productid=802&cat=22&page=1|title=Mahler: Symphony No. 6|publisher=San Francisco Symphony Online Store|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912161502/http://www.shopsfsymphony.org/shop/product.php?productid=802&cat=22&page=1|archive-date=September 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Janet Jackson]] postponed a concert in Tampa, Florida, scheduled for the day, and cancelled the entire European leg of her [[All for You Tour]] due to travel concerns after the attacks.

Before the 9/11 attacks, American DJ and media personality Khaled Mohamed Khaled often referred to himself as "[[DJ Khaled]] - The Arab Attack" before dropping the tag line out of concern about offending victims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://heebmagazine.com/dj-khaled-the-_heeb_-interview/3152|title=Khaled: The Heeb Interview|last=Barshad|first=Amos|date=April 15, 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121093109/http://heebmagazine.com/dj-khaled-the-_heeb_-interview/3152|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The American compact disc release of [[The Strokes]]' debut album, ''[[Is This It]]'', was delayed from September 25 to October 9 and had its track list amended, with the song "[[New York City Cops (song)|New York City Cops]]" being removed and replaced with the newly written track "[[When It Started]]".

Alternative rock band [[Enon (band)|Enon]] had been set to release their upcoming second studio album in September 2001, but their label, [[SeeThru Broadcasting]], decided to close following the [[9/11 attacks]] in New York. Enon temporarily released their second instrumental album "On Hold" in late 2001 to compensate fans for waiting. Enon signed with the Chicago-based indie label, [[Touch and Go Records]] after the closing of SeeThru, releasing their second studio album [[High Society (Enon album)|High Society]] in June 2002, after around half a year of limbo

Hip-hop band [[The Coup]]'s album ''[[Party Music]]'' originally featured art depicting two of the band's members apparently bombing the World Trade Center, and was scheduled for release in September 2001. The album was delayed to November so the band could create new cover art.

In London, the last night of the [[BBC Proms]] summer concert series, on Saturday September 15, was greatly toned down from its usual noisy and bombastic celebration, with major program revisions including the removal of John Adams's ''[[Short Ride in a Fast Machine]]''.

The music video of the song "Piece by Piece" by Welsh band [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]] was changed. The original video depicted animated characters of the band playing in a New York skyscraper with the World Trade Center in the background and planes flying nearby, also features those characters jumping from the building and shows the way down.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2XRiDo8n0 |title=Feeder - 'Piece By Piece' - Official Animated Music Video - HD |date=2010-08-11 |last=Feeder |access-date=2025-07-31 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The new video shows the band on a Train Station on England while the song is played<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IJCV-YSTBg |title=Feeder - Piece By Piece - Official Video |date=2016-06-13 |last=Feeder |access-date=2025-07-31 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

The lyrics for [[Sean Altman]]'s ''a capella'' song "[[Zombie Jamboree]]" was changed from "There's a high-wire zombie between the World Trades" to "There's an accapella zombie singing down Broadway".<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2001 |title=Proms climax changed after US attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/proms2001/story/0,10641,551237,00.html |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Clements |first=Andrew |date=17 September 2001 |title=Prom 72/ Last Night of the Proms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/sep/17/artsfeatures.proms2001 |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Theme parks==
The [[Walt Disney World]] attraction ''[[The Timekeeper]]'', a 360-degree film presentation that featured a panoramic view of New York City (including the Twin Towers) closed on September 11, 2001, and updated the scene of New York City so that the titular character was sent to 2000, a year before the attacks, which caused all references to the WTC to be removed. The attraction closed five years later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parklore.com/main/lost-legend/timekeeper/|title=THE TIMEKEEPER: Disney's Sci-Fi Double Feature From Iwerks to Imagineering|date=June 4, 2020|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321074428/https://parklore.com/main/lost-legend/timekeeper/|url-status=live |author=Brian <!-- This is NOT an error, the author is credited with no last name -->}}</ref>

==Sports==
===Cancellations===
[[National Football League]] (NFL): In the wake of the attacks, the NFL's week 2 games (September 16 and 17) were postponed and rescheduled to the end of the regular season (the weekend of January 6 and 7, 2002). The playoffs began 5 days later on January 12 and ended on February 3, 2002, with the Super Bowl, making it the first time the NFL's championship game was played in the month of February.

[[Major League Baseball]] (MLB): Major League Baseball Commissioner [[Bud Selig]] called off games for one day,<ref name="chass">{{cite news |title=BASEBALL; Selig, in a Sense of Mourning, Cancels Baseball Games |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 12, 2001 |last=Chass |first=Murray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/sports/baseball-selig-in-a-sense-of-mourning-cancels-baseball-games.html |page=C15 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802215201/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/sports/baseball-selig-in-a-sense-of-mourning-cancels-baseball-games.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> extended cancellations for three days, then eventually postponed all games through September 16, 2001. The [[2001 New York Mets season|New York Mets]]' home series against the [[2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] from September 17–19 was [[PNC Park|moved to]] [[Pittsburgh]] due to security concerns, with the Mets functioning as the series' designated home team. The games were tacked onto the end of the regular season, delaying the [[2001 Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]] until October 9. As a result, the [[2001 World Series]] became the first World Series to extend into November.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2009-11-03-2001-world-series_N.htm|title= Tracking the other November World Series|first= Bob|last= Kimball|date= November 3, 2009|work= USA Today|access-date= September 23, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111040934/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2009-11-03-2001-world-series_N.htm|archive-date= November 11, 2013|url-status= live}}</ref> This was the third time in MLB history that games were cancelled due to war or national security reasons.<ref name="chass"/> Games were previously cancelled on [[Normandy landings|D-Day]], and the [[1918 World Series|1918 season]] was shortened due to [[World War I]].<ref name="chass"/>

All [[Minor League Baseball]] championship series were cancelled. Teams that had led their respective series were awarded league championships, or teams which were scheduled to play in such series (such as the [[Midwest League]], which utilizes half-season championships to position the championship series) were awarded co-championships.

The [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS)'s final two weeks of the [[2001 Major League Soccer season|2001 season]] were cancelled, with some teams only playing 26 or 27 matches instead of the planned 28. The playoffs, whose spots were already decided, were played as scheduled, beginning on September 20 and ending with the [[MLS Cup 2001|MLS Cup]] on October 21.<ref>{{cite web |title=2001 Season Recap |date=February 22, 2012 |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/season/2001 |publisher=[[Major League Soccer]] |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719210604/http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/season/2001 |archive-date=July 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="USAToday-Soccer">{{cite news |date=September 13, 2001 |title=MLS cancels remainder of regular season |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-09-12-us-roundup.htm |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-09-12-us-roundup.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The remaining three matches of the [[2001 Women's U.S. Cup]], featuring the [[United States women's national soccer team]], were cancelled.<ref name="USAToday-Soccer"/><ref>{{cite news |date=September 13, 2001 |title=Final Nike U.S. Women's Cup Match Between U.S. & China Set for Sunday in Kansas City Canceled |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/04/final-nike-u-s-womens-cup-match-between-u-s-china-set-for-sunday-in-kansas-city-canceled |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]] |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/04/final-nike-u-s-womens-cup-match-between-u-s-china-set-for-sunday-in-kansas-city-canceled |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] [[college football]] games originally scheduled to be played on September 13 and 15, 2001 were called off.<ref>{{cite news|title=Many Sporting Events Called Off or Postponed|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 12, 2001|last1=Litsky|first1=Frank|first2=Lena|last2=Williams|page=C18|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/sports/many-sporting-events-called-off-or-postponed.html|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227193404/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/sports/many-sporting-events-called-off-or-postponed.html|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[USA Cycling]] cancelled the [[BMC Software]] Tour of [[Houston]], a key event in that year's Pro Cycling Tour that had been scheduled for September 16.<ref>{{cite press release |title=2001 BMC Software Cycling Grand Prix |publisher=USA Cycling / BMC Software |url=http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=271 |date=March 9, 2001 |access-date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615022024/http://usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=271 |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The decision was made in spite of athletes, staff, and equipment being actively en route to Houston from the inaugural [[San Francisco Grand Prix]], which was held on September 9.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hatchitt |first=Ann |title=Each employee looks for ways to reach out (BMC Software Inc.'s community service strategy) |newspaper=Austin Business Journal |date=October 12, 2001 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10148931_ITM |access-date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020212057/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10148931_ITM |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Félix Trinidad vs. Bernard Hopkins]] world Middleweight championship boxing fight, which was to take place on September 15 at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York, was postponed until September 29 due to the attacks. Also, a wrestling show was cancelled at the Madison Square Garden around the same date.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1551381.stm | title=Trinidad fight rescheduled | date=September 18, 2001 | access-date=September 22, 2022 | archive-date=September 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922085549/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1551381.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Delays===
The [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] matches that were scheduled for September 12 and 13 were postponed to October 10 and September 20, 2001, respectively. Matches scheduled on September 11 proceeded for [[logistics|logistical]] reasons, with a [[moment of silence|minute's silence]] observed and [[black armband]]s worn at the matches.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Sporting world expresses horror at US attacks |url=http://www.espnfc.com/europe/news/2001/0911/20010911usareaction.html |agency=[[Reuters]] |publisher=ESPN Soccernet |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019123352/http://www.espnfc.com/europe/news/2001/0911/20010911usareaction.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[World Wrestling Entertainment]], then named the World Wrestling Federation, had a live taping scheduled for the upcoming episode of [[SmackDown!]] on September 11, 2001, however due to the events of September 11, the taping was delayed until September 13, 2001, in Houston, Texas. The live episode of SmackDown was the first large public assembly since the attacks. 

[[NASCAR]] delayed the [[2001 New Hampshire 300]], moving the race (and the entire weekend) from September 16 to November 23, 2001. Several cars ran American flag themed liveries for the race, which was won by [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]].

===Not delayed===
The [[2001 American Memorial]] was a [[Championship Auto Racing Teams]] motor race held four days after the attacks at the [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz]]. It was not delayed, but was renamed from "German 500" by CART following the aftermath of the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wade|first1=Stephen|title=CART re-names race 'The American Memorial'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cart-re-names-race-the-american-memorial-1.263866|work=CBC News|date=September 14, 2001|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222210505/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cart-re-names-race-the-american-memorial-1.263866|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Formula One's governing body, the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]], announced that the [[2001 Italian Grand Prix]] would proceed as scheduled.<ref name="gpahead">{{cite news|title=Grand Prix will go ahead|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/3012756/Grand-Prix-will-go-ahead.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=September 13, 2001|access-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124154908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/3012756/Grand-Prix-will-go-ahead.html|archive-date=November 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Ferrari president [[Luca Cordero di Montezemolo|Luca di Montezemolo]] said that his team would approach the race as a normal racing event instead of a traditional Ferrari festival. Furthermore, di Montezemolo stated Formula One should continue its normal schedule and not cancel races.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ferrari pays its respects|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/1541601.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=September 13, 2001|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021023043020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/1541601.stm|archive-date=October 23, 2002|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Automobile Club d'Italia]] urged fans and spectators to behave "in keeping with the gravity of the situation and in collective participation in the pain of American citizens."<ref name="gpahead" /> Podium celebrations were cancelled and all pre-race ceremonies including a flypast by the [[Frecce Tricolori|Italian Tricolour Arrows]] display team were called off.<ref>{{cite web|last=Baldwin|first=Alan|title=Muted Formula One Says the Show Goes On|url=http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5538/.html|work=Atlas F1|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=September 13, 2001|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121202525/http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5538/.html|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Three teams altered their car's liveries as a mark of respect. Ferrari stripped their cars of all advertising and painted their nose cones black,<ref>{{cite web|title=No logos for Ferrari at Monza|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/40074/1/no-logos-for-ferrari-at-monza.html|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=January 1, 1901|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914204216/http://www.crash.net/f1/news/40074/1/no-logos-for-ferrari-at-monza.html|archive-date=September 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Jaguar fitted black engine covers to their [[Jaguar R2|R2]] cars on Saturday morning,<ref name="practice3">{{cite web|title=Saturday First Free Practice – Italian GP|url=http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5570/.html|work=Atlas F1|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=September 15, 2001|access-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121223258/http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5570/.html|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and Jordan sponsor [[Deutsche Post]] replaced its branding with the American flag on the Jordan cars' engine covers on Sunday morning.<ref name="atlaswarmup">{{cite web|title=Sunday Warm-Up – Italian GP|url=http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5590/.html|work=Atlas F1|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=September 16, 2001|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122011145/http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/sep/report.php/id/5590/.html|archive-date=November 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Michael Schumacher was reluctant to take part in the race, and said in 2002 that he felt it was a "bad sign" to be driving after the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schumacher recalls sad Monza 2001|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-recalls-sad-monza-2001/|work=[[motorsport.com]]|publisher=Motorsport.com, Inc.|date=September 10, 2002|access-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121190128/http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-recalls-sad-monza-2001/|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Video games==
The release of blockbuster title ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' was delayed almost a month to make last-minute changes, since the game was set in a city loosely based on New York City. Development was also delayed due to Rockstar's offices being based near Ground Zero. The paint scheme of the city's police cars was changed from a blue-and-white design reminiscent of the [[New York City Police Department]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_07.jpg |title=Gouranga Images |access-date=February 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407162855/http://www.gouranga.com/images/gta3/gta3_07.jpg |archive-date=April 7, 2006 }}</ref> to a black-and-white design reminiscent of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3852/gtaiiilcpdcar1ik.jpg |title=gtaiiil cpd car Image without context |access-date=February 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218112632/http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3852/gtaiiilcpdcar1ik.jpg |archive-date=February 18, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Houser reveals GTA 3's forced 9/11 changes |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/326610/dan-houser-reveals-gta-3s-forced-911-changes/ |access-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204091408/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/326610/dan-houser-reveals-gta-3s-forced-911-changes/ |archive-date=December 4, 2014 }}</ref> Other relatively minor changes included altering an AI plane's flight path which went near skyscrapers, and removing a few lines of pedestrian dialogue and talk radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=How 9/11 changed Grand Theft Auto 3|website=[[Eurogamer]]|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-18-rockstar-how-9-11-changed-grand-theft-auto-3|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507024233/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-18-rockstar-how-9-11-changed-grand-theft-auto-3|archive-date=May 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Syphon Filter 3]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cover art was changed before release. It originally had Gabe Logan, viewed from an angle, pointing a gun at the camera with a look of anger while Lian swung into frame, guns a-blazing and with the American flag prominently displayed. It was changed to a generic head-view of Gabe and Lian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/features/syphon_filter_3/index.html |title=Game Rave Presents: Syphon Filter 3 – September 11th Version |publisher=Game-rave.com |access-date=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531060021/http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/features/syphon_filter_3/index.html |archive-date=May 31, 2013 }}</ref>

[[Activision]] delayed the release of ''[[Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro]]'' in order to remove the Twin Towers and 9/11 references.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/17/spider-man-2-delayed|title=Spider-Man 2 Delayed|website=[[IGN]]|date=September 17, 2001|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031065759/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/17/spider-man-2-delayed|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Neversoft]] quickly edited the Airport level in ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' a month prior to its release as it previously depicted a terrorist plot involving a bombing of a passenger airplane. The terrorists were instead reskinned as pickpockets and certain objectives renamed for sensitivity reasons.<ref name="Lipscombe">{{Cite web |last=Lipscombe |first=Daniel |date=2020-09-03 |title=Tony Hawk and Neversoft tell the story of making Tony Hawk's Pro Skater |url=https://www.vg247.com/the-making-of-tony-hawks-pro-skater |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=VG247 |language=en}}</ref>

An art designer for the [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies]]'' realized an image that was about to release on the game's promotional website, depicting a battleship sinking near a populated cityscape, looked similar to the smoke plume from the Twin Towers' collapse. The designer discussed this with the staffer in charge of the website, and erased the city buildings from the image.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/112897733567856640|title=エースコンバット公式 on Twitter|via=Twitter|access-date=September 21, 2020|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804033156/https://twitter.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/112897733567856640|archive-date=August 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Namco]] also suspended its broadcast of a Japanese [[Television advertisement|TV spot]] for the game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/12/ace-combat-4-tv-ad-suspended|title=Ace Combat 4 TV Ad Suspended|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=September 21, 2020|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804032612/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/12/ace-combat-4-tv-ad-suspended|archive-date=August 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Eternal Darkness|Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' was delayed as Joseph De Molay, a [[Templar knight|Templar Knight]] during the [[crusades]], was removed from the game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.samanthalienhard.com/2017/10/eternal-darkness-happened-joseph-de-molay.html|title=Eternal Darkness: What Happened to Joseph De Molay? – Samantha Lienhard|date=October 13, 2017|work=Samantha Lienhard|access-date=November 19, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119051616/https://www.samanthalienhard.com/2017/10/eternal-darkness-happened-joseph-de-molay.html|archive-date=November 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Textures that had Arabic writing were also removed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/feature_the_making_of_eternal_darkness_sanitys_requiem|title=Feature: The Making of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem|date=October 28, 2015|work=Nintendo Life|access-date=November 19, 2018|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106195641/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/feature_the_making_of_eternal_darkness_sanitys_requiem|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' was not localized into other languages and remained unreleased outside of Japan due to the political climate that followed the attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201808/23162807.html|title=『METAL WOLF CHAOS XD -メタルウルフカオス-』14年越しのワールドワイド展開にいたった経緯とは？【gamescom 2018】|date=August 23, 2018|website=ファミ通.com|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823113703/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201808/23162807.html|archive-date=August 23, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=May 15, 2019}}</ref> However, it was eventually re-released worldwide as ''Metal Wolf Chaos XD'' in 2019.

''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', a blockbuster title which was released in North America and Japan two months after the attack, featured the Pentagon and the World Trade Center during its climax. After the Sept. 11 attacks, a scene showing the destruction of the [[Statue of Liberty]] and parts of Manhattan was cut from the game. Dialogue about terrorists targeting Manhattan was also removed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawlor |first1=Shannon |title=How 9/11 Impacted Metal Gear Solid 2 |url=https://gamerant.com/metal-gear-solid-2-9-11-impact-tragedy-changes-explained/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=Game Rant |date=20 January 2022 |archive-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230141522/https://gamerant.com/metal-gear-solid-2-9-11-impact-tragedy-changes-explained/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yamada |first1=Shuka |title=Hideo Kojima Interview: Visiting His New Studio as Kojima Productions Enters Phase 2 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-interview-new-studio-phase-2 |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=IGN |date=22 December 2022 |language=en |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222123228/https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-interview-new-studio-phase-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Game Boy Advance]] game ''[[Advance Wars]]'' was delayed in Europe,<ref name="AdvWarEur">{{Cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=2002-01-20 |title=At long last, War |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-advancewars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614085325/https://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=2393 |archive-date=2007-06-14 |access-date=2011-06-30 |website=[[Eurogamer]]}}</ref> Japan, and Australia after having been released in North America. The game would release in Australia in 2001, Europe in 2002, and Japan in 2004.

The [[Dreamcast]] game ''[[Propeller Arena]]'' was completed and due to be released on September 19, 2001, but was cancelled and never officially released. The video game was about dogfighting in planes and one level takes place around a city of skyscrapers.

The [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] launch game [[Project Gotham Racing (video game)|''Project Gotham Racing'']] depicted the World Trade Center in the background on its initial box cover art, which was already printed to retailers as display cases. After the attacks, the artwork was altered before the game was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Gotham Racing "Twin Towers" variant |url=https://thegamesdb.net/game.php?id=112223 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=thegamesdb.net |language=en}}</ref>

The [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Savage Skies]]'' was originally conceived as a licensed tie-in game based on the music and likeness of heavy metal musician [[Ozzy Osbourne]] under the name ''Ozzy's Black Skies'' with a song written specifically for the game called "Black Skies". Developer iRock Interactive was later forced to drop the Osbourne branding and retool the game as ''Savage Skies'' both due to concerns about the game's original title and premise being in poor taste in the aftermath of the attacks as well as licensing expenses, finally releasing the game in 2002; Osbourne would later include the song "Black Skies" as a bonus track on the single "[[Dreamer (Ozzy Osbourne song)|Dreamer]]".<ref name="ozzy">{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison|title=Why Ozzy Osbourne's 'Black Skies' Was Shelved |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-black-skies/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=February 2, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

During its development, ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' featured an airplane crashing into a high-rise apartment, which was cut following the attacks.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4&t=457s |title=Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary |date=November 16, 2024 |last=Valve |at=7:37 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Other==
An advertisement published in 1979 (21 years before 9/11), in several French magazines for [[Pakistan International Airlines]] and their flights between Paris and New York showed a photograph of a flying jetliner's shadow projected onto the Twin Towers. When this image was rediscovered on the internet in the years after the attacks, it was noted for its coincidental use of imagery invoking the attack, particularly for the fact that [[Osama bin Laden]] hid in [[Pakistan]] and was later [[Killing of Osama bin Laden|shot and killed there in 2011]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Did a 1979 Pakistan Airline Advertisement Show an Airliner's Shadow on the World Trade Center? | date=October 24, 2010 | url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pakistan-airline-ad-wtc/ }}</ref>

[[Mad (magazine)|''Mad'' magazine]]'s issue No. 411 was already at the printer with a gag front cover depicting the mascot [[Alfred E. Neuman]] having taken a wrong turn away from the [[New York Marathon]] route (an event occurring in October, when the issue was to be released) and jogging into a murder scene, where he cluelessly broke through yellow [[barricade tape|crime scene tape]] in triumph. The cover, which depicted downtown Manhattan and a corpse, was no longer appropriate in light of the September 11 attacks, but the magazine had just one deadline day to produce a replacement cover. This was accomplished with a closely cropped headshot of Neuman, with his trademark tooth gap filled in by a small American flag.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 9, 2011|title=The MAD 9-11 Cover – The Untold Story|url=https://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-mad-9-11-cover-%25e2%2580%2594-the-untold-story|access-date=August 6, 2020|website=madmagazine.com|language=en|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922141029/https://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-mad-9-11-cover-%25e2%2580%2594-the-untold-story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madcoversite.com/mad411.html|title=Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site – Mad #411|website=madcoversite.com|access-date=August 2, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505102141/https://www.madcoversite.com/mad411.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2001 [[Boshears Skyfest]] was cancelled due to closed airspace following the attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boshears.com/Aviator_Year.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313200600/http://www.boshears.com/Aviator_Year.htm|url-status=dead|title=Aviator of the Year|archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref>

[[Broadway theatre]] went dark until September 13, 2001, when shows resumed with dimmed marquees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/theater/lights-on-broadway-dispels-the-dark.html|title=Lights On, Broadway Dispels The Dark|date=September 15, 2001|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jesse|last=McKinley|page=B9|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073750/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/theater/lights-on-broadway-dispels-the-dark.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Toys "R" Us]] in [[Times Square]] sold a [[Barbie]] doll exclusive to this location in 2001. The initial release featured a depiction of the Twin Towers on its packaging, but was revised to remove them following the September 11 attacks.

[[Mattel]]'s [[Max Steel]] toyline was censored in its packaging after customers noticed a similarity between the action figure of the Max Steel villain, Vitriol, and the 9/11 attacks; the description of the back of the box included Vitriol’s plan to attack the World Trade Center, which was worsened by the fact that the character was labeled a terrorist. The back of the box was later censored by Mattel, as were other action figures at the time such as Max Steel himself and the cyborg villain Psycho, who was also labeled a terrorist, with a toy helicopter being removed from US stores as well. 

[[George Carlin]]'s 17th album and twelfth HBO [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] special, ''[[Complaints and Grievances]]'', originally given the working title ''I Kinda Like It When a Lot of People Die,'' was heavily reworked and retitled following the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Crouch |first=Ian |date=2016-09-10 |title=George Carlin's Shocking Prescience on the Nights Before 9/11 |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/george-carlins-shocking-prescience-on-the-nights-before-911 |access-date=2023-09-13 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks]]
*[[Cultural influence of the September 11 attacks]]

==References==
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