Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, television networks and streaming platforms are marking the anniversary with special coverage, documentaries, films and retrospective programming.
The programs range from live broadcasts at Ground Zero to survivor stories, historical documentaries and dramatized films about the events of 9/11 and their aftermath.
NBC is airing several special programs, including editions of NBC Nightly News and Top Story from Ground Zero. Facing Ground Zero: A Dateline Special, hosted by Lester Holt, will feature previously unseen footage and new interviews with people whose experiences were captured by NBC News cameras on September 11, 2001.
NBC will also air Great Americans: Service and Sacrifice, focusing on Americans who were inspired to serve their country after the attacks.
ABC will provide live coverage from Ground Zero through ABC News Live Prime, while Michael Strahan hosts 9/11: United We Stand: 25 Years Later.
Later in the evening, Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts and David Muir will host coverage of the annual Tribute in Light in Lower Manhattan.
On Disney+, the three-part docuseries 9/11 Reunited follows survivors and examines how the attacks continued shaping their lives.
CBS is also dedicating major programming to the anniversary.
Tony Dokoupil will anchor CBS Evening News from Ground Zero before leading 9/11: We Remember. The special includes stories about communities affected by the attacks, survivors of the World Trade Center and military decisions made on September 11.
CBS will also air Daughters of 9/11, which follows Elizabeth Miller and Jessica Trant, who both lost their fathers in the attacks, alongside FBI Special Agent Frank Pellegrino.
Fox News is presenting several programs throughout the day, including live coverage, survivor interviews and Paul Mauro’s Notes from Ground Zero, which follows the former NYPD inspector as he returns to the site for the first time in 25 years.
Another Fox special, Born on 9/11: 25 Years with Harris Faulkner, focuses on people who were born on September 11, 2001 and where their lives have taken them since.
NewsNation is also airing anniversary programming, including a three-hour broadcast from the 9/11 Memorial and the documentary 9/11 Remembered: 25 Years Later.
Streaming services are offering numerous documentaries as well.
Netflix has Turning Point: Generation 9/11, which looks at how the attacks and their aftermath shaped an entire generation, including children who lost parents, journalists, military personnel and people affected by the wars that followed.
Netflix also offers Tribeca 25, examining how storytelling and the Tribeca Film Festival became part of Lower Manhattan’s recovery after the attacks.
On Hulu, viewers can find titles including 9/11: Escape From the Towers, 9/11: Four Planes and 9/11: I Was There.
Paramount+ is featuring Daughters of 9/11 along with a selection of 60 Minutes reports about the attacks and their aftermath.
Several dramatized films are also available.
Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Peña, follows two Port Authority officers trapped during rescue efforts.
On Peacock, United 93 dramatizes the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 and the actions of passengers who fought back against the hijackers.
Programming related to the broader aftermath of 9/11 includes TNT’s High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, while The History Channel is presenting 102 Minutes Inside the Twin Towers, using survivor accounts and visual reconstructions to recreate the timeline inside the buildings.
Across broadcast television and streaming platforms, the 25th anniversary programming aims to remember the victims, preserve survivor stories and examine how September 11 changed the United States and the world.
