Closings and Cancellations Following The September 11 Attacks - Postponements

Postponements

• The 2001 Emmy Awards: scheduled for September 16, 2001, the show was rescheduled twice (the first rescheduled date was the day the United States started Operation Enduring Freedom) before taking place on November 4, with a somewhat somber atmosphere after surviving rumors of cancellation.
• The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), with the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations to be held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, was postponed. The organizers of the meeting claimed it was not so much a fear of terrorist attack on the meeting itself, but a desire by many Commonwealth leaders to stay at home in case of any further crisis-making world events (such as the commencement of overt military action in Afghanistan or elsewhere). The CHOGM was eventually convened at Coolum Beach, Queensland.
• The Mexican Independence Parade scheduled for September 16 in Mexico City was delayed one day in a show of compassion, many other Independence celebrations were held on the 16th sans the fireworks.
• Though normal television programming resumed after nearly a full week of news coverage following the attack, some daily talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show and Late Show with David Letterman took additional time before beginning to broadcast new installments, with Letterman in particular stating that he was not sure he wanted to continue to do the show.
• The fall season premieres of a number of American TV series were delayed, including several that were scheduled to air on September 11 itself.
• The release date of several motion pictures was held back, including Big Trouble, which depicted an attempted terrorist attack and was originally scheduled to be released on September 21, 2001.
• The 2001 Ryder Cup of golf, held at The Belfry in England, was postponed a year. Subsequent Ryder Cup tournaments were moved from odd-numbered to even-numbered years to retain the two-year gap between stagings. The Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup, staged in off-years of the Ryder Cup, were moved from even-numbered to odd-numbered years beginning in 2003.
• The first airing of the anime Full Metal Panic! was delayed because the first episode involved a terrorist hijacking a plane.
• Singer Madonna postponed a concert performance in Los Angeles, California.
• In the United States and United Kingdom, planned television screenings of films and fictional programs where terror, plane crashes, bombs or other related disaster were the primary subject were postponed or canceled.