How does the dissolution of the partnership impact the Frontline documentary? It does not. The two-part piece will air nationally on PBS on Oct. 8 and Oct. 15 and it will likely get a massive tune-in given how much attention this breakup has received.
“This is something that would be troubling to any journalist,” Fainaru said. “At the same time, this does not change our actual journalism one iota. That film is coming out Oct. 8 and the book is coming out Oct. 8. ESPN, which has done cutting-edge journalism, is going to continue to do cutting-edge journalism on the story in the future.”
“We are at the end stages of editing the film,” Aronson-Rath said. “We have great interviews from the ESPN reporters and we have terrific reporting. My hope was in collaborating with ESPN that we would bring this story to a new audience — people who don’t necessarily watch Frontline. I was hoping that this story would not just get publicity but also have the editorial might of ESPN.”