[Will_Kansas]

Like I said, they saved two and a half hours to talk about Bush's eight months in office.

Isn't the Monday night night segment only supposed to be one-and-a-half hours? And did ABC always intend to show the movie without commercials?

[ArmstedFragg]

did ABC always intend to show the movie without commercials

Not always. The narrative structure makes it clear that it was scripted with breaks. The announcement that it'd be aired without them was made some time ago, however.