This special was scheduled to air on 27 November and 29 November 2006 to promote O.J. Simpson's upcoming book "If I Did It". But some Fox affiliates refused to air it and there was massive public outcry. On 20 November, News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch announced that both the special and the book were canceled. (News Corp. owns FOX and HarperCollins Publishers.) In 2007, the book was released by another company under the title 'If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer'. The special ultimately aired on FOX on 11 March 2018, as "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?", with additional commentary from a panel including Publisher and TV/film producer Judith Regan, Attorney Christopher Darden, Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith, and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente.
NBC was offered the special but the network turned it down.