 " Dwight 's Speech " originally aired on NBC on the March 2 , 2006 . The episode received a 4 @.@ 4 rating / 10 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49 . This means that it was seen by 4 @.@ 4 percent of all 18- to 49 @-@ year @-@ olds , and 9 percent of all 18- to 49 @-@ year @-@ olds watching television at the time of the broadcast . The episode was viewed by 8 @.@ 4 million viewers , and retained 88 percent of its lead @-@ in My Name Is Earl audience . An encore presentation of the episode on August 15 received a 1 @.@ 9 rating / 6 percent share and was viewed by over 4 @.@ 6 million viewers and retained 100 percent of its lead @-@ in audience . 
