{"id":10098,"date":"2020-05-15T20:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T01:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10098"},"modified":"2020-05-15T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T01:04:55","slug":"abc-set-to-air-after-the-dance-with-stephen-a-smith-a-sportscenter-special-on-tuesday-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/15\/abc-set-to-air-after-the-dance-with-stephen-a-smith-a-sportscenter-special-on-tuesday-may-19\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Set to Air &#8220;After the Dance with Stephen A. 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