{"id":10938,"date":"2020-06-23T11:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10938"},"modified":"2020-06-23T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:55:03","slug":"nbc-to-air-a-special-telecast-of-cannonball-on-monday-june-29-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/23\/nbc-to-air-a-special-telecast-of-cannonball-on-monday-june-29-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC to Air a Special Telecast of &#8220;Cannonball&#8221; on Monday, June 29 @ 10PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10939\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cannonball_UK_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cannonball_UK_logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cannonball_UK_logo-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cannonball_UK_logo-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cannonball_UK_logo-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NBC will air a special telecast of &#8220;<em><strong>Cannonball<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; on Monday, June 29 at 10PM ET\/PT. 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