{"id":12358,"date":"2020-08-18T22:43:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2020-08-18T22:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:43:46","slug":"abcs-dancing-with-the-stars-returns-to-the-ballroom-monday-september-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/18\/abcs-dancing-with-the-stars-returns-to-the-ballroom-monday-september-14\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; Returns to the Ballroom, Monday, September 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12359\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat-560x299.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat-260x139.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dancing-with-the-stars-feat-160x85.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Dancing with the Stars<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; is waltzing its way into the ballroom for its premiere on MONDAY, SEPTEMEBER 14 (8:00-10:00PM EDT), on ABC. 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