{"id":12689,"date":"2020-09-02T23:29:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12689"},"modified":"2020-09-02T23:29:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:29:20","slug":"black-ish-television-event-to-air-ahead-of-highly-anticipated-fall-premiere-sunday-october-4-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/02\/black-ish-television-event-to-air-ahead-of-highly-anticipated-fall-premiere-sunday-october-4-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;black-ish&#8221; Television Event to Air Ahead of Highly Anticipated Fall Premiere, Sunday, October 4, on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12690\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8-560x292.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8-260x136.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish8-160x84.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Johnsons and &#8220;<strong><em>black-ish<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; return to ABC with a special one-hour television special on SUNDAY, OCT. 4 (10:00-11:00PM EDT), on ABC. 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