{"id":13428,"date":"2020-09-28T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T21:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=13428"},"modified":"2020-09-28T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T21:51:40","slug":"stacey-abrams-desus-nice-and-the-kid-mero-to-guest-star-on-special-black-ish-television-event-sunday-october-4-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/28\/stacey-abrams-desus-nice-and-the-kid-mero-to-guest-star-on-special-black-ish-television-event-sunday-october-4-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero to Guest Star on Special &#8220;black-ish&#8221; Television Event, Sunday, October 4, on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13429\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13429\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated-560x314.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/black-ish-animated-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BLACK-ISH &#8211; In a special animated episode, &#8220;Election Special Pt. 2,&#8221; (10:30-11:00PM EDT), Dre\u00d5s colleague Stevens makes an ill-advised decision to run for Congress, so Dre enlists his family&#8217;s help and campaigns against him but gets caught up with fundraising and private interest groups. &#8220;Election Special Pt. 2&#8221; is directed by Matthew A. 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Later, he joins Desus Nice and The Kid Mero on their late night talk show &#8220;DESUS &amp; MERO,&#8221; for a sit-down interview with some hard-hitting questions for the aspiring candidate.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3266479089\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In &#8220;Election Special Pt. 1,&#8221; (10:00-10:30PM EDT), Junior is excited for his first time voting but discovers he has been purged from the voter polls so he does a deep dive into why &#8211; trying to understand the systems in place for voter registration. &#8220;Election Special Pt. 1&#8221; is directed by Matthew A. 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