{"id":1474,"date":"2016-11-28T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T21:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T21:51:49","slug":"1474","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/1474\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited Drama Series &#8220;Big Little Lies&#8221; to Debut Feb. 19 on HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1475\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1475 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/93942.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Drama Series &quot;Big Little Lies&quot; to Debut Feb. 19 on HBO Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard.\" width=\"450\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/93942.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/93942-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/93942-180x138.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Limited Drama Series &#8220;Big Little Lies&#8221; to Debut Feb. 19 on HBO Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n[countdown id=&#8221;1480369597&#8243; format=&#8221;dHMS&#8221; serverSync=&#8221;true&#8221; alwaysExpire=&#8221;false&#8221; compact=&#8221;false&#8221; tickInterval=&#8221;1&#8243; counter=&#8221;until&#8221; template=&#8221;default&#8221; until=&#8221;02,19,2017,20,00&#8243; labels=&#8221;Years,Months,Weeks,Days,Hours,Minutes,Seconds&#8221; labels1=&#8221;Year,Month,Week,Day,Hour,Minute,Second&#8221; compactLabels=&#8221;y,m,w,d&#8221;]<br \/>\nHBO has confirmed the February debut date for BIG LITTLE LIES, with the seven-episode limited drama series scheduled to debut Sunday, February 19 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET\/PT), exclusively on HBO.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Liane Moriarty&#8217;s bestselling book of the same name, this subversive, darkly comedic drama tells the tale of three mothers of first-graders whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. 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