{"id":15027,"date":"2020-11-23T15:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15027"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:54:40","slug":"nbc-presents-its-a-wonderful-life-thursday-december-24-on-nbc-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/nbc-presents-its-a-wonderful-life-thursday-december-24-on-nbc-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Presents \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d Thursday, December 24 on NBC @ 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15028\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036-560x423.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036-260x196.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05036-160x121.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15029 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05037.jpg 477w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05037-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05037-260x192.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wonderful-life-11-23-2020-05037-160x118.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/>The NBC annual tradition continues as the iconic 1946 film once again returns to primetime. 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