{"id":16189,"date":"2021-01-06T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=16189"},"modified":"2021-01-06T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:25:30","slug":"punky-power-returns-with-all-new-punky-brewster-series-premiering-february-25-on-peacock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/06\/punky-power-returns-with-all-new-punky-brewster-series-premiering-february-25-on-peacock\/","title":{"rendered":"Punky Power Returns with All-New &#8220;Punky Brewster&#8221; Series Premiering February 25 on Peacock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16190\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster-560x357.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster-260x166.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/punky-brewster-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new PUNKY BREWSTER series will premiere on Peacock on Thursday, February 25. 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