{"id":16813,"date":"2021-01-26T17:17:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T22:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=16813"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T22:17:53","slug":"bet-to-air-covid-19-vaccine-and-the-black-community-a-tyler-perry-special-premiering-thursday-january-28-9pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/26\/bet-to-air-covid-19-vaccine-and-the-black-community-a-tyler-perry-special-premiering-thursday-january-28-9pm\/","title":{"rendered":"BET to Air &#8220;COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special&#8221; Premiering Thursday, January 28 @ 9PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10523\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BET-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BET-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BET-logo-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BET-logo-260x156.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BET-logo-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, BET and media mogul Tyler Perry announced an exclusive news special, &#8220;<strong><em>COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; premiering Thursday, January 28, at 9 PM ET\/PT on BET and BET Her. 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