{"id":16883,"date":"2021-01-27T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=16883"},"modified":"2021-01-27T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:01:08","slug":"coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: NBC&#8217;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &#8220;The Widower&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16884\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower-260x171.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower-160x105.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>The Widower<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; a special three-part true crime miniseries from the producers of &#8220;<em>Dateline NBC<\/em>,&#8221; will air on NBC beginning Thursday, February 18 at 10PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Widower<\/em>&#8221; goes behind the scenes of one of the country&#8217;s most confounding murder investigations, revealing a tale of evil and a tireless quest for justice in real-time. The riveting docuseries features unprecedented and exclusive access to the alleged killer playing cat-and-mouse not just with investigators, but with &#8220;<em>Dateline<\/em>&#8216;s&#8221; cameras.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1053486767\" 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>\u00b7 Part One premieres Thursday, February 18, 10-11PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Part Two airs Friday, February 19, 9-11PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Part Three airs Sunday, February 21, 9-11PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Dateline NBC<\/em>&#8221; is the longest-running series in NBC primetime history and is currently in its 29th season. The series is the #1 Friday newsmagazine, reaching more than 17 million people every week through its broadcast, and millions more through its social media platforms and podcasts. &#8220;Dateline&#8221; also closed out 2019-20 broadcast season as the #1 Friday newsmagazine across the board.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3126878356\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>David Corvo is the senior executive producer and Liz Cole is the executive producer. Dan Slepian is the supervising producer on the series and Paul Ryan is the senior producer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Widower,&#8221; a special three-part true crime miniseries from the producers of &#8220;Dateline NBC,&#8221; will air on NBC beginning Thursday, February 18 at 10PM ET. &#8220;The Widower&#8221; goes behind the scenes of one of the country&#8217;s most confounding murder investigations, revealing a tale of evil and a tireless quest for justice in real-time. The riveting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coming Soon: NBC&#039;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &quot;The Widower&quot; - Morty&#039;s TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coming Soon: NBC&#039;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &quot;The Widower&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;The Widower,&#8221; a special three-part true crime miniseries from the producers of &#8220;Dateline NBC,&#8221; will air on NBC beginning Thursday, February 18 at 10PM ET. &#8220;The Widower&#8221; goes behind the scenes of one of the country&#8217;s most confounding murder investigations, revealing a tale of evil and a tireless quest for justice in real-time. The riveting [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morty&#039;s TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"316\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"morty\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\"},\"headline\":\"Coming Soon: NBC&#8217;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &#8220;The Widower&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"TV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\",\"name\":\"Coming Soon: NBC's Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, \\\"The Widower\\\" - Morty&#039;s TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":316},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Coming Soon: NBC&#8217;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &#8220;The Widower&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"description\":\"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Morty's TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/\",\"https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\",\"name\":\"morty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"morty\"},\"description\":\"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Coming Soon: NBC's Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, \"The Widower\" - Morty&#039;s TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coming Soon: NBC's Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, \"The Widower\"","og_description":"&#8220;The Widower,&#8221; a special three-part true crime miniseries from the producers of &#8220;Dateline NBC,&#8221; will air on NBC beginning Thursday, February 18 at 10PM ET. &#8220;The Widower&#8221; goes behind the scenes of one of the country&#8217;s most confounding murder investigations, revealing a tale of evil and a tireless quest for justice in real-time. The riveting [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/","og_site_name":"Morty&#039;s TV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_published_time":"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":316,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"morty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv","twitter_site":"@mortystv","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"morty","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/"},"author":{"name":"morty","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55"},"headline":"Coming Soon: NBC&#8217;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &#8220;The Widower&#8221;","datePublished":"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","articleSection":["TV News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/","name":"Coming Soon: NBC's Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, \"The Widower\" - Morty&#039;s TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-28T03:01:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","width":480,"height":316},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/coming-soon-nbcs-special-three-night-true-crime-television-event-the-widower\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coming Soon: NBC&#8217;s Special Three-Night True Crime Television Event, &#8220;The Widower&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","name":"Morty's TV","description":"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Morty's TV","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","width":1226,"height":375,"caption":"Morty's TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/","https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55","name":"morty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"morty"},"description":"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.","sameAs":["http:\/\/mortystv.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv"],"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/widower.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17384,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/11\/nbcs-true-crime-docuseries-the-widower-airs-all-next-week-beginning-on-february-18-10pm-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":0},"title":"NBC&#8217;s True-Crime Docuseries &#8220;The Widower&#8221; Airs All Next Week, Beginning on February 18 @ 10PM [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"February 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC will premiere The Widower, a three-part true-crime miniseries from the producers of Dateline NBC, on Thursday, February 18th at 10PM ET\/9PM CT. The Widower takes viewers behind the scenes of a decade-long investigation into Thomas Randolph, an eccentric Las Vegas man accused of killing his wife Sharon. With hundreds\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/widower.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/widower.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/widower.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/widower.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":103826,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/29\/nbc-sets-fall-premiere-dates-for-2025-26-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":1},"title":"NBC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 2025-26 Season","author":"morty","date":"July 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC will begin the 2025-26 season the week of September 22 with a robust programming lineup that will feature the latest iteration of the iconic musical competition series \"The Voice,\" the return of the compelling Zachary Quinto drama series \"Brilliant Minds,\" the venerable \"Law & Order\" franchise and the finale\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/nbc_logo.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/nbc_logo.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/nbc_logo.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23772,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/15\/nbc-sets-upcoming-premiere-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":2},"title":"NBC Sets Upcoming Premiere Dates","author":"morty","date":"July 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC has unveiled its upcoming premiere dates, highlighted in the fall by the series premieres of \"Ordinary Joe\" (September 20) and \"La Brea\" (September 28), as well as a special two-hour premiere of \"Law & Order: SVU\" (September 23). \"The Blacklist\" moves to Thursdays @ 8PM, taking the place of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29476,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/12\/nbc-rings-in-2022-with-a-double-dose-of-new-comedy-bold-dramas-and-supercharged-unscripted-formats\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":3},"title":"NBC Rings in 2022 with A Double Dose of New Comedy, Bold Dramas, and Supercharged Unscripted Formats","author":"morty","date":"November 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mondays - \"Kenan\" Kicks off the New Year with Back-to-Back Episodes Mondays @ 8 and 8:30PM, Followed by the Debut of Jimmy Fallon's Music and Comedy Variety Game Show \"That's My Jam\" @ 9PM and Fall Drama \"Ordinary Joe\" @ 10PM; In February @ 8PM \"American Song Contest\" Brings the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56743,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/19\/nbc-announces-2023-24-fall-premiere-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":4},"title":"NBC Announces 2023-24 Fall Premiere Dates","author":"morty","date":"July 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC kicks off its 2023-24 fall schedule on September 25 with a new season of the Emmy\u00ae Award-nominated competition series \"The Voice,\" followed by a strong lineup of original programming that includes the premiere of new dramas \"The Irrational,\" starring Jesse L. Martin and \"Found,\" starring Shanola Hampton, as well\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":75957,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/11\/oxygen-true-crimes-new-series-dateline-the-smoking-gun-premieres-thursday-october-3-8pm-et-pt-with-a-two-hour-special\/","url_meta":{"origin":16883,"position":5},"title":"Oxygen True Crime&#8217;s New Series &#8220;Dateline: The Smoking Gun&#8221; Premieres Thursday, October 3 @ 8PM ET\/PT with a Two-Hour Special","author":"morty","date":"September 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Oxygen, the home of high-quality, true-crime programming, examines puzzling cases and the intensive efforts that drives law enforcement to uncover key evidence in the pursuit of justice with the series premiere of \"Dateline: The Smoking Gun\" on Thursday, October 3 @ 8PM ET\/PT. Hosted by \"Dateline's\" Andrea Canning, \"Dateline: The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/datelinethesmokinggun_s1-feat.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/datelinethesmokinggun_s1-feat.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/datelinethesmokinggun_s1-feat.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}