{"id":17015,"date":"2021-02-01T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17015"},"modified":"2021-02-01T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:58:15","slug":"hbos-covid-diaries-nyc-debuts-march-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/01\/hbos-covid-diaries-nyc-debuts-march-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Covid Diaries NYC&#8221; Debuts March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8956\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg 575w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-560x286.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-260x133.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-160x82.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>COVID DIARIES NYC, debuting Tuesday, March 9 (9:00-9:40PM ET\/PT), chronicles the lives of five young filmmakers, ranging in age from 17 to 21, who turn their cameras on themselves to tell the stories of their families during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. 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