{"id":20350,"date":"2021-04-30T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=20350"},"modified":"2021-04-30T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:21:08","slug":"lorne-michaels-apple-original-musical-comedy-series-schmigadoon-starring-cecily-strong-and-keegan-michael-key-to-premiere-globally-july-16-on-apple-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/lorne-michaels-apple-original-musical-comedy-series-schmigadoon-starring-cecily-strong-and-keegan-michael-key-to-premiere-globally-july-16-on-apple-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorne Michaels&#8217; Apple Original Musical Comedy Series &#8220;Schmigadoon!,&#8221; Starring Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, to Premiere Globally July 16 on Apple TV+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20351\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Schmigadoon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Schmigadoon1.jpg 681w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Schmigadoon1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple TV+ today announced &#8220;<em>Schmigadoon!,<\/em>&#8221; the six-episode musical comedy series executive produced by Lorne Michaels and starring Emmy Award-nominee Cecily Strong and Emmy Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key, will make its global debut on Friday, July 16. 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