{"id":21003,"date":"2021-05-14T16:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21003"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:49:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:49:50","slug":"hgtv-orders-new-six-episode-series-buy-it-or-build-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/14\/hgtv-orders-new-six-episode-series-buy-it-or-build-it\/","title":{"rendered":"HGTV Orders New Six-Episode Series &#8220;Buy It or Build It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21004\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chris-and-Calvin-LaMont.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chris-and-Calvin-LaMont.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chris-and-Calvin-LaMont-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HGTV has greenlighted six, one-hour episodes of a new home renovation series, <strong><em>Buy It or Build It<\/em><\/strong>. 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