{"id":22385,"date":"2021-06-14T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=22385"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:45:56","slug":"trutv-debuts-official-trailer-for-backyard-bar-wars-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/14\/trutv-debuts-official-trailer-for-backyard-bar-wars-video\/","title":{"rendered":"truTV Debuts Official Trailer for &#8220;Backyard Bar Wars&#8221; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22386\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bar-wars-090002-6-14-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bar-wars-090002-6-14-2021.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bar-wars-090002-6-14-2021-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Backyard Bar Wars<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; is not your average build show. 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