{"id":23347,"date":"2021-07-06T18:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23347"},"modified":"2021-07-06T18:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:17:30","slug":"ovation-tv-set-to-re-air-the-hour-on-saturday-july-17-7pm-et-ten-years-after-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/06\/ovation-tv-set-to-re-air-the-hour-on-saturday-july-17-7pm-et-ten-years-after-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovation TV Set to Re-air &#8220;The Hour&#8221; on Saturday, July 17 @ 7PM ET, Ten Years After Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23348\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ovation-the-hour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ovation-the-hour.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ovation-the-hour-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> The acclaimed drama series THE HOUR first aired in the United States almost ten years ago \u2013 in August 2011. 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