{"id":23493,"date":"2021-07-08T22:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23493"},"modified":"2021-07-08T22:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:50:59","slug":"hbo-renews-pause-with-sam-jay-for-a-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/08\/hbo-renews-pause-with-sam-jay-for-a-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Renews &#8220;Pause with Sam Jay&#8221; for a Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23494\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Pause-with-Sam-Jay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Pause-with-Sam-Jay.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Pause-with-Sam-Jay-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HBO&#8217;s late-night talk show series PAUSE WITH SAM JAY has been renewed for a second season. 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