{"id":23787,"date":"2021-07-16T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23787"},"modified":"2021-07-19T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:14:17","slug":"the-critically-acclaimed-series-the-hour-debuts-on-ovation-saturday-july-17-7pm-et-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/16\/the-critically-acclaimed-series-the-hour-debuts-on-ovation-saturday-july-17-7pm-et-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Critically-Acclaimed Series &#8220;The Hour&#8221; Debuts on Ovation, Saturday, July 17 @ 7PM ET [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23785\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-hour-2011-bbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-hour-2011-bbc.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/the-hour-2011-bbc-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>London, 1956. 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