{"id":24033,"date":"2021-07-23T22:06:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T02:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=24033"},"modified":"2021-07-23T22:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T02:06:40","slug":"hbo-max-renews-that-damn-michael-che-for-a-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/23\/hbo-max-renews-that-damn-michael-che-for-a-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Renews &#8220;That Damn Michael Che&#8221; for a Second Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24034\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/That-Damn-Michael-Che-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/That-Damn-Michael-Che-poster.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/That-Damn-Michael-Che-poster-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HBO Max has renewed the Max Original comedy series THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE for a second season. 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