{"id":25259,"date":"2021-08-20T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=25259"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:25:35","slug":"peacock-cancels-punky-brewster-reboot-after-one-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/20\/peacock-cancels-punky-brewster-reboot-after-one-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Cancels &#8220;Punky Brewster&#8221; Reboot After One Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25260\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25260\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Punky-Brewster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Punky-Brewster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Punky-Brewster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Punky-Brewster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Punky-Brewster-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster Copyright: \u2122\u00a9 2019 Peacock TV LLC. 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