{"id":25550,"date":"2021-08-27T19:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=25550"},"modified":"2021-08-27T19:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:38:20","slug":"paramount-announces-series-order-for-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/27\/paramount-announces-series-order-for-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount+ Announces Series Order for &#8220;Players&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17180\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-560x313.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-260x145.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/paramount-plus-160x89.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced a new series order for PLAYERS. 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