{"id":2646,"date":"2017-09-29T13:43:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2017-09-29T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:28:11","slug":"the-mayor-premieres-tuesday-october-3-on-abc-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/29\/the-mayor-premieres-tuesday-october-3-on-abc-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mayor Premieres Tuesday October 3 on ABC [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2645\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/the-mayor-abc-debut-oct-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/the-mayor-abc-debut-oct-3-2017.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/the-mayor-abc-debut-oct-3-2017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/the-mayor-abc-debut-oct-3-2017-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/the-mayor-abc-debut-oct-3-2017-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Young rapper Courtney Rose (Brandon Micheal Hall) needs his big break. 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