{"id":3773,"date":"2018-06-27T17:43:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2018-06-27T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T22:43:20","slug":"abc-pulls-the-proposal-second-episode-following-sexual-assault-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/27\/abc-pulls-the-proposal-second-episode-following-sexual-assault-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC pulls &#8216;The Proposal&#8217; Second Episode Following Sexual-assault Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3774\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3774 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-proposal-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ten eligible women selected by a blue-ribbon panel of matchmakers vie for a chance at love with a mystery gentleman in search of his soul mate on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The Proposal&#8221;. 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