{"id":4101,"date":"2018-09-24T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2018-09-24T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T19:02:46","slug":"last-season-of-the-big-bang-theory-starts-tonight-at-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/24\/last-season-of-the-big-bang-theory-starts-tonight-at-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Season of &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; Starts Tonight at 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4100\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4100 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/big-bang-9-6-2018-1124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/big-bang-9-6-2018-1124.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/big-bang-9-6-2018-1124-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/big-bang-9-6-2018-1124-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/big-bang-9-6-2018-1124-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Bang Theory Begins its 12th season and final seasonMonday, Sept. 24 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET\/PT) on the CBS Television Network. 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