{"id":50721,"date":"2023-02-24T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T23:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=50721"},"modified":"2023-02-24T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T23:42:26","slug":"special-episode-of-american-idol-to-air-sunday-march-12-following-the-95th-oscars-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/24\/special-episode-of-american-idol-to-air-sunday-march-12-following-the-95th-oscars-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Episode of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; to Air Sunday, March 12, Following the 95th Oscars on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12401\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-idol-logo-720-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>The iconic competition series &#8220;<strong><em>American Idol<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; will continue its search for the next superstar on Sunday, March 12 (11:35PM-12:35AM EST\/9:02PM-10:02PM MST\/8:02PM-9:02PM PST\u00ac), following the <strong><em>95th Oscars\u00ae<\/em><\/strong> on ABC. 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