{"id":5098,"date":"2019-02-19T13:56:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2019-02-19T13:56:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:56:49","slug":"highly-anticipated-new-season-of-abcs-american-idol-kicks-off-sunday-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/highly-anticipated-new-season-of-abcs-american-idol-kicks-off-sunday-march-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly Anticipated New Season of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;American Idol&#8221; Kicks Off Sunday, March 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3637\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/american-idol-on-abc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/american-idol-on-abc.jpg 534w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/american-idol-on-abc-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/american-idol-on-abc-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/american-idol-on-abc-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>Last summer, the &#8220;<em>American Idol<\/em>&#8221; bus visited 24 cities across the nation in search of a superstar. 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