{"id":8704,"date":"2020-02-28T12:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2020-02-28T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:36:54","slug":"competition-series-mental-samurai-renewed-for-a-second-season-premiering-wednesday-april-22-on-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/competition-series-mental-samurai-renewed-for-a-second-season-premiering-wednesday-april-22-on-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Series &#8220;Mental Samurai&#8221; Renewed for a Second Season, Premiering Wednesday, April 22, on FOX"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8705\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8705\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox-560x307.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox-260x143.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mental-samurai-fox-160x88.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MENTAL SAMURAI: Rob Lowe. 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