NBC's 'Young Rock' Premiere Date Announced - More Details On The Rock's Show Revealed
When will The Rock's new show be coming to NBC?
The 'Young Rock' comedy series, focusing on the life of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, will arrive on Tuesday, February 16, NBC have announced.
It was noted that each episode will air for 30 minutes every week as part of NBC's new one-hour comedy block on Tuesday nights. Joining 'Young Rock' will be the show 'Kenan', starring Kenan Thompson.
As of writing, it's not yet known exactly how long the series will run for on NBC. However, Deadline have said that both shows could wind up having short orders, meaning they may be wrapped at the end of March.
After being given a straight-to-series order by NBC last January, 'Young Rock' began filming in November in Queensland, Australia. Fresh off the Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan has joined forces with Rock to bring the show to life. Both Khan and Johnson are attached to the project as executive producers, alongside Jeff Chiang, Hiram Garcia, Jennifer Carreras, Dany Garcia, and former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz of Seven Bucks Productions.
The Rock has stated that the show, which will chronicle his early years and boast an appearance from 'The Great One' himself in each episode, will be something special and unlike anything he has ever done before.
The full 'Young Rock' synopsis is available below:
“Young Rock” focuses on different chapters of Dwayne Johnson’s life. From growing up in a strong and resilient family, to being surrounded by the wild characters of his professional wrestling family, to playing football at the University of Miami, the show will explore the crazy rollercoaster that has shaped Dwayne into the man he is today and the larger-than-life characters he’s met along the way.
Dwayne Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant, Uli Latukefu, Ana Tuisila, Fasitua Amosa and John Tui star.
Nahnatchka Khan, Dwayne Johnson, Jeff Chiang, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Jennifer Carreras serve as executive producers.
“Young Rock” is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Seven Bucks Productions and Fierce Baby Productions.