Young Rock, Kenan Renewed for Season 2 at NBC
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“Young Rock” and “Kenan” have both been renewed for Season 2 at NBC.
“It has been a true joy to watch Dwayne Johnson & Kenan Thompson on NBC every week and see families connect with their relatable, entertaining and heartwarming stories,” said Lisa Katz, president of scripted programming for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “We’re thrilled to renew both of these shows for another season and can’t wait to see more from Dwayne, Kenan and the incredibly talented casts and producing teams behind each of them.”
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Dwayne The Rock Johnson s Young Rock is returning to NBC for season two.
NBC announced on Friday that Young Rock has been renewed for a second season. The series premiered this February, with its season one finale set to air this coming Tuesday (May 4).
The sitcom focuses on different chapters of 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 explores 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.
-Original Air Date: 04.25.21
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-We open with Miz pulling up to his mansion in an expensive car while telling us a lot of people don’t like negative things being said about them. They fuel his fire and he likes who he is. His is a career that never should have happened. He talks about his early days in the WWE when everyone hated him because he was seen as the reality guy. He spent years walking on egg shells and understands why people quit, but he didn’t. We see him become the WWE Champion and then the terrifying bump he took at Mania 27 when his head went splat against the concrete. He wants to get back to where he was as he feels he can still be the man in this business and he will make everyone believe it. This is WWE 24: The Miz!
Young Rock Hints at Rocky Johnson s Run in WWF
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Young Rock aired its ninth episode on NBC on Tuesday night, set once again in 1982 in Hawaii. While Vince McMahon and various WWF wrestlers have been seen and mentioned throughout the series, this week hinted at a pivotal time in the Johnson family. Early in the episode Rocky Johnson, Dwayne The Rock Johnson s father, mentions having conversations with McMahon about working the New York territory (what is now known as WWE) with Tony Atlas as his tag team partner. In real life Johnson arrived initially arrived in the WWF in 1982 as a singles wrestler, then was paired up with Atlas.
Luke Hemsworth Cast in Dwayne Johnson s Young Rock
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Rock. According to
Entertainment Weekly, Hemsworth will be appearing in the penultimate episode of the show s first season as Dennis Erickson, who was the University of Miami s head football coach when Johnson was a part of the team. I really enjoyed stepping into the legendary shoes of Coach Dennis Erickson, and also working again with director Jeffery Walker, Hemsworth told
EW. It s a wonderfully written show about family and the strange journeys that make us who we are and also the Dwayne Johnson!!!! You can check out a still of Hemsworth in the role below: