NBC Renews "Young Rock" For A Third Season

NBC has ordered a third season of "Young Rock" from WWE Legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions company.

The second season of "Young Rock" is currently airing on NBC Tuesday nights, and is available on Peacock the following day. NBC announced today that the show is being renewed for a third season, while "American Auto" and "Grand Crew" are being renewed for their second seasons.

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NBC touted in today's press release how "Young Rock" is the network's #1 primetime comedy in the 18-49 key demographic.

Season one of "Young Rock" averaged 3.036 million viewers with a 0.62 key demo rating per episode, over 11 episodes. Season two has averaged 2.150 million viewers with a 0.40 key demo rating so far, across the 9 episodes that have aired as of this week.

The Rock has not commented on the renewal as of this writing, but Seven Bucks Vice President and former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz took to Twitter and reacted to the NBC announcement.

"We're BACK baby! Can't wait to dive into Season 3 of #YoungRock! This is shaping up to be a helluva week!," Gewirtz wrote.

The Rock stars in the show alongside Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Ana Tuisila, Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant, Uli Latukefu, Fasitua Amosa, John Tui and Matthew Willig.

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The show was created by Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang and inspired by Rock's life. Rock, Khan, Chiang, Gewirtz, Dany Garcia, Jennifer Carreras, and Hiram Garcia serve as Executive Producers, while the show is produced by Seven Bucks, Universal Television, and Fierce Baby Productions.

There's no word on when "Young Rock" season 3 will film or premiere, but we will keep you updated when more information is available.

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