Young Rock

Young Rock is an American sitcom television series based upon the life of professional wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson. The series is created by Nahnatchka Khan and Johnson and premiered on NBC on February 16, 2021. 
==Cast and characters==
===Main===
*Adrian Groulx as 10-year-old Dwayne Johnson
**Bradley Constant as 15-year-old Johnson
**Uli Latukefu as 18–20-year-old Johnson
*Stacey Leilua as Ata Johnson
*Joseph Lee Anderson as Rocky Johnson
*Dwayne Johnson as himself
*Ana Tuisila as Lia Maivia
*John Tui
*Fasitua Amosa
===Recurring===
*Matthew Willig as André the Giant
*Brett Azar as The Iron Sheik
*Nate Jackson as Junkyard Dog
*Kevin Makely as Randy Savage
== Episodes ==
No.	Title 	Original airdate
1 	Working the Gimmick 	February 16, 2021
2 	On the Road Again 	February 23, 2021
3 	Forward, Together 	March 2, 2021
4 	Check Your Head 	March 16, 2021
5 	Don't Go Breaking My Heart 	March 23, 2021
6 	My Day with Andre 	March 30, 2021
7 	Johnson & Hopkins 	April 6, 2021
8 	My Baby Only Drinks the Good Stuff	April 13, 2021
9 	A Lady Named Star Search 	April 20, 2021
10 	Good vs. Great 	April 27, 2021
11 	Election Day 	May 4, 2021
12 	A Christmas Peril 	December 15, 2021
==Production==
===Development===
On January 11, 2020, NBC gave a straight-to-series order to Young Rock, a comedy series based on Dwayne Johnson's early life created by Johnson and Nahnatchka Khan and produce the series with Jeff Chiang, Dany Garcia, Jennifer Carreras, Hiram Garcia, and Brian Gewirtz with Khan and Chiang writing the pilot. In November 2020, production on the series commenced in Australia. On January 15, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 16, 2021.
===Casting===
Three different actors were cast to play Johnson at three different ages from his youth. On September 30, 2020, Johnson revealed that Bradley Constant was cast as 15-year-old Johnson, Uli Latukefu as 18–20-year-old Johnson, Adrian Groulx as 10-year-old Johnson, Stacey Leilua as Johnson's mother, Ata Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson as Johnson's father, Rocky Johnson, and Ana Tuisila as Johnson's grandmother, Lia Maivia.
==Release==
===Marketing===
During the 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, an inflatable float featuring Dwayne Johnson in his 20s was unveiled in promotion of the television show.
==Reception==
===Critical response===
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 88% based on 17 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.99/10. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
==External links==
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Category:2021 television events