{"id":20368,"date":"2021-04-30T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=20368"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:11:18","slug":"nbc-renews-first-year-comedies-young-rock-and-kenan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/nbc-renews-first-year-comedies-young-rock-and-kenan\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Renews First-Year Comedies &#8220;Young Rock&#8221; and &#8220;Kenan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC has renewed its first-year comedies &#8220;<strong><em>Young Rock<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong><em>Kenan<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20369\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/young-rock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/young-rock.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/young-rock-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been a true joy to watch Dwayne Johnson &amp; Kenan Thompson on NBC every week and see families connect with their relatable, entertaining, and heartwarming stories,&#8221; said Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Programming, NBCUniversal Television, and Streaming. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to renew both of these shows for another season and can&#8217;t wait to see more from Dwayne, Kenan, and the incredibly talented casts and producing teams behind each of them.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1599678788\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h3>YOUNG ROCK<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Young Rock<\/em>&#8221; focuses on different chapters of Dwayne Johnson&#8217;s life. 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