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According to People, Dwayne Johnson is about to become the subject of a brand new sitcom on NBC. Titled Young Rock, the comedy series will chronicle the childhood of the former WWE superstar, and 11 episodes have already been ordered.
The single-camera series — which is the second collaboration between Johnson and the network following The Titan Games — is being written by Fresh Off the Boat co-scribes Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang.
Khan, Johnson, Chiang, and Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Jennifer Carreras will executive produce the series, in collaboration with Universal Television, Seven Bucks and Fierce Baby Productions. No release date has been announced at the time of this writing.