NEW COMEDY
Young Rock
Fri, 8pm & 8.30pm, Sky Comedy & Sky Showcase (box set, Sky Box Sets/NOW)
Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson, AKA The Rock, is back this week in Young Rock, the hit US sitcom about his colourful childhood and early struggles to become a sports star.
As in the first season, The Rock plays himself in the year 2032 as he runs for US President, and looks back on his eventful youth. Three young actors play him at different points of his life, including the 1990s, when he has dreams of becoming an American football star.
REINVENTION
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