The Tony Rock Project

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The Tony Rock Project
Genre Comedy
Created by Tony Rock
John Langley
Morgan Langley
Claude Brooks
StarringTony Rock
Whitney Cummings
John Heffron
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers Tony Rock and John Langley and Gelila Asres
Production locations Los Angeles, California
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network MyNetworkTV
ReleaseOctober 2008 (2008-10) 
2009 (2009)

The Tony Rock Project was a sketch comedy television series that premiered on October 8, 2008 on MyNetworkTV and aired for one season [1] . It starred Tony Rock, John Heffron and Whitney Cummings. [2] It served as the lead-in for Flavor Flav's sitcom, Under One Roof .

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References

  1. The Tony Rock Project (Comedy), Tony Rock, Randi Barnes, Whitney Cummings, C to the B Productions, Langley Productions, 2008-10-08, retrieved 2024-02-21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. MyNetworkTV Prepares to Rock Out, Broadcasting & Cable, June 5, 2008.