The Chris Rock Show | |
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Genre | Talk show/Sketch comedy |
Created by | Chris Rock |
Written by |
Louis C.K. Vernon Chatman Daniel Dratch |
Presented by | Chris Rock |
Starring | Chris Rock |
Theme music composer | Grandmaster Flash |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 55 |
Production | |
Location(s) | New York City |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | February 7, 1997 | – November 25, 2000
The Chris Rock Show was a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock and featured various guests. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program in 1999. It ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2000.
There have been four DVD releases of The Chris Rock Show in Region 1. The two "Best of" DVDs that were released were later repackaged into a single compilation in 2005. Seasons 1 and 2 were released as a DVD set in 2006. Most of the episodes were released uncut, however for contractual reasons the segment featuring The Artist Formerly Known as Prince has been removed from the first episode of Season 1. The Seasons 1 and 2 DVD features a Chris Rock commentary on episodes 1 and 12.