The Tracy Morgan Show | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by |
David M. Israel Jim O'Doherty |
Written by | Tom J. Astle Anthony Carter Andy Glickman Peter Huyck David Israel Steve Joe Bob Kushell Sally Lapiduss Bernadette Luckett Tracy Morgan Judah Miller Murray Miller Jim O'Doherty Greg Schaffer |
Directed by |
Robert Berlinger Sheldon Epps Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Gary Halvorson Gail Mancuso John Putch David Schwimmer Keith Truesdell Andrew Tsao |
Starring |
Tracy Morgan Tamala Jones Marc John Jefferies Bobb'e J. Thompson |
Theme music composer | Heavy D |
Composer(s) | Heavy D |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Dave Becky Marcy Carsey David Israel Caryn Mandabach Lorne Michaels David Miner Jim O'Doherty Tom Werner |
Producer(s) | Steve Joe Bernadette Luckett Tracy Morgan Greg Schaffer Shawn Wilt |
Cinematography | Donald A. Morgan John Simmons |
Editor(s) | Sean K. Lambert Michael Karlich |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 24 min |
Production company(s) |
Broadway Video Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions NBC Studios |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | December 2, 2003 | – March 20, 2004
The Tracy Morgan Show is an American sitcom that aired from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its first season after 18 episodes (two episodes were never aired).
Tracy Morgan portrays "Tracy Mitchell", who is the owner of an auto repair garage. He has a wife named Alicia (Tamala Jones), a teenaged son named Derrick (Marc John Jefferies) and a seven-year-old named Jimmy (Bobb'e J. Thompson) as well as Aunt Pearl (Esther Scott).
The series was created by David Israel and Jim O'Doherty, who also served as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Marcy Carsey, Caryn Mandabach, Lorne Michaels, David Miner, and Tom Werner.
Cast member Heavy D composed the series' music and theme song.
Bobb'e J. Thompson would go on to play a Tracy Morgan character's son a second time in the hit series 30 Rock.
In 2006, The Box Comedy aired the series, including the two unaired episodes. It disappeared when the channel was transformed to Comedy Central, until it was rerun in 2010. The show is currently aired by Comedy Central Family. On May 31, 2010, TV One aired the series in its entirety, including the two unaired episodes.