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Tracy Morgan Leaving 'SNL'
Jul 29, 10:14 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tracy Morgan is taking his act from late night to prime time.

The comedian recently left "Saturday Night Live" after seven seasons to star in "The Tracy Morgan Show," a proposed comedy about a hardworking family man that isn't yet on NBC's fall schedule.

Morgan recalled how his big break on "SNL" affected his family and friends in the Bronx.

"My whole life became a series of calming everybody down," he told the Television Critics Association last week. "They were on my front door. It was like hitting Lotto.

"I had to really get my family up out of the 'hood first. With the second check, we were gone. We live in a nice Jewish neighborhood. Quiet with our music, no gunshots, all that stuff. It's a positive effect on us. Some people tripped, but they're all right now."

Morgan recently moved his wife and three sons, ages 17, 16 and 11, to Los Angeles, where the new show is taped.

His character runs an automotive repair shop, a change from the outrageous characters and celebrity impressions he did on "SNL."

"This character gets to show people in the public that I'm a dad. They get to see the struggle," he said. "I grew up in a broken home, so this is what it would have been like if my dad would have stayed with my mom. This is what I wanted to see and I'm proud of it."