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'Hit Me Baby' Brings Back 80s 1-Hit Wonders
NBC10 ^ | 6/04/05 | NBC10

Posted on 06/03/2005 11:12:36 PM PDT by freedom44

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1 posted on 06/03/2005 11:12:36 PM PDT by freedom44
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http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2005/06/hit_me_baby_one_1.html

Hit Me Baby One More Time Is A Ratings Success

Thursday night's debut of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" hit the highest adult 18-49 rating for a new summer unscripted series premiere in two years, winning its slot among all adult viewers under the age of 50, according to updated in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

From 9-9:59 p.m. ET, the premiere of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" (4.7 rating, 13 share in 18-49, 8.9 million viewers overall) scored the highest debut rating for a new unscripted summer series since June 3, 2003 (Fox's "American Juniors") and matched NBC's best 18-49 rating for a summer reality series debut in nearly three years ("Meet My Folks" on July 22, 2002). "Hit Me" improved the time period by 62 percent in adults 18-49 versus NBC's performance on the same night last year (4.7 vs. a 2.9 with comedy encores).

"Hit Me Baby One More Time" was #1 in adults, men and women 18-49 and adults, men and women 18-34, beating all competition including CBS' "CSI" rebroadcast and ABC's "Charlie's Angels" encore. "Hit Me" built on its 18-49 lead-in by 57 percent (4.7 vs. 3.0).

"Hit Me Baby" is the #1 primetime telecast of the week to date in adults 18-49 and is also tied for the highest 18-49 rating of any primetime telecast since the end of the May sweep (tying the May 26 encore telecast of CBS' "CSI").


2 posted on 06/03/2005 11:13:31 PM PDT by freedom44
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3 posted on 06/03/2005 11:16:27 PM PDT by icwhatudo (The rino borg...is resistance futile?)
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To: freedom44

Loverboy was a crackup and Flock of Seagulls flopped. Arrested Development stole the show.


4 posted on 06/03/2005 11:20:58 PM PDT by kezekiel
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To: freedom44

I'm thinkin' Adam Ant is no Longer Ready For Prime Time.

5 posted on 06/03/2005 11:21:33 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Shirtless at the 7-11)
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To: freedom44; cyborg
One Band To Be Determined

These guys got back together? They were great!

6 posted on 06/03/2005 11:22:14 PM PDT by Petronski (How do you solve a problem like Petronski?)
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To: freedom44

Not to nitpick, but Loverboy and Wang Chung were not one-hit wonders. Not defending them, mind you, just that they each had more than one hit. I also think the Knack had more than one hit, or maybe they just had one hit and one unforgettable classic expression of teen hormonal angst ("Good Girls Don't").


7 posted on 06/03/2005 11:23:35 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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I know the title 'one hit wonder' is not exactly true. I've heard VH1 call Men at Work a one-hit wonder, but they had four songs on on billboard top 20 and also Midnight Oil.


8 posted on 06/03/2005 11:27:10 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: freedom44

Cory Hart's, "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" comes to mind.

Or how about Samantha Fox and "Touch Me." I suspect that her audience couldn't sing you the chorus to that song to save their lives.

These stories remind me of why we disconnected the t.v. As Groucho Marx once said, "Television is very educational... every time someone turns it on, I go into the other room and read a book."


9 posted on 06/03/2005 11:37:17 PM PDT by This Just In ("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
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Cory Hart's, "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" comes to mind.

wasn't his song, "Never Surrender" a hit? i loved that song... he opened for Hall and Oats back in 1984...

10 posted on 06/03/2005 11:42:30 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: freedom44; Petronski

Go away, Dave.

11 posted on 06/03/2005 11:45:11 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Shirtless at the 7-11)
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To: freedom44
I know the title 'one hit wonder' is not exactly true. I've heard VH1 call Men at Work a one-hit wonder, but they had four songs on on billboard top 20 and also Midnight Oil.

yes--how could Men At Work be considered One-Hit wonder? even their second album had a couple of good songs--including my favorite, "Overkill." they sounded terrible in concert... very disappointing...

12 posted on 06/03/2005 11:46:01 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Please, do your Safety Dance for us.


13 posted on 06/03/2005 11:48:03 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Shirtless at the 7-11)
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I can't tell you how grateful I am that Mr. Ant has gracefully bowed out of the "scene". It is quite annoying to see old artists trying their darndest to look young and hip. It is no different than putting lipstick on a pig.

Although I'm aware of a run-in or two that Mr. Ant has had with the law, he looks like a dignified man in that photo. Much more deserving of our attention then when he slapped that silly war paint on his face, wearing that military uniform while prancing about as if he had ants in his pants(pun intended) all those years ago. :^)


14 posted on 06/03/2005 11:48:08 PM PDT by This Just In ("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
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To: latina4dubya

I do recall "Never Surrender", but I don't believe it was a hit. I may be wrong.


15 posted on 06/03/2005 11:50:14 PM PDT by This Just In ("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
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To: freedom44

Gary Newman's "Cars," and Aldo Nova's "Fantasy," and Toni Basil's "Mickey," (i think they're all one-hit wonders) remind me of high school football games...


16 posted on 06/03/2005 11:50:40 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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I do recall "Never Surrender", but I don't believe it was a hit.

i'm probably the only one who liked it...

17 posted on 06/03/2005 11:51:44 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: latina4dubya

Overkill was alot of peoples fav


18 posted on 06/03/2005 11:52:02 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: This Just In

I wonder what he thinks of the French?

19 posted on 06/03/2005 11:52:34 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Robert Byrd:He may have 'gone under the water,' but the preacher didn't hold him down long enough.")
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To: martin_fierro

Damn he's way too old to be dressed like that.


20 posted on 06/03/2005 11:52:38 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government)
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