[freedom44]

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").

[kezekiel]

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

[martin_fierro]

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

[Petronski]

One Band To Be Determined

These guys got back together? They were great!

[Burma Jones]

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").

[This Just In]

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."

[martin_fierro]

Go away, Dave.

[martin_fierro]

Please, do your Safety Dance for us.

[latina4dubya]

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...

[Darkwolf377]

Did you ever wonder what happened to some of those one-hit wonders like Vanilla Ice, Tommy Tutone and Flock of Seagulls?

No.

[Slings and Arrows]

80's-musician-mockery ping!
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This-Is-Not-A-Ping-List ping!

[Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]

[martin_fierro]

From "Worster Album Art II"

[isom35]

I bet I know the cause: umbrella guy! he has not been holdng the umbrella properly. I hope jackson fires him and gets a new umbrella guy. maybe jackson could put an ad on monster.com
hmmm.....

[martin_fierro]

Not an 80s musical group, but you get my drift.

[A CA Guy]

Vanilla Ice had a short but very successful career. He had maybe 4 or more songs that went somewhere on the charts. He was better than a one hit wonder.

He also was very good with the money and was one of the few that grew his wealth and still has money today.

He tried puck type rock and races motorcycles professionally.
I wouldn't want a cd of his now, but in his time he was a decent performer and popular.

He got black listed by rappers for not being from the ghetto and of course for being a white guy doing rap.

Somehow they got that into the views of the buying audience, and from there he was effectively ruined as a performer.

[martin_fierro]

Hey, Morris: Nobody GAF anymore.

[martin_fierro]

You just gotta love Millie Jackson.

(Why is her shoe off? Who knows?)

[WestVirginiaRebel]

All this really does is remind me of how embarrassing some of my taste in music was once upon a time.

[NewLand]

On the one-hit wonder side, some other good 'classic' 80's tunes were;

*a-ha Take On Me
*The Outfield Your Love
*Level 42 Something About You

80's = President Reagan = good times!

[Pro-Bush]

Some Like It Hot
Power Station

We want to multiply
Are you gonna do it
I know you're qualified
Are you gonna do it
Don't be so circumscribed
Are you gonna do it
Just get yourself untied
Are you gonna do it

Feel the heat pushing you to decide
Feel the heat burning you up
Ready or not

Some like it hot
And some sweat when the heat is on
Some feel the heat
And decide that they can't go on
Some like it hot
But you can't tell how hot 'til you try
Some like it hot
So let's turn up the heat 'til we fry

The girl is at your side
are you gonna do it
She wants to be your bride
Are you gonna do it
She wants to multiply
Are you gonna do it
I know you won't be satisfied
Until you do it

Some like it hot
And some sweat when the heat is on
Some feel the heat
And decide that they can't go on
Some like it hot
But you can't tell how hot 'til you try
Some like it hot
So let's turn up the heat 'til we fry

Feel the heat pushing you to decide
Feel the heat burning you up
Ready or not

Some like it hot
And some sweat when the heat is on
Some feel the heat
And decide that they can't go on
Some like it hot
But you can't tell how hot 'til you try
Some like it hot
So let's turn up the heat 'til we fry

Some like it hot
Some like it hot
Some like it hot
Some like it hot
Some like it hot
Some like it hot

Some like it hot
Some like it hot