Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (TV series)

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Presented byVernon Kay[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 April (2005-04-02) –
22 May 2005 (2005-05-22)
NetworkNBC
Release2 June (2005-06-02) –
30 June 2005 (2005-06-30)
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Hit Me, Baby, One More Time is a television entertainment show first broadcast on the British television network ITV and later, as a new version, by NBC in the United States; both were presented by Vernon Kay.[2][3] During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a cover version of a contemporary hit. Each week one winner is picked from each show by a phone vote (in the British version) or a studio-audience vote (in the American version), leading to the grand final when the overall winner can release a single featuring both songs (in the British version) or have $20,000 donated to a charity of their choice (in the American version). The show's title was derived from a line in the Britney Spears song "...Baby One More Time".

The show proved to be a summer hit for NBC hitting the top spot in the ratings on its first outing.

  1. ^ Tara Merrin (2 June 2005). "CANOE - JAM! Television: Reality show gives '80s idols a 2nd chance". Jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Granada sells Hit Me Baby to US NBC network". Broadcastnow.co.uk. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. ^ Owen Gibson, media correspondent (20 June 2005). "How Britain managed to dumb down American TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)