Rock Me Baby (TV series)
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''Rock Me Baby'' is an American
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that aired on
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from September 16, 2003, until May 25, 2004. Set in
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, the show stars Dan Cortese as Jimmy Cox, co-host of a popular Denver radio show with his best friend, Carl, played by
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. Bianca Kajlich plays Beth Cox, Jimmy's wife, and the two have a baby named Otis.
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plays Beth's best friend, Pamela, who is obsessed with the glamorous life.


Plot

''Rock Me Baby'' is about a former exotic dancer, Beth, and a radio personality, Jimmy, who produce a child together, with most of the storylines of each episode revolving around the baby, Otis. Throughout the beginning of the series, Carl has a crush on Pamela and is rejected on every attempt to gain closure with her. Jimmy and Beth overcome a series of obstacles about being new parents and the phases of life.


Cast and characters

* Dan Cortese as Jimmy Cox, the co-host of Denver Radio show, Khor *
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as Pamela, a friend of Beth Cox and girlfriend of Carl * Bianca Kajlich as Beth Cox, a former exotic dancer, wife of Jimmy Cox and stay at home mother of Otis Cox *
Carl Anthony Payne II Carl Anthony Payne II (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom ''Martin'' and Walter "Cockroach" Bradley on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', Carl on '' Rock Me Baby'' (TV series), Curt ...
as Carl, a co-host of the Denver Radio show Khor, and best friend of Jimmy Cox


Episodes


Production

''Rock Me Baby'' was aired by UPN. The series was a production of
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.


Casting

The casting was
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, Megan Branman, Reyna Karp and
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. The primary focus was the baby who would play as "Otis Cox". Scenes with 'Otis' made it challenging for the rest of the cast as opposed to doing them with an older child, teenager or adult. And filming in a scene, many factors occur such as adapting to any possible noises and crying and having added responsibility. Keeping the baby occupied whilst doing the scene to prevent any outbursts is also a primary concern which can be very challenging. Nicole Richie was a guest star.


Filming

Main scenes are primarily the open-space apartment of Jimmy and Beth Cox's kitchen, dining and living area and the sound room inside the radio station of where Jimmy and Carl host their radio show, Khor. Usually after each show, the ending scene will be in Jimmy and Beth's bedroom while they lay in bed and speak to each other about the day. Other scenes also include restaurants, Pamela's bedroom, Otis' bedroom, a rooftop of a building, a school administration office, a school performance art stage and a live music stage within the radio station building which are all featured in Denver, Colorado, but filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA.


Opening theme

The opening theme is "Rock Me Baby" by
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which is an up-beat rock song. The closing theme is the instrumental version used for the closing theme. Samples of the instrumental song is used to open and close from adverts.


Broadcast

In the USA the pilot episode of ''Rock Me Baby'' debuted on the UPN network on Monday September 15, 2003. The second episode 'Coupling' aired on September 23, 2003 and the following episodes followed exactly one week later. The last episode for the first series was 'Singing for your Supper' which aired on May 25, 2004. After the first season, UPN decided to cancel production of ''Rock Me Baby''. In Australia ''Rock Me Baby'' debuted on Australia's
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in 2006 and aired on Friday mornings at 2:30 AM.


Reception

''
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'' wrote of the series, "Dismal, even by UPN standards".


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* {{UPN UPN original programming 2003 American television series debuts 2004 American television series endings 2000s American sitcoms English-language television shows Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Colorado Television series about radio