  The One host George Stroumboulopoulos.
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PASADENA, Calif. -- The One may be remembered as the One Point One.
That's the miserable rating it drew in its premiere outing on ABC in the U.S. Tuesday night. The new karaoke reality series, hosted by Canadian George Stroumboulopoulos, drew a paltry 3.1 million U.S. viewers. Canadian Idol has done better in Canada.
The One could stand for the one week it aired. ABC did nothing to promote the series this week despite the golden opportunity of having 200 TV critics from across North America before them at press tour.
The music series was crushed in Canada as well, drawing just 235,000 viewers on CBC, which had planned to eventually spin off a Canadian edition. The same night, CTV's Canadian Idol and Global's Rock Star: Supernova both pulled over a million viewers, with once mighty Idol barely winning in households and Rock Star winning in the all important 18-49 year demographic.
