"Baywatch" (1989) TV series 1989-2001

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Creators:

Michael Berk
Gregory J. Bonann
Douglas Schwartz

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

22 September 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Adventure

Plot:

Television series about a cadre of attractive lifeguards who patrol a crowded recreational beach.

Plot Keywords:

Lifeguard | Beach | Divorce | Cult Favorite | Beefcake

Awards:

5 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Lt. Mitch Buchannon / ... (221 episodes, 1989-2000)
Jeremy Jackson	...	Hobie Buchannon (179 episodes, 1991-1999)
Michael Newman	...	Mike 'Newmie' Newman (132 episodes, 1989-1999)
Pamela Anderson	...	Casey Jean 'C.J.' Parker (113 episodes, 1992-1997)
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Sgt. Garner Ellerbee / ... (112 episodes, 1989-1998)
Chris Fiore	...	Brad / ... (96 episodes, 1992-1999)
Alexandra Paul	...	Lt. Stephanie Holden / ... (93 episodes, 1992-1997)
David Chokachi	...	Cody Madison (89 episodes, 1995-1999)

Also Known As:

"Baywatch Hawaii" (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

60 min (241 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

GTG Entertainment

Trivia:

Longest running show to never win an Emmy. (as of 2005)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Red Dwarf: Dwarfing USA (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Current of Love

Great show with twist

Baywatch, television's most-famous "jiggle series" and by some counts the most-watched show around the world, did more for slow-motion beach joggers than anything since Chariots of Fire--just replace the British Olympic athletes with young women in high-cut red swimsuits who look like Playboy models. The premise of Baywatch is straightforward: a Los Angeles-based team of lifeguards saves swimmers and occasionally fights crime, led by beefcake Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff). And those Playboy models? Erika Eleniak turned a 1989 magazine spread into a role as lifeguard Shauni McClain for two-plus seasons alongside Billy Warlock's Eddie Kramer character (the actors themselves had a brief engagement), and most of the season's action revolved around the lives and loves of Mitch, Shauni, and Eddie. (The most famous Baywatch babe, Pamela Anderson, would arrive the following season.) When they weren't saving people on the beach, they were involved in movie shoots ("Money, Honey"), gang wars ("Point of Attack"), homeless girls ("Sandcastles") and stray pets ("Thin or Die"), a serious charge against Eddie ("The Trophy"), a Gilligan's Island hallucination ("Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale"), and chemical dumping ("The Big Spill"). Hasselhoff's real-life wife, Pamela Bach, appears in a recurring role as reporter Kaye Morgan, Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me, Dream On) has a small role as Mitch's ex-wife, Gayle, and Tom McTigue plays lifeguard Harvey Miller.