Baywatch
Baywatch Information
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show was cancelled after its first season on NBC, but survived through syndication and later became one of the most-watched television shows in the world. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999. From 1999 to 2001, with a setting change and large cast overhaul, it was known as Baywatch: Hawaii.History
Baywatch premiered on NBC in 1989, but was cancelled after only one season, when it placed 73rd out of 103 shows in the seasonal ratings, and also because the studio, GTG, went out of business.Feeling the series still had potential, David Hasselhoff, along with creators and executive producers Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann, revived it for the first-run syndication market in 1991. Hasselhoff was given the title of executive producer for his work on bringing the show back. The series was hugely successful, especially internationally.
The show led to a spin-off, Baywatch Nights, and three direct-to-video films: Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise, Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay, and Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
Babewatch is a satirical term sometimes used in connection with the series, which has been used by Mad, by commentators, and as the title for a series of adult films with crossover characters which ran between 1994 and 1999 in 13 parts.
Baywatch Down Under
In 1999, with production costs rising in Los Angeles, and the syndication market shrinking, the plan was to move the show to Australia and launch Baywatch Down Under. A pilot was filmed, but the series was stopped when residents of Avalon put forth strong objections, including potential damage to a fragile ecosystem. Pittwater Council permanently barred all future filming.Baywatch: Hawaii
As an alternative to Australia, Hawaii offered the producers large financial incentives to move the show to the islands, instead, and in season 10, Baywatch: Hawaii was launched.Baywatch filmed for two seasons in Hawaii, from 1999 until 2001. The proposal to relocate Baywatch to Hawaii rather than Australia was initiated by April Masini in a telephone call to executive producer Greg Bonann. The deal to provide the incentives necessary to secure the series was presented to Governor Ben Cayetano by Al Masini and April Masini, Tony Vericella, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, and Cayetano's executive assistant, Joe Blanco. The agreement required the production to change its name from Baywatch to Baywatch: Hawaii, hire local leads, and film in the state for at least two years, guaranteeing 44 episodes, each at a cost of about US$870,000, 60% of which was to be spent in Hawaii.
Plot
Baywatch revolved around the work of a team of lifeguards and their interpersonal relationships, with plots usually centering on dangers related to the beach and other activities pertinent to the California (later Hawaii) beach lifestyle. Topics from earthquakes and shark attacks to serial killers served as plot conflicts on the show. Saving people from drowning was one of the most typical situations used in the shows.Cast
Main article: List of Baywatch characters
Baywatch Cast | |||||||||||||
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Actor | Character | Baywatch | Baywatch: Hawaii | Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
David Hasselhoff | Mitch Buchannon | colspan="10" | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Brandon Call | Hobie Buchannon | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Jeremy Jackson | colspan="7" | Recurring | Guest | colspan="1" | |||||||||
Michael Newman | Michael 'Newmie' Newman | Recurring | colspan="4" | ||||||||||
Gregory Alan Williams | Garner Ellerbee | colspan="1" | Recurring | colspan="3" | Guest | ||||||||
Parker Stevenson | Craig Pomeroy | colspan="1" | Recurring | ||||||||||
Holly Gagnier | Gina Pomeroy | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Billy Warlock | Eddie Kramer | colspan="2" | Guest | colspan="1" | |||||||||
Erika Eleniak | Shauni McClain | colspan="2" | Guest | ||||||||||
Monte Markham | Don Thorpe | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Shawn Weatherly | Jill Riley | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Peter Phelps | Trevor Cole | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
John Allen Nelson | John D. Cort | colspan="1" | Guest | Guest | colspan="1" | ||||||||
Richard Jaeckel | Ben Edwards | colspan="1" | Guest | ||||||||||
Tom McTigue | Harvey Miller | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Pamela Anderson | C.J. Parker | colspan="5" | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Alexandra Paul | Stephanie Holden | colspan="4" | Guest | ||||||||||
Nicole Eggert | Summer Quinn | colspan="2" | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
David Charvet | Matt Brody | colspan="3" | Guest | ||||||||||
Kelly Slater | Jimmy Slade | colspan="1" | Guest | ||||||||||
Yasmine Bleeth | Caroline Holden | Guest | colspan="3" | Guest | colspan="1" | ||||||||
Jaason Simmons | Logan Fowler | colspan="2" | Guest | ||||||||||
Heather Campbell | Neely Capshaw | Guest | |||||||||||
Gena Lee Nolin | colspan="3" | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Jennifer Campbell | Recurring | ||||||||||||
David Chokachi | Cody Madison | colspan="4" | |||||||||||
Nancy Valen | Samantha Thomas | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Donna D'Errico | Donna Marco | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Traci Bingham | Jordan Tate | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Jos Solano | Manny Gutierrez | colspan="2" | Guest | ||||||||||
Carmen Electra | Lani McKenzie | colspan="1" | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Angelica Bridges | Taylor Walsh | colspan="1" | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Michael Bergin | Jack 'J.D.' Darius | colspan="5" | |||||||||||
Marliece Andrada | Skylar Bergman | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Kelly Packard | April Giminski | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Mitzi Kapture | Alex Ryker | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Brooke Burns | Jessie Owens | colspan="2" | Guest | ||||||||||
Jason Brooks | Sean Monroe | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Simmone Mackinnon | Allie Reese | Guest | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Brandy Ledford | Dawn Masterton | colspan="1" | |||||||||||
Stacy Kamano | Kekoa Tanaka | colspan="3" | |||||||||||
Jason Momoa | Jason Ioane | colspan="3" | |||||||||||
Krista Allen | Jenna Avid | Recurring | colspan="1" | ||||||||||
Brande Roderick | Leigh Dyer | colspan="2" | |||||||||||
Charlie Brumbly | Zack McEwan | colspan="1" |
Theme songs
- The original NBC theme was "Save Me", performed by Peter Cetera, with Bonnie Raitt on guitar and Richard Sterban, bass singer for The Oak Ridge Boys, as one of the background vocalists. The song is from Cetera's 1988 album One More Story.
- On some DVD releases of the first series "Save Me" was replaced with "Above the Waterline" by Kim Carnes.
- For the syndicated series, the new theme "I'm Always Here" (written by Jimi Jamison, Cory Lerios, John D'Andrea and Joe Henry, performed by Jimi Jamison of Survivor) replaced "Save Me". An instrumental version of "I'm Always Here" was used as the ending theme of seasons 6 to 9. A different instrumental version was used as the theme for season 10 (the first season of Baywatch: Hawaii). Some parts of the lyrics of "I'm Always Here" are written on Jimi's grave.
- When the NBC episodes were added to the Baywatch syndication package, the opening theme was changed to a shorter version of "I'm Always Here", with some images of the original NBC opening retained.
- David Hasselhoff sang the Kevin Savigar-Todd Cerney tune "Current of Love" as the ending theme of Seasons 2-4 (on Seasons 2 and 3, the version of this song has been fast and on Season 4, the version of this song has been slow). Together with Laura Branigan he sang "I Believe" as the ending theme of Season 5.
- On the DVD edition of the second season, the original main title theme is replaced by the song "Strong Enough", performed by Evan Olson (from his album Audio).
- The theme for season 11 (the second season of Baywatch: Hawaii) was called "Let Me Be the One" written and performed by Carlos Villalobos, Glenn Medeiros and sung by Fiji.
- The spin-off series, Baywatch Nights theme song was performed by saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell. "The Nights Will Never Be the Same" (Baywatch Nights Theme) was also featured on his 1996 sophomore CD release. Alfonzo Blackwell was featured with David Hasselhoff each week in the ending credits of the TV series.
- An instrumental version of the song appears in the episode "Battles" of the UK television programme Spaced.
- The Swedish electronic musical group Sunblock remixed the song and released it as a single.
- A soundalike version was used in the Hey Arnold! episode "Summer Love" over the end credits.
- Swedish group Konditorns recorded the theme with Swedish lyrics for their album K2 (2012), titled "Jag r alltid hr" which is a direct translation of the phrase "I'm always here".
Episodes
Main article: List of Baywatch episodes
Film adaptation
Main article: Baywatch (film)
The film adaptation is a comedy, written and directed by Jeremy Garelick. Garelick's previous successes include the rewrite of The Hangover.
In September 2012, it was announced that Reno 911! co-creator and star Robert Ben Garant will direct the film version of Baywatch for Paramount Pictures.
In October 2014, it was announced that Paramount is moving forward with its big-screen adaptation of Baywatch and has loosely attached Dwayne Johnson to the project. The studio has also hired Justin Malen to rewrite and has attached the comedy writing team of Sean Anders and John Morris to direct.
In July 2015, it was announced Seth Gordon would direct with Damian Shannon and Mark Swift having written the latest script with Dwayne Johnson still attached to star.
On August 10, 2015, it was announced that Zac Efron had been cast in the film. Johnson also announced that the film will be R-Rated. The report stated, "The story centers on a by-the-book and very serious lifeguard (Johnson) who is forced to team up with a young rule-flouting hothead (Efron) in order to save their beach from environmental destruction at the hands of an oil tycoon." That same month, reports were saying that Kelly Brook was in contention to star in the film as C.J. Parker, with Kate Upton and Charlotte McKinney also on the shortlist, but Brook denied the rumor the following day on Instagram. Brook later confirmed that she had read the script but was still uncertain if she would appear.
On November 9, 2015, it was reported that several actresses, including Alexandra Daddario, Nina Dobrev, Ashley Benson, Alexandra Shipp, Shelley Hennig, Bianca Santos, and Denyse Tontz, were in the running for the female lead, with the possibility that some of them could join the film in different roles and other unnamed actresses could be in the running as well. On November 18, 2015, Johnson confirmed Daddario (who previously worked with Johnson on San Andreas) for the role of Summer, originally played by Eggert in the TV series, and revealed the casting of C.J. and other roles would soon be announced. On January 4, 2016, Johnson announced that actress and model Kelly Rohrbach was cast as C.J. for the film. On January 11, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Priyanka Chopra is in talks to appear in the film in a villainous role. On February 16, 2016, Priyanka Chopra and Dwayne Johnson released a video to confirm her participation in the above-mentioned role. On January 20, 2016, a release date of May 19, 2017, was announced and Ilfenesh Hadera joined the cast as Stef, the love interest of Dwayne Johnson's character. On January 27, 2016, Variety reported that Jon Bass was cast as Ronnie, described as funny, awkward and a skilled disco dancer who falls in love with C.J. at the beach.
The film was released in the United States on May 25, 2017, by Paramount Pictures, and has grossed $177.4 million worldwide.
Reboot series
In August 2018, Deadline reported that FremantleMedia International are eyeing a new reboot of the franchise.DVD releases
- Australia: On May 1, 2013, Shock Entertainment released seasons 1-9 on DVD. They also released a complete series set on November 6, 2013 which features all nine seasons of Baywatch, both seasons of Baywatch Hawaii and both seasons of Baywatch Nights.
- France: The reunion movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding was translated to French language as Alerte Malibu: Mariage Hawa and has been released.
- Finland: Seasons 1-3 have been released by Future Film.
- Germany: Seasons 1 to 11 have been released. These releases are presented exactly as they originally aired, albeit with German language credits (these are also available in the U.K. from Amazon as imports). The reunion movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding was translated to German language as Baywatch: Hochzeit auf Hawaii and has been released.
- Italy: Seasons 1 and 2 have been released by Koch Media, season 5 and 6 have been released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
- Netherlands: Season 3 has been released.
- Sweden: Seasons 1-3 have been released.
- UK: Seasons 1-6 have been released by Network. In 2017, to coincide with the release of the movie, Network released a DVD entitled "Best of Baywatch" which includes the two-part episodes "Nightmare Bay" and "River of No Return".
- USA: In June 1999 a single disc DVD was released featuring two 2-part episodes from the show's original run ("Nightmare Bay" parts 1 and 2 from Season 2, and "River of No Return" parts 1 & 2 from Season 3). These episodes are absent from the U.S. box sets of their respective seasons mentioned below.
In August 2018, Deadline reported that FremantleMedia are remastering the series.
See also
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
- Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
- Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise
- Baywatch Nights (Baywatch spin-off)
- Son of the Beach (Baywatch parody)
- Beach Heat: Miami (softcore version)
- Lifeguard, 1976 lifeguard film starring original Baywatch star Parker Stevenson
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