Baywatch
Shelter Me
TV Flash files “Shelter Me” as hour 10 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 1, episode 10, aired 1989-12-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 10 of 21 in season 1. It aired 1989-12-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Cretin of the Shallows” (S01E09). Next is “The Reunion” (S01E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An approaching tropical storm has the Baywatch lifeguards preparing for its effects but the presence of two wanted criminals cause unforeseen events. Eddie and Shauni rest. Hobie and a girl have storm parties.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Shelter Me sit in the Baywatch guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 233 — hour 10 of 21 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did Baywatch S01E10 air?
Shelter Me aired 1989-12-08 and is listed at 60 minutes.
NBC season or syndication empire?
NBC canceled it; syndication made it a planet. Early hours still have earnest California sun. Later ones are the export machine — Hasselhoff's second global brand.
In the series
Why this series still plays
NBC canceled it. Syndication made it a planet. Slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export, and rescue plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, it becomes the 1990s' international camp empire — lifeguard as lifestyle brand. Early hours still have earnest California sun; later ones are the pure export machine.
The swimsuit is the silhouette. NBC, 1989, then first-run syndication through 2001: L.A. County lifeguards patrol beaches with rescues, drama, and peak fitness aesthetics — slow-mo, red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export. Baywatch, from Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann, put David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon with Parker Stevenson, Shawn Weatherly, Billy Warlock and a rotating tan. Rescue plots exist to justify the run. NBC canceled it. Syndication made it a planet. *Red as a…
Filed against
- David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon
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- Parker Stevenson as Craig Pomeroy
Parker Stevenson played Craig Pomeroy on Baywatch — NBC canceled it, syndication made it a planet. Slow-motion red swimsuits, rescue plots that exist to justify the run, lifeguard as lifestyle brand. Born in 1989, it becomes the 1990s’…
- Shawn Weatherly as Jill Riley
Shawn Weatherly's Jill Riley ran early Baywatch as earnest rescue before syndication made a planet — NBC canceled it, slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export, plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, camp…
- Billy Warlock as Eddie Kramer
Billy Warlock’s Eddie Kramer ran Baywatch before syndication made it a planet — NBC canceled it, slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff’s second global export, rescue plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, camp empire in the…