Baywatch
The Life You Save
TV Flash files “The Life You Save” as hour 82 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 4, episode 19, aired 1994-05-02, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E19: listed hour 82 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 19 of 21 in season 4. It aired 1994-05-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Western Exposure” (S04E18). Next is “Trading Places” (S04E20).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitch deals with budget cuts that could take lifeguards off the beach. With their jobs jeopardized, everyone decides to volunteer as civilian lifeguards. At the same time, David and Julia are having a romantic time on the beach but lose an engagement ring in the water. Matt and Summer save the young couple from drowning.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Life You Save sit in the Baywatch guide?
S04E19 is listed hour 82 of 233 — hour 19 of 21 in season 4, season 4 episode 19.
When did Baywatch S04E19 air?
The Life You Save aired 1994-05-02 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…
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- Shawn Weatherly as Jill Riley
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- Billy Warlock as Eddie Kramer
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