Baywatch
Short Sighted
TV Flash files “Short Sighted” as hour 90 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 5, episode 6, aired 1994-11-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 90 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 6 of 22 in season 5. It aired 1994-11-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Air Buchannon” (S05E05). Next is “Someone to Baywatch Over You” (S05E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After completing rookie school, Logan earns the title "Rookie of the Year." Caroline begins her first day on the job as a lifeguard, and her infatuation with Logan causes her to miss a rescue. Hobie befriends a young boy who is ashamed of his father's dwarfism; the father almost drowns while saving a girl and her dog.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Short Sighted sit in the Baywatch guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 90 of 233 — hour 6 of 22 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did Baywatch S05E06 air?
Short Sighted aired 1994-11-05 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…