Baywatch
Let the Games Begin
TV Flash files “Let the Games Begin” as hour 134 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 7, episode 8, aired 1996-11-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E08: listed hour 134 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 8 of 22 in season 7. It aired 1996-11-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” (S07E07). Next is “Buried” (S07E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The International Ironman Competition is held at Baywatch and Neely sets off a battle of the sexes when she decides to enter the competition.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Let the Games Begin sit in the Baywatch guide?
S07E08 is listed hour 134 of 233 — hour 8 of 22 in season 7, season 7 episode 8.
When did Baywatch S07E08 air?
Let the Games Begin aired 1996-11-11 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
David Hasselhoff’s Michael Knight made Knight Rider a talking Trans Am religion — 1980s catalog high-concept toy, Kit I need you as a Friday liturgy, then Baywatch turning the same chest into a planetary slow-motion export. TV Flash files…
- 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…