Baywatch
Search & Rescue
TV Flash files “Search & Rescue” as hour 136 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 7, episode 10, aired 1997-01-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E10: listed hour 136 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 10 of 22 in season 7. It aired 1997-01-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Buried” (S07E09). Next is “Heal the Bay” (S07E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After rescuing a group of fishermen and tourists from a massive pier fire, Samantha and L.A. fire chief Captain Huntingdon form a rescue firefighting team of six lifeguards and firefighters, called the Search and Rescue Unit, for such conditions. Cody, Neely, Jordan, and Newman try out for the unit and meet their firefighting counterparts. Their skills are tested when the new group of Cody, Neely, and Catalina lifeguard Rick Jenner with firemen Jessica, Clay, and Terry are sent on their first mission to rescue two men in a partially submerged basement of a fire-ravaged building. Meanwhile, Cody asks C.J. to paint his portrait after seeing some of her other paintings. Finally, Mitch has difficulty explaining (and believing) to the Baywatch team his increasingly strange PI work at night when he must catch a man who believes he is a vampire from Baywatch Nights.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Search & Rescue sit in the Baywatch guide?
S07E10 is listed hour 136 of 233 — hour 10 of 22 in season 7, season 7 episode 10.
When did Baywatch S07E10 air?
Search & Rescue aired 1997-01-13 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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- Parker Stevenson as Craig Pomeroy
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- 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…