Baywatch
The Choice
TV Flash files “The Choice” as hour 151 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 8, episode 3, aired 1997-10-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E03: listed hour 151 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 3 of 19 in season 8. It aired 1997-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Next Generation” (S08E02). Next is “Memorial Day” (S08E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Veteran lifeguard Jack "JD" Darius shows up to try for the open Lieutenant position, but memories of a failed rescue still haunt him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Choice sit in the Baywatch guide?
S08E03 is listed hour 151 of 233 — hour 3 of 19 in season 8, season 8 episode 3.
When did Baywatch S08E03 air?
The Choice aired 1997-10-06 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
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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…