Baywatch
Baywatch Grand Prix
TV Flash files “Baywatch Grand Prix” as hour 182 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 9, episode 15, aired 1999-02-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E15: listed hour 182 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 9. It aired 1999-02-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Boys Will Be Boys” (S09E14). Next is “Baywatch Down Under (1)” (S09E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitch gets the need for speed when Tanner's cousin Damon Lusk, a race car driver, visits for a race car competition, and who also has a meeting of the minds with Alex. But when Damon falls ill due to an allergic reaction to shellfish, he asks Mitch to take his place for a major grand prix race, where Mitch comes up against, Mark Martin, an old rival from his own former race car days. Meanwhile, after the rescue of an obnoxious couple from the ocean that attracts a lot of media attention; Newman, Cody, April and the other lifeguards help to develop a new TV show about lifeguards, titled 'Beachside', in which Newman's brother-in-law is going to sponsor.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Baywatch Grand Prix sit in the Baywatch guide?
S09E15 is listed hour 182 of 233 — hour 15 of 22 in season 9, season 9 episode 15.
When did Baywatch S09E15 air?
Baywatch Grand Prix aired 1999-02-08 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…