Baywatch
Aloha, Baywatch
TV Flash files “Aloha, Baywatch” as the first listed hour of season 10 — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 10, episode 1, aired 1999-09-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E01: listed hour 190 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, first listed hour of season 10. It aired 1999-09-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Castles in the Sand” (S09E22). Next is “Mahalo, Hawaii” (S10E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitch feels that he needs to "find himself", so he travels to Hawaii to have some time off. While on the beach in Hawaii, Mitch rescues a family in trouble, but he barely makes it. He then realizes that he would have saved them all much more effectively if he knew more about the currents and these waters in general. He sets out to begin Baywatch Hawaii, an international training camp for lifeguards. He has to pick out the best of the best, and make a perfect team to start out with. Meanwhile, Jessie realizes that she has some competition for J.D. after he meets Kekoa.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Aloha, Baywatch sit in the Baywatch guide?
S10E01 is listed hour 190 of 233 — first listed hour of season 10, season 10 episode 1.
When did Baywatch S10E01 air?
Aloha, Baywatch aired 1999-09-20 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
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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
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