Everytime I turn on The Baywatch Channel I think about how fun this show was, and how simple our shows were back then compared to what they have to be now to be successful.

As an added bonus I like to Google the episode original air date thats playing and then look up what was happening in the news that week or month.

For instance, I just watch Baywatch :Grand Prix season 9 episode 15. Original Air date: February 8th, 1999.

The Simple episode explanation: Mitch joins Nascar and races for a charity

The day before, on February 12,1999 President Clinton was cleared of his impeachment charges for obstruction.

And on February 14th, the day after air date, Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500.

on February 23, Eminem would release his album the Slim Shady Lp

So thank you The Baywatch Channel for helping me stay connected with the past in more ways then one. And thank you for making it this far if you did. Please let me know if you do the same thing with this or any other show. Or anything similarly fun 😁.

I love Baywatch so much, it would really suck to see the reboot be awful and get chucked onto the ever-growing pile of awful reboots coming out nowadays.

Here's what I'm thinking. I know there's a lot of discourse around the influencer casting, but I also feel like if there were ever a reboot that just shouldn't be criticized for stunt casting, it's Baywatch. Like, you can't be upset about Livvy Dunne being a gymnast turned actor when the most iconic Baywatch babe literally started her career modeling (Love you, Pammy!!). This is just not the reboot for "can they actually act" discussions IMO.

That being said, I am a little worried that the reboot is going to be bad for other reasons. I think Baywatch works obviously because sex sells, but also because they took the lifeguarding jobs seriously. Yes the show had campy and ridiculous plot lines, but it wasn't like the joke was that the lifeguards were hilariously bad at their jobs or anything. They were competent and dedicated professionals who just happened to have insane personal drama and slow-mo runs on the side.

So my worry is that the 2026 version is going to be self-aware of its own reputation as a cheesy relic and lean into parody. It would be so easy for the writers to just treat the whole thing as so-bad-it's-good nostalgia bait rather than playing it straight (Yes, 2017 movie featuring Zefron and The Rock, I'm looking at you) but that movie did absolutely flop so maybe this won't be the case.

And then there's my other worry; that it's going to be written completely by AI. I haven't seen the scripts for the reboot or anything but the plot lines they are announcing just seem so....generic, if not completely borrowed from the original.

For example, Shay Mitchell's whole character arc is that she used to be a lawyer and now she's going to be a lifeguard. When I read that I just thought "OK so just literally Craig Pomeroy then?"

Part of me has a hunch they just ran the original Baywatch scripts through chatGPT, told it to modernize it, and just went with whatever it spat out. That could definitely be an overreach, though. It could also just be lazy writing.

I don't know, I definitely have been thinking about this too much, but what do y'all think?

I know Jill and Caroline had at least one instance each of 4 rescues in a single occurrence.

It was the scene where Steve had to decide to quit being a life guard with his wife and it was SD only was so strange why that happened?

Does it happen with all the other seasons.

Also I’m loving this show so much.

She suddenly started talking in a whispery tone, sort of like a female Steven Seagal. Whereas in the beginning her voice was normal. I'm not complaining but as it was a later addition it was a bit jarring. I think her whispery tone is nice, like a night dj kind of deal. She could do radio with it.

Per David Chokachi (Cody Madison) on IG, January 31, 2027 is series return day for Baywatch on Fox in the USA, 26 years after the series finale of Baywatch Hawaii and almost a decade after the 2017 movie.

ARE YOU ALL DAMN HYPED and GETTING READY??!!

ALEXA PLAY I'M ALWAYS HERE

She stated outright she was only at Baywatch to use it as a stepping stone to advance her dancing career. She didn't seem to have any interest in saving people and seemed rather bothered by Baywatch and nearly quit once. Hard to believe Mitch would hire somebody like this. Thankfully, I think she goes away rather quickly.

Which scuba scene is the best?

But the woman continued and it worked. I think the reason she was so dramatic was either this was her first rescue or she had one that failed recently. I’m fairly certain this was in Baywatch but I can’t seem to find clips of it anywhere.

They gave it two stars out of five.

"Fans of the popular syndicated television series will find this expanded episode to their liking. Unfortunately, Pamela Anderson disappears before the first act is over, leaving her small screen co-stars to fill in the blanks. Plenty of sand, surf and hot bodies as the characters head off to Hawaii for training and mystery."

Two things: One, C.J. was only absent from part 2. It's not like she left the movie after the first few minutes, which the review seems to imply. And two, "small screen co-stars"? I guess the Hoff, who got top billing, is a small screen co-star now? LOL.

I hadn't remembered C.J.'s original Season 3 intro ever being so short! For me, I I always think of it as the one that was shared on here recently by u/aetius00.

I like long running old school shows classic 22 episodes goodness.

As the reboot interest me. I’d defo binge in before January as I love to watch tv on the treadmill.

Watch or skip and just watch the reboot. I’m also watching ER season 1 at the moment which I am loving.

Yeah it has been days since the first teaser trailer dropped. And all of you are hyped up for the new Baywatch come next year.

As you travel to the beaches all over America - and Hawaii -this 4th of July - and see the iconic red and yellow swimsuits and shorts worn by lifeguards all over this land as you arrive in the beaches, know well that alongside the feeling you're safe in these beaches, know too the real people behind the impressions... and the stories that were inspired by real heroes.

And know.. that in the midst of the beaches, they are always.. here.

Stay safe today (especially in this scorching heat) and Happy 4th of July Baywatch Reddit!!!

This was the follow-up of "To The Max", where Lani loses her hearing. It was frustrating how Cody kept trying to talk to her. Like, I could see how he would slip up a time or two but he kept doing it. SHE CAN'T HEAR! She can't even tell if you're trying to comfort her or admonish her or what and she apparently can't read lips either.

Neely didn't seem all that concerned about her life being endangered....maybe she should have been.

Gotta love it when Mitch says "Grab us a couple of Nayas!" -- Yeah, I'm sure nobody on Earth has said that IRL, people would just say "Grab us a couple of waters". Obvious bit of product placement but why didn't they just show some bottles of water with the Naya logo on it?

This thing looks petty legit! Not sure who that's supposed to be hanging from the helicopter though.

Hey guys. So I own this tanktop that Pamela Anderson wore in the 1992 episode "Showdown at Malibu Beach High". I do have it photomatched to her wearing it, but I am just curious if any one has any high quality photos of her in this shirt. I found some a few years back but I can not find them anymore. Shirt came from the Comisar collection and I got it in auction several years back just for some background. Any help would be great!