Baywatch, an American action television drama series, is about lifeguards who patrol beaches in Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii. It stars David Hasselhoff. The show was produced by Gregory J. Bonann and Douglas Schwartz. It was created by Michael Berk. The series focuses on the professional and personal struggles of the characters. It features a large rotating cast, which includes Alexandra Paul and Gregory Alan Williams, Jeremy Jackson and Parker Stevenson. Erika Eleniak and David Charvet are some of its stars. Yasmine Bleeth and Nicole Eggert are just a few of them.
After its first season on NBC, the show was cancelled. However, it survived through syndication, and became the most-watched TV series in the world with an estimated weekly audience 1.1 billion viewers despite consistent negative reviews. This earned the show a reputation for being a pop cultural phenomenon, source of parody and allusion, and a popular cultural phenomenon. From 1989 to 1999, the show was still in its original title. It was renamed Baywatch: Hawaii from 1999 to 2001 after a major cast overhaul and a change of setting.
Baywatch Nights was a spin-off of the series that aired from 1995 to 1997. A 2017 feature film adaptation was also made.