Scantily clad young women seems to be in the province of reality TV and I don’t see why people would bother with a narrative series. I expect this Baywatch will have as much in common with the original as Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver did with theirs.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM Kevin M. (RPCV) <[email protected]> wrote: > Baywatch existed and was successful pre-internet, and it attracted a > certain demographic who believed scantily-clad humans on television > constituted entertainment (not a judgment call; there was a time I could > count myself amongst their ranks). But anyone with a phone or a tablet can > find scantily-clad anything within seconds now, and they don't need to > endure bad acting in the bargain. > > I understand it was once the most valuable international property, so the > compulsion to try to resurrect it was going to be too big to resist, but > there is no audience for this series anymore. > > On Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 5:27:43 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> Another addition, and this time it IS from the original... David Chokachi >> as Cody Madison, whom now runs the beachside bar and grill: >> >> https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/baywatch-reboot-cast-david-chokachi-cody-madison-1236665854/ >> (link) >> B >> >> M-D November, to moi, Feb 16th: >> >> It's not mentioned in the HR article, but Amell's character is meant to >> be the son of The Hoff's character from the original run (previously played >> by Jeremy Jackson), so the implication is that this is a continuation of >> the original series' timeline, not a full reboot. (And, presumably, that >> Hasselhoff could show up as Emperor of LA County Beaches or something.) >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8fb7f2e9-1190-4d20-bfcd-f77fd03a652en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8fb7f2e9-1190-4d20-bfcd-f77fd03a652en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEeHXZz9K_Be-U1WtJWc%2BYUOLNJx5LHinS3Y5rKbFigFg%40mail.gmail.com.
