On some DVD releases of the first series “Save Me” was replaced with “Above the Waterline” by Kim Carnes.ġ4. The song is from Cetera’s 1988 album One More Story.ġ3. The original NBC theme was “Save Me”, performed by Peter Cetera, with Bonnie Raitt on guitar and Richard Sterban, bass singer for The Oak Ridge Boys, as one of the background vocalists. During the 10 year run of popular TV show Friends, Baywatch is mentioned as the Joey and Chandler’s favorite show, even going so far as to name their pet duck Yasmine after Yasmine Bleeth.ġ2. The agreement required the production to change its name from Baywatch to Baywatch Hawaii, hire local leads, and film in the state for at least two years, guaranteeing 44 episodes, each at a cost of about $870,000, 60% of which was to be spent in Hawaii.ġ1. The deal to provide the incentives necessary to secure the series was presented to Governor Ben Cayetano by Al Masini and April Masini Tony Vericella, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and Cayetano’s executive assistant, Joe Blanco.ġ0. The proposal to relocate Baywatch to Hawaii rather than Australia was initiated by April Masini in a telephone call to executive producer Greg Bonann.ĩ. Baywatch filmed for two seasons in Hawaii, from 1999 until 2001.Ĩ. As an alternative to Australia, Hawaii offered the producers large financial incentives to move the show to the islands instead, and in Season 10, Baywatch Hawaii was launched.ħ. This pilot finally aired as a two-part episode of Baywatch.Ħ. Pittwater Council permanently barred all future filming. A pilot was filmed but the series was stopped when residents of Avalon put forth strong objections, including potential damage to a fragile ecosystem.

In 1999, with production costs rising in Los Angeles, and the syndication market shrinking, the plan was to move the show to Australia and launch Baywatch Down Under.ĥ.

The show led to a spin-off: Baywatch Nights, and three direct to video films Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise, Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay and Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.Ĥ. The series was hugely successful, especially internationally.ģ. Hasselhoff was given the title of executive producer for his work on bringing the show back. Feeling the series still had potential, Hasselhoff along with creators and executive producers Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz and Greg Bonann revived it for the first-run syndication market in 1991.

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