Baywatch is back! Popular 1990s lifeguard series to be rebooted by Fox – but will Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff return?
The highly popular 1990s beach drama Baywatch returns, but will series stars Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff also return?
Fox has launched a reboot of the highly popular series after the network struck a deal with Freemantle on Monday.
The series originally starred Hasselhoff, now 71, from 1989 to 1999, before being recast as Baywatch Hawaii, starring Jason Momoa, from 1999 to 2001.
He also starred in the spin-off series Baywatch Nights, which aired from 1995 to 1997.
56-year-old actress Anderson – who shared love advice last week – led the red swimsuit brigade that included actresses like Yasmine Bleeth, Nicole Eggert, Alexandra Paul, Parker Stevenson, Erika Eleniak and several others.
The highly popular 1990s beach drama Baywatch returns, but will series stars Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff return? the cast can be seen in 1995
Anderson can be seen reprising her iconic role of CJ Parker in the 1990s
The original series was set on a Los Angeles beach, where a team of lifeguards led by Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon (Hasselhoff) save lives, tackle personal dramas, fight crime and participate in over-the-top adventures every day.
The original series was a worldwide phenomenon, as it aired in over 145 countries at one point, which is more than any other TV show.
According to Variety, the PR team for the series even created a statistic calling it the “No. 1 series in the world’, which was even printed as fact in numerous publications.
Recently, the franchise was rebooted in a different way when a feature film was released in 2017.
The film – starring Dwayne’ The Rock Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Zach Efron and Kelly Rohrbach – was a box office success, grossing $178 million worldwide.
The film also featured cameos from Hasselhoff and Anderson.
56-year-old actress Anderson (pictured in the 1990s) – who shared love advice last week – led the red swimsuit brigade with actresses like Yasmine Bleeth, Nicole Eggert, Alexandra Paul, Parker Stevenson, Erika Eleniak, among several others
Traci Bingham, Donna D’Errico, Yasmine Bleeth, Gena Lee Nolin and Nancy Valen are seen from left to right in 2001
The series originally starred Hasselhoff, now 71, from 1989 to 1999, before being recast as Baywatch Hawaii, starring Jason Momoa, from 1999 to 2001 (pictured left in 2000)
Recently, the franchise was rebooted in a different way when a feature film was released in 2017
The film – starring CJ Parker, Alexandra Daddario as Summer, Ilfenesh Hadera as Stephanie Holden, Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchannon, Zac Efron as Matt Brody and Jon Bass as Ronnie (seen from left to right) – was a box office success because the film was a gross profit. $178 million worldwide