Baywatch Nights is a
spin-off from the popular television series,
Baywatch. Created by
Douglas Schwartz,
David Hasselhoff, and
Gregory J. Bonann, the show aired in
syndication and ran from
1995 to
1997.
Synopsis
The original premise of the show was that, during a
midlife crisis, Sgt. Garner Ellerbee, who was the resident
police officer of
Baywatch since the beginning of the series, decides to quit his job as a police officer and form a
detective agency. Mitch Buchannon, his friend from
Baywatch, joins to support him and they are in turn joined by a detective named Ryan McBride. Singer
Lou Rawls, who starred in the first season, performed the series theme song, "After the Sun Goes Down".
During Season 2, facing slipping
ratings which were never as good as the original series, the producers decided to switch to a
science fiction format (inspired by the success of
The X-Files). Garner Ellerbee left the series and was replaced by Diamont Teague, a
paranormal expert. The new format did not help the series and it was promptly canceled after the second season. The character Donna Marko, played by
Donna D'Errico (regular cast member for season 2 only) was carried over to the original
Baywatch series afterward.
Cast
Guests from Baywatch
Episodes
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