“Baywatch” Cast Reflects on Highs and Lows of the Show in Docuseries Preview: ‘There Really Was No Better Job’ (Exclusive)
'After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun' premieres Wednesday, August 28 on Hulu
The Baywatch cast is back and they're reflecting on their time on the iconic show.
The stars reunited for the new ABC News Studios docuseries, After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, and revealed how their lives changed being on one of the most popular television series, which ran from 1989 to 1999. To promote the new series (premiering Aug. 28), some of the stars reflected on what the docuseries meant to them in this exclusive featurette.
For David Chokachi, who played Cody Madison, “I look back and was like, there really was no better job than Baywatch." Alexandra Paul nods in agreement beside him.
“Baywatch is a fantasy,” says Nicole Eggert, who produced the documentary and played Summer Quinn on the show.
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Alexandra Paul, Jaason Simmons, Jeremy Jackson, David Charvet, Yasmine Bleeth, David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Gregory Alan WilliamsThe camera then cuts to Traci Bingham and Carmen Electra on each side of Jeremy Jackson, who played David Hasselhoff's child on the series. Jackson jokes, “Childhood memories finally manifesting,” as he hugs them and laughs.
Baywatch was a phenomenon during its 11-season run — creator Douglas Schwartz even reveals it had 1.2 billion viewers per week.
“That was the highest volume of viewers of any show ever in the history of television,” he says.
The lifeguard rescue drama made headlines worldwide, bringing extreme fame to the cast. Reflecting on that pressure of being in the public eye, Paul explains that she was grateful to have her costars by her side at the time.
“I think when you’ve been on a number one show in the world, it’s such a unique experience we had,” she discusses with Chokachi. “So coming together again, we’re just bonded because of that, because of what we went through — the good and the bad that came with that kind of fame.”
Erika Eleniak, who played Shauni McClain, says she agrees, adding that doing the documentary three decades later was a full-circle moment.
“It was a nice opportunity to be able to speak candidly about what was going on and how it affected our lives and our careers on a personal level,” she says while sitting beside Billy Warlock.
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Nicole Eggert (left) and Pamela Anderson (right)On the other hand, Electra says she is hoping nothing too crazy comes out of the behind-the-scenes clips that will be included in the docuseries, teasing: “I heard there’s unseen footage, lost VHS tapes, so I'm a little concerned about that.”
Director and executive producer Matthew Felker remembers the amount of attention the stars got during the peak of the show, saying he understands why the cast has been afraid of public scrutiny.
“They were very hesitant with press because they’ve always been sort of massacred in the press,” he explains.
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The docuseries is a chance for the stars to tell their own stories about its impact on pop culture and their lives.
In the docuseries, there's archival footage of Pamela Anderson (who starred as C.J. Parker) saying she still can recall where she was when she realized that she was famous.
“We went to London to promote Baywatch and photographers were falling down backwards and down the stairs and I looked behind me and was like, ‘who are they shooting?’ And it literally dawns on you that it’s you,” she reveals.
“Just because you’re a beautiful person doesn’t mean that life can’t happen too,” Felker continued. “Life happens to a lot of these people, and we see that.”
The clip came to an end with a clip of Anderson declaring: “I’m really proud of everything I've done — almost.”
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After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun premieres Wednesday, August 28 on Hulu.
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