In 10 years "Baywatch" is survived to the left of stage of Pamela Anderson, the most loved lifeguard girl of the television, but also of beautiful actress such as Erika Eleniak, Yasmine Bleeth, Donna D'Errico and Geena Lee Nolin. Who has the credit for such perseverance and success ? But David Hasselhoff, of course, "deux ex machina" of the serie, he bought the rights from NBC in 1991, and impose some basic and decisive changes.

Now the most watched TV series of the world, after the mythical "Star Trek", comes back on our television with new episodies (the 9th serie, from Monday to Friday on Italia 1, from September 6th). There's the debut of some new beautiful girls: the dark-haired Mitzi Kapture (Alexis Ryker called Alex), and the blonde Brooke Burns (Jessica Owens). The most known of them is Mitzi, protagonist of "Silk Stalkings" broadcasted in Italy on TMC with the tiltle "Omicidi D'Elite" and now also on RAI 2 with "Due Poliziotti a Palm Beach" near Rob Estes. Brooke, explosive aspiring stunt woman, is at her beginning. She has been chosen from the producers for her statuesque body (she is 1.77 meter tall), she is the daughter of an ex american swimming champion, who trained her hardly since she was little. "When I have been engaged, I could not believe it", told Burns. "I've immediately phoned to my little sister, I passed her David Hasselhoff, one of her idols, and she almost fainted at the telephone. On the set you have to work very hard, you have to run and swim so much, but I am trained and as a good texas girl, I always leaved in the open".

This 9th episodies, are for the serie as a back to the beginnings. Left at home the girls chosen directly from "PlayBoy" pages, Hasselhoff direct his attention to less sophisticated beatiful women. This means less scenes in slow motion, with the lifeguards hugged in their fire red swimsuites, running along the beach. Among the most interesting moments of the new episodies: the end of the marriage between Mitch (David Hasselhoff) and Neely (Geena Lee Nolin) and an episody in which our lifeguards have to face a terrible tornado. Also social themes will have a lot of prominence. In the episode "Dolphin Quest", there is the story of an autistic boy, treated through a therapy with the dolphins. In another episode, there is the story of a minor, who is victim of a family abuse, and find comfort is Mitch's sympathy. Also the doping and the animal protection themes are treated. Above all, of course, there is the California ocean, but for a short time, in fact the 10th serie, after much work to find an alternative place to Malibù, will be shot in the Hawaii islands. After long and strong selections, there are the first gossips, not yet confirmed by the production, about the names of the next protagonists. The presence of Kekoa Tanaka, statuesque beauty born in Honolulu, is sure. The islands on the Pacific Ocean will give hospitality to a TV-series after the famous "Magnum P.I.", "Hawaii Five O" and "Hawaii Missione Speciale". Baywatch has always a great success, the serie repeated this summer on Italia 1 went over the 20% share, but after all a change is never bad...