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Darmok47 t1_j6fnd5a wrote

Apparently , Baywatch's demographics were 65% women.

>The audience was 65 percent female,[11] with its number one audience being women aged 18 to 34. Speaking in 2001, Schwartz explained that, after doing focus groups on Baywatch for about five years, they learned that the show appealed to this demographic because "most of [its] lead characters were strong, independent women who were heroic, who were saving lives, who were equal to men".[12]

I was a kid when Baywatch was on, but I do remember the jokes on Friends about Chandler and Joey watching it for Pam Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth running in slow motion.

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HPmoni t1_j6g2q5w wrote

Baywatch was pre Internet porn.

It was a soap opera with women doing important things. Makes sense. Used to being in the middle of the day.

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KnotSoSalty t1_j6h1znl wrote

Pre-Pam Anderson baywatch was a different show. If you ever caught it in syndication there a different tone to the first two seasons which was much more serious. More like a procedural.

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j6i31w0 wrote

I highly recommend the YouTube series Baywatching where a super fan gives a funny recap of every episode. You can see how much the show changed over time and it really is something.

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