Fox has just released the official trailer of Fox ‘Baywatch‘ reboot, reported by Deadline. Matt Nix (The Gifted, The Good Guys) is the showrunner and executive producer for the reboot series.
Set to be executive producers of the show as well are Mike Horowitz (Den Brother, Beauty & the Briefcase), Dante Di Loreto (Kill Jackie, The Iris Affair), Greg Bonnan (Baywatch, Baywatch Nights), Doug Schwartz (Thunder in Paradise, The Wizard), Michael Berk (Soul Surfer, SPF-18), and McG (Uglies, Family Switch).
Baywatch star-studded series regulars include actor Stephen Amell (Arrow, Suits LA) as Baywatch Captain Hobie Buchannon, actress Hassie Harrison (Dangerous Animals, Yellowstone) as Nat, actress Jessica Belkin (Elle, Last Straw) as Charlie Vale, actress Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars, You) as Trna, American media personality Noah Beck (Sidelined: The QB and Me, Doctor Odyssey) as Luke, actor Thaddeus LaGrone (Mr. Irrelevant, The Land) as Brad, and newcomer actress Livvy Dunne as Grace, all as lifeguards members of the Baywatch team who have been previously announced. Television personality Brooks Nader (Love Thy Nader, Dancing with the Stars) will also star in the series as Selene, who is also a lifeguard, but the captain of a different territory of the beach, a rival to the Baywatch crew.
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Baywatch stars Amell and Nader were recently spotted promoted the series at MIPCOM 2026 event in Cannes, France.
The original Baywatch series premiered September 22, 1989 on NBC and ran for eleven seasons with over two-hundred episodes. The show had reached over a billion worldwide viewers on it’s weekly run of each new episode. The popular series starred iconic faces like actor David Hasselhoff (Knight Rider, The Young and the Restless) as Lieuntenant Mitch Buchannon and actress Pamela Anderson (The Naked Gun, The Last Showgirl) as C.J. Parker, who later starred in the series around season three. Amell’s character was also reoccurring in the original series as Mitch’s troublemaker son, now all grown up, leading as captain for the new generation of the Baywatch team.
Fox also has announced that some of the classic characters from the original series have officially signed on to return for the reboot as well. David Chokachi (Atlantic Rim, Witchblade), is returning to the reboot series as his original character Cody Madison in a recurring role. Also set to reprise their original roles as guest appearances from the original series for the reboot premiere season are actress Erika Eleniak (Under Siege, Chasers) as Shauni McClain, actor Michael Bergin (Fatal Reunion, Holla) as Jack Darius, and actress Kelly Packard (California Dreams, Stalked by My Neighbor) as April Giminski.
Baywatch is scheduled to premiere on Fox in January 2027. The first season will consist of twelve episodes.
