How do you make a spin-off of one of the most popular TV shows of all time while the original is still on the air? You show the audience what happens… at night.
This week, Justin and Steve trade in their swim trunks for leather jackets and binoculars to explore
BAYWATCH NIGHTS. David Hasselhoff shows us another side of everyone’s favorite lifeguard, Mitch, as he starts a beach-centric private eye business, and apparently never sleeps. But no matter how good of a P.I. you might be, you’ll never see the crazy genre pivot this show takes in its second season.
Nobody wanted this spin-off, and the wildly successful original show didn’t need a franchise. It’s the TV equivalent of a waiter pouring hot fudge all over a steak you were in the middle of enjoying.
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