original_network baywatch the movie: forbidden paradise
Baywatch the Movie : Forbidden Paradise is a 1995 direct to video movie which was about the characters of the popular series Baywatch vacationing in Hawaii . It was later released as a two - part episode of the series during the 1995 - 1996 season . It was also released as a theatrical film in Europe and other parts of the world . Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America , having received statehood on August 21 , 1959 . Hawaii is the only U . S . state located in Oceania and the only ___MASK24___ composed entirely of islands . It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia , occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean . Hawaii is the only U . S . state not located in the Americas . The National Broadcasting Company ( ___MASK82___ ) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal , a subsidiary of Comcast . The network is headquartered in the Comcast Building ( formerly known as the GE Building ) at Rockefeller Center in New York City , with additional major offices near Los Angeles ( at Universal City Plaza ), Chicago ( at the ___MASK82___ Tower ) and soon in Philadelphia at Comcast Innovation and Technology Center . The network is part of the Big Three television networks . ___MASK82___ is sometimes referred to as the " Peacock Network ", in reference to its stylized peacock logo , which was originally created in 1956 for its then - new color broadcasts and became the network ' s official emblem in 1979 . Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County , California , starring David Hasselhoff . The show was canceled after its first season on ___MASK82___ , but survived and later became one of the most watched television shows in the world . The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999 , except for the 1990  1991 season , during which it was not in production . From 1999 to 2001 , with a setting change and large cast overhaul , it was known as Baywatch Hawaii . David Michael Hasselhoff ( born July 17 , 1952 ), nicknamed " The Hoff ", is an American actor , singer , producer , and businessman , who set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV . He first gained recognition on " The Young and The Restless ", playing ___MASK42___ . Snapper Foster . His career continued with his leading role as Michael Knight on " Knight Rider " and as L . A . County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series " Baywatch ". Hasselhoff produced " Baywatch " from the 1990s until 2001 , when the series ended with " Baywatch Hawaii ". On screen , he appeared in films including " Click ", "", " The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie " and " Hop ". Los Angeles County , officially the County of Los Angeles , is a county in California . With a population of more than ___MASK25___ million people , it is the most populous county in the United States , and larger than that of 42 individual U . S . states . It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at it is larger than the combined areas of the U . S . states of Delaware and Rhode Island . The county is home to more than one quarter of all California residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U . S . Its county seat , the City of Los Angeles , is also its most populous city at about ___MASK20___ million .