The Baywatch reboot will premiere January 7, 2027, exclusively on Stan in Australia from January 2027, the same dates its revival lands on Fox in the US.
Stan confirmed the news and unveiled the full cast in a release, describing the franchise as “one of television’s most enduring and globally recognised”.
The 12-episode series, from Fremantle and Fox Entertainment, follows an all-new team of lifeguards patrolling “the world’s most famous stretch of sand”.
Arrow alum Stephen Amell leads the cast as Hobie Buchannon, the once wild-child son of David Hasselhoff’s original leading man, Mitch.
Hobie Buchannon has actually been played by two actors on the original series: Brandon Call played him as a kid in the pilot and first season (1989–90), before leaving the show “to concentrate on his studies”. Call would eventually star in Step by Step before retiring from acting. Jeremy Jackson then took over from season two through the finale (and reprised him in later TV movies), making him the Hobie most fans remember. In 2015, Jackson was thrown out of the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after pulling open another contestant’s dressing gown. He now runs a successful fitness business.
In 2027, Hobie has followed in his father’s footsteps and is now a Baywatch captain himself, with the series kicking off as his daughter, Charlie Vale (Jessica Belkin), turns up on his doorstep “eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy”.
He’s joined by Hassie Harrison as Nat, Shay Mitchell as Trina, Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad, Noah Beck as Luke and Brooks Nader as Selene.
Gymnast-turned-influencer Livvy Dunne will make her acting debut in a recurring role as Grace, while David Chokachi returns to the franchise, reprising his original series character, Cody Madison.
Original cast members Erika Eleniak, Michael Bergin and Kelly Packard will also guest star, returning as Shauni McClain, Jack J.D. Darius and April Giminski respectively.
Burn Notice creator Matt Nix serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside original Baywatch creators Michael Berk, Greg Bonann and Doug Schwartz, plus Dante Di Loreto and Mike Horowitz.
McG, who directed Charlie’s Angels, helms the series premiere episode.
The original Baywatch first hit screens in 1989 and became the most-watched show in the world, airing in more than 200 countries and reaching over a billion viewers a week at its peak.
It launched the careers of stars including Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Jason Momoa and Yasmine Bleeth.
Stan says the reboot will keep “the adrenaline-fuelled rescues, tangled relationships, complicated chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original”, now with a new cast and contemporary storylines.
Fans won’t have to wait a too much little longer to find out when they can pull on the red swimsuits again. The new series Baywatch premieres January 7, only on Stan in Australia.