美國(guó)的救生員劇《生死海灘》由大衛(wèi)·哈塞爾霍夫和帕米拉·安德遜主演，是世界上收視率最高的電視連續(xù)劇。故事情節(jié)圍繞海灘護(hù)衛(wèi)隊(duì)員營(yíng)救故事展開，最大看點(diǎn)是海邊的旖旎風(fēng)景，以及無(wú)數(shù)的泳裝帥哥美女。據(jù)估計(jì)在142個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)內(nèi)每周收看該劇的人數(shù)超過(guò)11億。
　　《Baywatch》從1989年播映到2001年共播出了11個(gè)季。國(guó)內(nèi)曾引進(jìn)過(guò)前2季，相信不少人看過(guò)，講述一大堆俊男美女的海岸救生員的故事。其中男主角David Hasselhoff 曾出演過(guò)《霹靂游俠》。Baywatch比較類似于《ER》，主題曲歌詞翻譯過(guò)來(lái)幾乎就是美國(guó)版的《接過(guò)雷鋒的搶》，每集不管大事小事都要救幾個(gè)落水的，就單單一個(gè)沙灘的救生員就能拍出那么多集來(lái)，每集一個(gè)故事，幾乎涉及到了生活的方方面面。
　　Lifeguards (and beautiful ones at that) patrol the beaches in sunny California.
　　Television series about a cadre of attractive lifeguards who patrol a crowded recreational beach.
　　This long-running series follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards on a crowded resort beach. Veteran lifeguard Mitch Buchannon watches over the younger lifeguards that come and go with each passing season as they keep the beaches safe for vacationers. Frequently he must take action to save them from the raging seas and from the raging tempers that sometimes flare up between the young guards in this stressful job.