美國的救生員劇《生死海灘》由大衛·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劇。故事情節圍繞海灘護衛隊員營救故事展開，最大看點是海邊的旖旎風景，以及無數的泳裝帥哥美女。據估計在142個國家和地區內每週收看該劇的人數超過11億。　　《Baywatch》從1989年播映到2001年共播出了11個季。國內曾引進過前2季，相信不少人看過，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《霹靂遊俠》。Baywatch比較類似於《ER》，主題曲歌詞翻譯過來幾乎就是美國版的《接過雷鋒的搶》，每集不管大事小事都要救幾個落水的，就單單一個沙灘的救生員就能拍出那麼多集來，每集一個故事，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.