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a lifeguard show where the rescues were shallow but the slow-motion was deep.
means a 1990s tv drama about lifeguards, technically about ocean safety but actually about running on a beach in extreme slow motion.
from premiered in 1989, nearly cancelled after one nbc season, then resurrected in syndication where it became a global phenomenon precisely because no network executive had to approve the running scenes anymore.
peak audiencereportedly watched by over a billion people worldwide
most watchedlong considered the most-watched tv show in history
pamela andersonbecame famous largely from running toward camera