Baysquatch (universe TV show)
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Genre | Action Drama |
Developed by | Spencer Townsend |
Opening theme | "Sunblock Doesn't Last forever" by Foolish Creeper |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Running time | 45-48 minutes |
Production company(s) | Paramutual Pictures |
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Original network | FOX |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | September 20, 1990 | – March 21, 1991
Baysquatch was a single season television show that featured Sasquatch as a lifeguard on a Santa Monica beach.
Premise
Sasquatch makes his way down from Washington state and finds himself in Santa Monica where he reveals that he can speak and understand humans. He manages to get a job working as a lifeguard of a local beach and uses his animal instincts to help solve crimes and mysteries happening across the beach.
Production
After the initial success of the television show BAYWATCH, FOX started looking for a version of their own to air. Spencer Townsend pitched his concept to the channel by saying only one sentence: "Bigfoot meets the beach". The channel greenlit the production immediately.
Episodes
Season 1 (1990)
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1 | 1 | "Splitting Hairs" | Unknown | Spencer Townsend | 20 September 1990 | Unknown |
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2 | 2 | "Following" | Unknown | Spencer Townsend | 27 September 1990 | Unknown |
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3 | 3 | "Never Again" | Unknown | Unknown | 4 October 1990 | Unknown |
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4 | 4 | "Blood Bay" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 October 1990 | Unknown |
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5 | 5 | "Master of Distraction" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 October 1990 | Unknown |
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6 | 6 | "The Apprentice" | Unknown | Spencer Townsend | 25 October 1990 | Unknown |
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7 | 7 | "Court Side" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 November 1990 | 0.7 |
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8 | 8 | "Broken Spectacles" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 November 1990 | Unknown |
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9 | 9 | "The Unknown Man, Pt. I" | Unknown | Spencer Townsend | 15 November 1990 | Unknown |
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10 | 10 | "The Unknown Man, Pt. II" | Unknown | Spencer Townsend | 29 November 1990 | Unknown |
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11 | 11 | "Timber" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 December 1990 | Unknown |
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12 | 12 | "Blood Oath" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 December 1990 | Unknown |
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Reception
The show was given negative reviews after episode three, however the network continued to air the episodes until it's second season. Just prior to the premiere of Season 2, an organization boycotted the show causing it to be pulled before the episodes aired. The six episodes produced of Season 2 never aired.