Overview
- Chokachi will recur as Cody Madison, now running The Shoreline bar-and-grill and mentoring lifeguards while occasionally returning to rescue duty.
- His casting is the first confirmed legacy return from the original series, with additional veteran appearances not yet announced.
- Stephen Amell stars as Hobie Buchannon, with the official logline introducing a daughter who seeks to carry on the Baywatch legacy.
- Fox ordered 12 episodes straight to series for the 2026–27 season, with production by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle.
- An open casting call was held Feb. 18 in Marina Del Rey, and filming is slated for Venice Beach and the Fox studio lot in Century City this spring.