TV Finally Remembers It's Supposed to Be Fun | Commentary

Twenty-six seconds into the first trailer for Fox's "Baywatch" reboot, a plane crashes into a parasail, dragging two screaming girls into the watery abyss. There's a lot of abs, slow motion and thigh-high swimsuits as the lifeguards literally jump into action. A few seconds later, Noah Beck's character rides the submerged plane like a kneeboard as his co-worker pulls him on speedboat. It's an insane, extravagant trailer that makes you question what the hell you just watched. And it's exactly what TV's been missing. For the past decade and a half, so many shows have felt like . . .