The Bay (web series)

For the British crime drama, see The Bay (TV series).

The Bay
Genre	Drama Crime Drama Romance Thriller Action-Adventure
Created by	Gregori J. Martin
Written by	Gregori J. Martin Wendy Riche
Directed by	Gregori J. Martin
Starring	Kristos Andrews Karrueche Tran Eric Nelsen A Martinez Maxwell Caulfield Celeste Fianna Kiara Liz Ortega Jacklyn Zeman Mary Beth Evans Ronn Moss Brandon Beemer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	114
Production
Executive producers	Gregori J. Martin Kristos Andrews Wendy Riche Precious Mayes
Producers	Karrueche Tran Mary Beth Evans Eric Nelsen Sainty Nelsen Meadow Williams Nanxi Liu Pras Michel Ronn Moss Devin DeVasquez
Cinematography	Will Barratt Matthias Schubert
Running time	20-30 minutes
Production company	LANY Entertainment
Original release
Network	Blip.tv
Release	September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15) – December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)
Network	Vimeo
Release	December 1, 2015 (2015-12-01) – November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29)
Network	Tubi
Release	October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) – November 16, 2023 (2023-11-16)
Network	Popstar! TV
Release	December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11) – present

The Bay is American crime-drama series. The show streams on Tubi/Popstar! TV in the United States, 10 Play in Australia, SABC in South Africa and Planet TV in Europe.

Starring Kristos Andrews as the rugged and protective "golden boy" Pete Garrett, and Mary Beth Evans as his wealthy socialite matriarch, Sara Garrett, the series was created by Gregori J. Martin. It is set in the posh seaside town of Bay City, where the privileged residents are entangled in one scandal, betrayal or love affair after the other. ^[1]

The Bay was nominated for a Digital Streaming Emmy in 2012 for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime, won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series in 2015, and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020.

Plot

The Garretts rule the social set of Bay City, where passions run high, scandals run deep, and every relationship can be shockingly deadly.

Cast

Current

• Kristos Andrews as Pete Garrett (season 1-)/Adam Kenway (season 6-) ^[2]
• Brandon Beemer as Evan Blackwell (season 1-)
• Mary Beth Evans as Sara Garrett (season 1-)
• Eric Nelsen as Daniel Garrett (season 1-)
• Celeste Fianna as Tamara Garrett (season 1-)
• Tristan Rogers as Commissioner Lex Martin (season 1-)
• Taylor Stanley as Zoey Johnson (season 1-)
• Karrueche Tran as Vivian Johnson (season 1-)
• Alicia Leigh Willis as Avery Garrett (season 1-)
• A Martinez as Nardo Ramos (recurring season 1; main season 2-)
• Kiara Liz Ortega as Dre Collins (season 7-)
• Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon (season 4-)
• Maxwell Caulfield as Sir Thomas Kenway (season 8-)
• Bastiano Ferrari as Kamran Hasanova (season 9-)
• Tristan Mack Wilds as Will Campbell (season 9-) ^[3]

Previous

• Terri Ivens as Orchid (season 1-6) ^[2]
• Jade Harlow as Lianna Ramos (season 1-6)
• Ronn Moss as John Blackwell (season 1-6)
• Jacklyn Zeman as Sofia Madison (season 1-7)

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	14		September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)	December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)	Blip.tv
Far from the Bay			August 11, 2011 (2011-08-11)
HoliBays			October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)
Darkside of the Bay			September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06)
2	14		December 1, 2015 (2015-12-01)	November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29)	Vimeo
3	14		October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)	November 28, 2017 (2017-11-28)	Tubi
4	10		December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)	August 15, 2019 (2019-08-15)
5	10		December 30, 2019 (2019-12-30)	September 8, 2020 (2020-09-08)
6	10		November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)	December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29)
7	14		December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)	November 16, 2023 (2023-11-16)
8	14		December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)	December 29, 2023 (2023-12-29)	Popstar! TV
9	14		December 9, 2024 (2024-12-09)	December 31, 2024 (2024-12-31)

Casting

Created by Martin, The Bay was announced in May 2010, with Tristan Rogers, Lilly Melgar, John Callahan and Sandra Robinson attached to star. ^[4] Days later, We Love Soaps reported that Mary Beth Evans had been cast as the lead female, Sara Garrett. ^[5] Matthew Ashford was added in July as Steve Jensen, Sara's rapist and the father of her eldest child, Brian. ^[6] By August 2010, Dylan Bruce had been cast as Brian, and Martha Madison as Sara's daughter Marly. ^[7] Around the same time, Rogers' character was identified as Police Commissioner Lex Martin, who shares a past with Sara, and Melgar was noted to be playing Janice Ramos, Sara's fiery nemesis. ^[7]

From the beginning, the series has featured many notable American film and television actors in its regular and guest cast. ^[8] In 2011, Evans and her character Sara made a crossover appearance on the web series Pretty. ^[9]

Production and broadcast

Martin executive produces with Wendy Riche and Kristos Andrews, who also stars as Sara's son, Pete Garrett. ^[10]

Premiering at Blip.tv on September 15, 2010, ^{[7] [8] [11]} the first season included four "chapters" of four episodes each, ^[12] as well as an eight-episode Summer Special 2011 called Far From The Bay. ^{[13] [14]} In February 2011, Jim Romanovich of Associated Television International announced plans to repackage the series into 30-minute episodes and pitch it to cable networks and key local TV stations. ^[8]

Season 2 premiered on October 27, 2011, ^{[15] [16]} again comprising 16 episodes in four chapters, ^[17] as well as an eight-episode Thanksgiving Special called HoliBays, ^{[18] [19]} and a five-episode Summer Special 2012 called Darkside of The Bay. ^{[20] [21]} In August 2013, Blip.tv was acquired by Maker Studios. ^[22]

Season 3 premiered on December 5, 2013. ^[23] Maker Studios shut down Blip.tv on August 20, 2015, and redirected it to Maker.tv. ^[24]

In September 2015, Martin announced eight new installments for a forthcoming season 4. ^[25] The fourth season premiered on Vimeo on December 1, 2015, with the eighth episode airing on December 22. ^[26] Production resumed in May 2016 on the final six episodes of the season. ^[27] The Bay is available for streaming in a limited capacity at thebaytheseries.com.

Amazon Prime

In April 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported that episodes of The Bay would be re-released on Amazon Prime in summer 2016 as two 14-episode seasons. ^[27] According to Martin, they will be "remastered episodes with never before seen footage, [and] the show will have a new starting point". ^[27] A 14-episode first season was made available for streaming starting September 6, 2016. ^[28] A second season of 14 digitally remastered episodes including "brand-new, never-before-seen episodes" was released on November 29, 2016. ^{[29] [30]} Wendy Riche joined the production as a writer for the Amazon season 2, becoming an executive producer for the second half of the season. ^{[29] [30]} A third season is in production with Martin, Andrews, and Riche as executive producers and set for release in spring 2017. ^{[29] [30]}

Reception

In December 2010, Martin was named by We Love Soaps as one of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010 for his work on the series. ^[31] Michael Logan of TV Guide noted The Bay's "terrific reviews" in 2011. ^[8] Writing for Entertainment Weekly , Alina Adams named the series one of the "4 best soap operas on the web" in 2015. ^[32]

Awards and recognition

The Bay won a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series. ^[10] Along with Martin and Andrews as executive producers, the winning team included Supervising Producer Nadine Aronson, Coordinating Producer Carol C. Hedgepeth and producers Anthony Aquilino, Braxton Davis, Devin DeVasquez, Mary Beth Evans, Celeste Fianna, Jade Harlow, Lilly Melgar, Ronn Moss, Eric Nelsen, Sainty Nelsen, Jared Safier, Derrell Whitt, Salvatore V. Zannino ^[10] The series was previously nominated in 2012 for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime. ^[33]

In 2016, The Bay received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series. ^{[34] [35]} Mary Beth Evans, Lilly Melgar and Patsy Pease were nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for their roles, and Kristos Andrews was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. ^{[34] [35]} The Bay won for Outstanding Digital Series, and Evans and Andrews won in the performer categories. ^[36] The Bay was nominated for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series again in 2017, with Evans and Melgar nominated in the renamed category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series and Andrews nominated in the renamed Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. ^[37] Carolyn Hennesy, Jade Harlow, and Kym Whitley were nominated in the newly created category Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series, and Nicolas Coster, Matthew Ashford, and Ronn Moss were nominated in the newly created category Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. ^[37] The Bay won Outstanding Digital Series, and swept the performer categories with wins for Evans, Andrews, Hennesy, and Coster. ^[38] The series earned 15 nominations in 2018, ^[39] winning Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series, ^[40] and Outstanding Directing in a Digital Drama Series, as well as performer Emmys for Andrews (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Drama Series), Harlow (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series), Eric Nelsen (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series), and Patrika Darbo (Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series). ^[41] Darbo's award was later revoked due to a submission error. ^[42] In 2021, longtime castmember Karrueche Tran, who is of African American and Asian descent, became the first AAPI lead actress Emmy in either the Daytime or Primetime Emmys for her performance on "The Bay". ^{[43] [44]}

To date, the series has won 11 Indie Series Awards, ^{[45] [46] [47]} and has been nominated for several more. ^{[48] [49] [50] [51] [52]} In 2017, the series earned a record 21 Indie Series Award nominations. ^[53]

In 2023, The Bay received three Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Writing for a Drama Series, and Directing for a Drama Series. ^[54]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2011	2nd Indie Soap Awards	Outstanding Directing	Gregori J. Martin	Won	[45]
		Fan's Choice Award	—	Won
		Outstanding Lead Actor	Camden Toy	Nominated	[48]
		Outstanding Ensemble	—	Nominated
		Best Storyline	"Igor's revenge"	Nominated
2012	39th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime	Gregori J. Martin, Kristos Andrews and Derrell Whitt	Nominated	[33]
	3rd Indie Soap Awards	Best Crossover	Michael O'Leary (The Bay & Steamboat)	Won	[45]
			Mary Beth Evans (Pretty & The Bay)	Nominated	[49]
		Fan's Choice Award	—	Won	[45]
		Best Directing – Drama	Gregori J. Martin	Nominated	[49]
		Best Supporting Actor – Drama	Nicolas Coster	Nominated
			Derrell Whitt	Nominated
		Best Ensemble – Drama	—	Nominated
		Best Guest Appearance – Drama	Anna Holbrook	Nominated
			Ilene Kristen	Nominated
		Best Breakout Performance	Kristos Andrews	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Matthias Schubert, Gareth Taylor and Andre Lomov	Nominated
2014	5th Indie Series Awards	Best Ensemble – Drama	—	Nominated	[50]
		Best Makeup	Eric Kirker, Renonda Bray, Dre Lamparello and Anna Habrat	Nominated
2015	42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series	Gregori J. Martin, Kristos Andrews, Nadine Aronson, Carol C. Hedgepeth, Anthony Aquilino, Braxton Davis, Devin DeVasquez, Mary Beth Evans, Celeste Fianna, Jade Harlow, Lilly Melgar, Ronn Moss, Eric Nelsen, Sainty Nelsen, Jared Safier, Derrell Whitt and Salvatore V. Zannino	Won	[10]
	6th Indie Series Awards	Best Lead Actress – Drama	Lilly Melgar	Nominated	[51]
		Best Guest Actor – Drama	Charles Shaughnessy	Nominated
		Best Guest Actress – Drama	Patrika Darbo	Nominated
		Best Makeup	Ren Bray	Nominated
2016	43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Kristos Andrews, Gregori J. Martin, Anthony Aquilino, Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Jared Safier, Carol C. Hedgepeth, Matthew Ashford, Devin DeVasquez, Mary Beth Evans, Celeste Fianna, Jade Harlow, Lilly Melgar, Ronn Moss, Kira Reed Lorsch, Karrueche Tran, Salvatore Zannino, and Chrystal Ayers	Won	[36]
		Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Mary Beth Evans	Won
			Lilly Melgar	Nominated	[34]
			Patsy Pease	Nominated
		Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Kristos Andrews	Won	[36]
	7th Indie Series Awards	Best Lead Actress – Drama	Lilly Melgar	Won	[46]
		Best Guest Actress – Drama	Kym Whitley	Won
		Best Web Series – Drama		Nominated	[52]
		Best Directing – Drama	Gregori J. Martin	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor – Drama	Tristan Rogers	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Drama	Karrueche Tran	Nominated
		Best Guest Actor – Drama	Eric Martsolf	Nominated
		Best Guest Actress – Drama	Patsy Pease	Nominated
		Best Ensemble – Drama		Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Matthias Schubert	Nominated
		Best Makeup	Ren Bray	Nominated
2017	44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Gregori J. Martin, Wendy Riche, Kristos Andrews, Anthony Aquillino, Michael W. Ferro Jr., Carol C. Hedgepeth, Nadine Aronson, Jared Safier, Matthew Ashford, Devin Devasquez, Mary Beth Evans, Celeste Fianna, Kira Reed Lorsch, Ronn Moss, Eric Nelsen, Sainty Nelsen, Karrueche Tran, Meadow Williams, Chrystal Ayers	Won	[38]
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Mary Beth Evans	Won	[38]
			Lilly Melgar	Nominated	[37]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Kristos Andrews	Won	[38]
		Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Carolyn Hennesy	Won	[38]
			Jade Harlow	Nominated	[37]
			Kym Whitley	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Nicolas Coster	Won	[38]
			Matthew Ashford	Nominated	[37]
			Ronn Moss	Nominated
	8th Indie Series Awards	Best Web Series — Drama	—	Won	[47]
		Best Guest Actress — Drama	Carolyn Hennesy	Won
		Best Ensemble — Drama	—	Won
		Best Production Design	Sarah Asaly	Won
		Best Makeup	Ren Bray	Won
		Best Directing — Drama	Gregori J. Martin	Nominated	[53]
		Best Writing — Drama	Gregori J. Martin & Wendy Riche	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor — Drama	Kristos Andrews	Nominated
		Best Lead Actress — Drama	Mary Beth Evans	Nominated
			Lilly Melgar	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor — Drama	Matthew Ashford	Nominated
			Nicolas Coster	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress — Drama	Jade Harlow	Nominated
			Karrueche Tran	Nominated
		Best Guest Actor — Drama	Brandon Beemer	Nominated
			Kevin Spirtas	Nominated
		Best Guest Actress — Drama	Patrika Darbo	Nominated
			Kym Whitley	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Marquita Lopez	Nominated
		Best Editing	Jeremy Snider & Tiffany Petitt	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Matthias Schubert	Nominated
2018	45th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	—	Won	[40]
	45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Mary Beth Evans	Nominated	[39]
			Lilly Melgar	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Kristos Andrews	Won	[41]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Jade Harlow	Won
			Terri Ivens	Nominated	[39]
			Kira Reed Lorsch	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Brandon Beemer	Nominated	[39]
			Eric Nelsen	Won	[41]
			Derrell Whitt	Nominated	[39]
		Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Thomas Calabro	Nominated	[39]
			Patrika Darbo	Revoked	[42]
			Chad Duell	Nominated	[39]
		Outstanding Writing in a Digital Drama Series	—	Nominated	[39]
		Outstanding Directing in a Digital Drama Series	Gregori Martin	Won	[41]
2020	47th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	—	Won	[55]
	47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Mary Beth Evans	Nominated	[56]
			Jade Harlow	Won
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Kristos Andrews	Won	[56]
		Outstanding Writing in a Digital Drama Series	—	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing in a Digital Drama Series	Gregori J. Martin & Kristos Andrews	Won	[56]
		Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama or Digital Drama Series	Gabrielle Sciabbarrasi	Nominated	[57]
2021	48th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Limited Drama Series	—	Nominated	[58]
	48th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program	Bianca D'Ambrosio	Nominated	[59]
			Chiara D'Ambrosio	Won
		Outstanding Performance By a Lead Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program	Kristos Andrews	Won
		Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program	Karrueche Tran	Won
			Jade Harlow	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program	Mike Manning	Won
			Eric Nelsen	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program	Alicia Leigh Willis	Nominated
			Jacklyn Zeman	Nominated
		Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program	A Martinez	Nominated
			Randy Wayne	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Fiction Program	—	Nominated
2023	50th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	—	Nominated	[60]
		Writing for a Drama Series	—	Nominated	[60]
		Directing for a Drama Series	—	Nominated	[60]
2024	51st Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	Dante Aleksander, Bastiano Ferrari, Will Barratt, Garrett Burchell, Morganne Clark,Bianca D’Ambrosio, Chiara D’Ambrosio, Paris Dylan, Ryan A. Ellis, Mary Beth Evans, Christian Filippella, Jaime Lee, Nanxi Lui, Audrey Ly, Tania Mamery, Artisha Mann-Cooper, Mike Manning, Tigran Mutafyan, Jack Rosenberg, Matt Taff, Karrueche Tran, Alexander Vatalev, Danielle Vasinova, Evelyn Xu	Nominated	[61]
		Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	A Martinez	Nominated	[61]
			Mike Manning	Nominated	[61]
		Writing for a Drama Series	—	Nominated	[61]
		Directing for a Drama Series	—	Nominated	[61]

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61. "51st Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Set to Be Announced". Michael Fairman TV . Retrieved April 25, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• The Bay at IMDb
• Giddens, Jamey (May 28, 2015). "Melrose Place's Vanessa Williams and Thomas Calabro Join The Bay". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
• Giddens, Jamey (June 22, 2015). "Karrueche Tran's Volatile Relationship With Chris Brown Nets The Bay Tons of Free Publicity". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved October 1, 2015.