More than 2,000 hopefuls descended on Marina del Rey, its local Marriott and nearby Mother’s Beach last week to audition for a part in Fox and Fremantle’s reboot of the iconic TV series.

You simply cannot wear a red Speedo in the rain. That much is obvious. Everyone knows that. That’s why, after two days of torrential downpour in the City of Angels, God has opened the heavens, if only ...