The Love Boat
Encyclopedia
The Love Boat is an American
television series set on a cruise ship
, which aired on the ABC Television Network
from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod
as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday night lineup that included Fantasy Island
until the latter show ended in 1984
.
The original 1976
made-for-TV movie on which the show was based (also titled The Love Boat) was itself based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director
. Two more TV movies (titled The Love Boat II and The New Love Boat, respectively) would follow before the series began its run.
The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling
who produced several successful series for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.
In 1997, the segments "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past" and "Ace's Salary" were ranked #82 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. Other ships used were twin sister Island Princess
, the Stella Solaris
(for a Mediterranean cruise), Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky
(for European cruises) and the Royal Princess
and Sun Princess
(for Caribbean
cruises). In 1981 P&O Cruises' MV Sea Princess was also used for a special feature length episode called 'Julie's Wedding', set in and around Australia, and guesting Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Helmond, Harry Morgan, Patrick Duffy and Anthony Andrews, among others.
Series stars MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, and Ted Lange are the only cast members to appear in every episode of the regular series, including the last three two-hour made-for-TV movies, and stayed throughout the entire run. MacLeod was not the captain in the first two TV movies, however. We are told in Love Boat II that Gopher, Doc, Isaac, and the captain in that movie all served together in Vietnam, but no reference to this is ever made to their shared history again. However, when MacLeod's character was introduced, there was mention of him being "the new captain." Though Grandy was given an appearance in every episode and stayed throughout the entire run, he missed the last of the three two-hour made-for-TV movies.
For its first seven years, The Love Boat sailed successfully in the ratings. During that time, it ranked among the top twenty, if not the top ten, popular shows then currently on television. For the 1980-1981 season, it posted its highest rating at #5. By the start of the 1984-1985 season, the ratings were beginning to slip, and at the end of the following year, The Love Boat was cancelled after nine years on ABC, although the show was revived in a number of two-hour specials during the 1986-1987 season.
The series became immensely popular in rerun
s, both in syndication and on TV Land
.
The series' attraction was in the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of yesteryear making rare television appearances. It wasn't the first series to use the all-star cast anthology format — Love, American Style
used the formula seven years earlier — but The Love Boat had such success with the formula that future shows in similar style (such as Supertrain
and Masquerade
) were inevitably compared to The Love Boat.
Many famous stars agreed to do the early movies because they were filmed aboard actual cruise ships. (The series was filmed primarily on sets in California.)
Even though the cast of Charlie's Angels
had been on separate episodes of the show, there was a crossover episode of the show in which the lady detectives had a case on the ship.
On rare occasions there would be crossovers between the stories. In one episode actors Robert Reed
and Florence Henderson
, formerly of The Brady Bunch
, guest starred in separate segments. In one scene the two pass each other in a corridor, do a 'do I know you?' double-take, and then continue on their separate ways without talking.
In a one-time Fantasy Island
crossover episode, the cruise ship makes a detour to deliver a troubled woman (played by Tina Louise
) to the mysterious island, and her storyline continued on that show.
There were usually three storylines. There was a pattern to the three storylines: one storyline focused around a member of the crew, a second storyline would often focus on a crew member interacting with a passenger, and the third storyline was more focused around a passenger (or a group of passengers). Additionally, the three storylines usually followed a similar thematic pattern: One storyline (typically the "crew" one) was straight-ahead comedy. The second would typically follow more of a romantic comedy format (with only occasional dramatic elements). The third storyline would usually be the most dramatic of the three, often offering few (if any) laughs and a far more serious tone.
(Eight is Enough
, on the same network and produced at the same time, being another example).
(except for the last season, where a cover version
by Dionne Warwick
was used). The lyrics were written by Paul Williams
with music by Charles Fox
. The song has since been recorded and released commercially by Charo
in 1978 and Amanda Lear
in 2001.
aired instead).
) has released Seasons 1 & 2 of The Love Boat on DVD in Region 1 & 4. Each season has been released in two volume sets.
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! Country
! Foreign title
! Translation
! Network(s)
! Notes
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| The Love Boat
| None
| Nine Network
(1978–1986)
Eleven
(2011–present)
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| Lemmenlaiva
(Ship of love)
| Subtitled
| MTV3
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| Kärlek ombord
(Love on board)
| Subtitled
| TV4
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| La croisière s'amuse
(The Cruise is having Fun)
| Dubbed
| FR3
| The laugh track was omitted in the French synchronisation which made this a romantic telenovela like series rather than a sitcom.
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| Love Boat
| Dubbed
| Sat.1
Tele 5
9Live
Premiere (pay television network)
and Anixe
| The show was shown originally on Sat.1
and later on Tele 5
, 9Live
, Premiere (pay television network)
and Anixe.
Also the laugh track was omitted.
|->
(The ship of love)
| Subtitled
| ERT
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|-
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| Szerelemhajó
(Love Ship)
| Dubbed
| Movies 24
| The laugh track was omitted. The series was aired in 2010.
|-
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| Love Boat
| Dubbed
| first run on Canale 5, it started to air in 1980; reruns on Canale 5, Rete 4, SkyVivo, FoxRetro, Raidue
| In Italy, the laugh track was omitted.
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| 사랑의 유람선
(Cruise ship of Love)
| Dubbed
| MBC
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| The Love Boat
| Subtitled
| VARA
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| The Love Boat
| None
| GMA Network
|-
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| Statek miłości
(The Love Boat)
| Dubbed
| TVP2
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|-
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| Barco do Amor
(The Love Boat)
| Subtitled
| RTP 1
(first run) in 1980s
RTP 2 (rerun) in 1980s and early 1990s as possible choice of phone-vote selection program Agora Escolha
Sic Gold (reruns)
Sic Comédia
(reruns)
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| Vacaciones en el mar
(Sea Holidays)
| Dubbed
| Televisión Española
(first run)
Telecinco
(reruns)
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|-
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| Aşk Gemisi
(The Love Boat)
| Dubbed
| TRT 1
(first run)
Show TV
(reruns)
|
|-
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| To ploio tis agapis
(The Ship of love)
| Subtitled
| CyBC
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| Die Plesierboot
(The Pleasure boat)
| Dubbed in Afrikaans
| TV2
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|-
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| 愛之船
(The Boat of Love)
| Subtitled
| CTV
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| ספינת האהבה
(The Love Boat)
| Subtitled
| IBA
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television series set on a cruise ship
Cruise ship
A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way...
, which aired on the ABC Television Network
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat...
as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday night lineup that included Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
until the latter show ended in 1984
1984 in television
This article is a list of television-related events in 1984.-Events:*January 9 – Wendy's "Fluffy Bun" ad first airs, which propels Clara Peller and her "Where's the beef?" catchphrase to national prominence....
.
The original 1976
1976 in television
The year 1976 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1976.-Global television events:*The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide....
made-for-TV movie on which the show was based (also titled The Love Boat) was itself based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director
Cruise director
A cruise director is a high ranking officer of a cruise ship, usually reporting to the Executive Purser. The cruise director has responsibility for all onboard hospitality, entertainment and social events and usually has a deputy or assistant cruise director, supported by a team of entertainment...
. Two more TV movies (titled The Love Boat II and The New Love Boat, respectively) would follow before the series began its run.
The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
who produced several successful series for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.
In 1997, the segments "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past" and "Ace's Salary" were ranked #82 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Synopsis
The sitcom was usually set aboard a cruise liner called the Pacific PrincessPacific (ship)
MS Pacific is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC. She was built in 1971 by Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany as Sea Venture for Flagship Cruises. She operated cruises between the USA and Bermuda, which had been settled by the survivors of the original Sea Venture...
, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. Other ships used were twin sister Island Princess
Discovery (cruise ship)
MV Discovery is a cruise ship, currently in operation with Voyages of Discovery-History:...
, the Stella Solaris
SS Stella Solaris
SS Stella Solaris was an ocean liner built for the Messageries Maritimes in 1952...
(for a Mediterranean cruise), Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky
MV Boudicca
MV Boudicca is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland as Royal Viking Sky for Nordenfjeldske Dampsibsselskap, Trondheim, who placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service...
(for European cruises) and the Royal Princess
Artemis (ship)
MV Artania , is a cruise ship of the Phoenix Reisen fleet. The ship was built by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland.- Royal Princess :...
and Sun Princess
New Flamenco (ship)
The Spirit of London was an Italian built cruise ship put into service in 1972. After being inactive for almost two years the vessel was sold for scrap.-Delayed construction:...
(for Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
cruises). In 1981 P&O Cruises' MV Sea Princess was also used for a special feature length episode called 'Julie's Wedding', set in and around Australia, and guesting Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Helmond, Harry Morgan, Patrick Duffy and Anthony Andrews, among others.
Series stars MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, and Ted Lange are the only cast members to appear in every episode of the regular series, including the last three two-hour made-for-TV movies, and stayed throughout the entire run. MacLeod was not the captain in the first two TV movies, however. We are told in Love Boat II that Gopher, Doc, Isaac, and the captain in that movie all served together in Vietnam, but no reference to this is ever made to their shared history again. However, when MacLeod's character was introduced, there was mention of him being "the new captain." Though Grandy was given an appearance in every episode and stayed throughout the entire run, he missed the last of the three two-hour made-for-TV movies.
For its first seven years, The Love Boat sailed successfully in the ratings. During that time, it ranked among the top twenty, if not the top ten, popular shows then currently on television. For the 1980-1981 season, it posted its highest rating at #5. By the start of the 1984-1985 season, the ratings were beginning to slip, and at the end of the following year, The Love Boat was cancelled after nine years on ABC, although the show was revived in a number of two-hour specials during the 1986-1987 season.
The series became immensely popular in rerun
Rerun
A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a radio or television broadcast. The invention of the rerun is generally credited to Desi Arnaz. There are two types of reruns—those that occur during a hiatus, and those that occur when a program is syndicated. Reruns can also be, as the...
s, both in syndication and on TV Land
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...
.
Cast
- Gavin MacLeodGavin MacLeodGavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat...
- Captain Merrill Stubing, "Your Captain" - also played Captain Stubing's father, under the name O. D. Warbux, in 2 episodes, as well as Captain Stubing's brother, under the name Sonny Wilde - Bernie KopellBernie KopellBernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell is an American television character actor who is probably best known for his roles as Dr. Adam Bricker in The Love Boat and KAOS agent Siegfried in Get Smart...
- Dr. Adam "Doc" Bricker, "Your Ship's Doctor" - Fred GrandyFred GrandyFredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy is a former actor best known for his role as 'Gopher' on the sitcom The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa...
- Burl "Gopher" Smith, "Your Yeoman Purser" - Ted LangeTed LangeTheodore William "Ted" Lange is an American actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his role as the bartender, Isaac Washington, in the 1970s TV series The Love Boat...
- Isaac Washington, "Your Bartender" - Lauren TewesLauren TewesCynthia Lauren Tewes ,known simply as Lauren Tewes,is an American actress best known for playing Cruise Director Julie McCoy on the sitcom The Love Boat beating out over 100 other actresses for the role...
- Julie McCoy, "Your Cruise Director" (1977–84) - Jill WhelanJill WhelanJill Whelan is an American actress.Whelan was born in Oakland, California. After attending summer acting camp at age 7, Whelan landed a series of commercials. At age 11, she was cast in the short-lived TV series Friends...
- Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter (1979–86) - Ted McGinleyTed McGinleyTheodore Martin "Ted" McGinley is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television series Married... with Children and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith...
- Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans "Your Ship's Photographer" (1984–86) - Pat Klous - Judy McCoy, Julie's sister and her successor as cruise director (1984–86)
- Sandy HelbergSandy HelbergSandy Helberg is an American actor.Born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up in Toledo, Ohio, he moved to New York where he studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Sandy did stand-up and was part of an improv group that worked clubs in Greenwich Village. He later moved to Los...
- "Gopher" Smith in first "Love Boat"
The series' attraction was in the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of yesteryear making rare television appearances. It wasn't the first series to use the all-star cast anthology format — Love, American Style
Love, American Style
Love, American Style is an hour-long TV anthology produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974...
used the formula seven years earlier — but The Love Boat had such success with the formula that future shows in similar style (such as Supertrain
Supertrain
Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.-Overview:...
and Masquerade
Masquerade (TV series)
Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.-Synopsis:Considered an amalgam of Mission: Impossible and The Love Boat, the tongue-in-cheek series starred Rod Taylor as Mr...
) were inevitably compared to The Love Boat.
Many famous stars agreed to do the early movies because they were filmed aboard actual cruise ships. (The series was filmed primarily on sets in California.)
Writing format
Another unique aspect of The Love Boat was its writing format. Each episode contained several simultaneous storylines, each one written by a different set of writers. Each set of writers worked on one group of guest stars and their story of the week. As a result of this, episodes ended up with ungainly titles like "Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy: Part 1." This also led to notorious continuity errors, most notably in Julie's outfits during boarding and disembarkation, which were often inconsistent between storylines.Even though the cast of Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
had been on separate episodes of the show, there was a crossover episode of the show in which the lady detectives had a case on the ship.
On rare occasions there would be crossovers between the stories. In one episode actors Robert Reed
Robert Reed
Robert Reed was a prolific American character actor of stage, film and television. In his first big break, he played Kenneth Preston on the popular 1960s TV legal drama, The Defenders, alongside E. G. Marshall. But he was best remembered for portraying the father, Mike Brady, on the popular...
and Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson
Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role of Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974...
, formerly of The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...
, guest starred in separate segments. In one scene the two pass each other in a corridor, do a 'do I know you?' double-take, and then continue on their separate ways without talking.
In a one-time Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
crossover episode, the cruise ship makes a detour to deliver a troubled woman (played by Tina Louise
Tina Louise
Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author. She is best known for her role as the "movie star" Ginger Grant on the television situation comedy Gilligan's Island .-Early life:...
) to the mysterious island, and her storyline continued on that show.
There were usually three storylines. There was a pattern to the three storylines: one storyline focused around a member of the crew, a second storyline would often focus on a crew member interacting with a passenger, and the third storyline was more focused around a passenger (or a group of passengers). Additionally, the three storylines usually followed a similar thematic pattern: One storyline (typically the "crew" one) was straight-ahead comedy. The second would typically follow more of a romantic comedy format (with only occasional dramatic elements). The third storyline would usually be the most dramatic of the three, often offering few (if any) laughs and a far more serious tone.
Laugh track
The series was also distinctive as being one of the few hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh trackLaugh track
A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
(Eight is Enough
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name...
, on the same network and produced at the same time, being another example).
Theme song
The Love Boat theme song was sung by Jack JonesJack Jones (singer)
John Allan "Jack" Jones is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s.-Overview:...
(except for the last season, where a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
was used). The lyrics were written by Paul Williams
Paul Williams (songwriter)
Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",...
with music by Charles Fox
Charles Fox (composer)
Charles Ira Fox is an American composer for film and television. His most heard compositions are probably the "love themes" , and the dramatic theme music to ABC's Wide World of Sports and the original Monday Night Football.....
. The song has since been recorded and released commercially by Charo
Charo
María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Gutiérrez de los Perales Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Hinojosa Rasten , better known as Charo, is a Spanish-American actress, comedienne, and flamenco guitarist, best known for her flamboyant stage presence, her provocative outfits, and her trademark phrase...
in 1978 and Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....
in 2001.
Sequels and spin-offs
- A TV movie, The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage, followed in 19901990 in filmThe year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
on the CBS network, four years after the show was cancelled. - A second TV series, The Love Boat: The Next WaveThe Love Boat: The Next WaveThe Love Boat: The Next Wave is an American television series which was based on the ABC sitcom The Love Boat. The series aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999.-Plot:...
aired on the former UPNUPNUnited Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
Network (now The CW network) from 19981998 in televisionThe year 1998 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1998.For the American TV schedule, see: 1998–99 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
to 19991999 in televisionThe year 1999 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1999.For the American TV schedule, see: 1999-00 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...
. It stars Robert UrichRobert UrichRobert Urich was an American actor. He played the starring roles in the television series Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire...
as Captain Jim Kennedy, a retired U.S. Navy officer. Heidi MarkHeidi MarkHeidi Mark is an American model and actress. Heidi is of Finnish origin. Her father was born in Helsinki, Finland. She worked at her father's law office and Hooters. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1995. Prior to being a Playmate, she appeared on the cover of April...
was cast as the cruise director. Several members of the original show's cast guest-starred on a reunion-themed episode, where it was revealed that Julie and Doc had been in love all along. - A 1979 episode of another Aaron Spelling series, Charlie's AngelsCharlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
, had that show's characters trying to recover a stolen statue while aboard the Pacific Princess on a Caribbean cruise. All of the Love Boat regulars had cameo appearances in the crossover episode. - A two-part 1997 episode of the sitcom MartinMartin (TV series)Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox...
had the main characters going on a cruise and encountering Isaac, Julie, Doc, and Vicki.
Syndication
ABC also aired reruns of the show in their daytime lineup from 11:00 a.m.-noon (10 a.m.-11 a.m. Central) from June 30, 1980 to June 24, 1983 (with the exception of June 15, 1981 to September 11, 1981 when back-to-back reruns of Three's CompanyThree's Company
Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House....
aired instead).
DVD releases
CBS DVD (distributed by ParamountParamount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment is the division of Paramount Pictures dealing with home video founded in late 1975.-History:...
) has released Seasons 1 & 2 of The Love Boat on DVD in Region 1 & 4. Each season has been released in two volume sets.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release dates | Bonus features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 4 | |||
| Season 1, Volume 1 | 12 | March 4, 2008 | April 10, 2008 |
|
| Season 1, Volume 2 | 12 | August 12, 2008 | October 2, 2008 |
|
| Season 2, Volume 1 | 13 | January 27, 2009 | September 2, 2009 |
|
| Season 2, Volume 2 | 12 | August 4, 2009 | December 24, 2009 |
|
International
! Country
! Foreign title
! Translation
! Network(s)
! Notes
|-
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| The Love Boat
| None
| Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
(1978–1986)
Eleven
Eleven (TV channel)
Eleven is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel, which was launched by ElevenCo, on 11 January 2011.-Joint venture:...
(2011–present)
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| Lemmenlaiva
(Ship of love)
| Subtitled
| MTV3
MTV3
MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
|
|-
|
| Kärlek ombord
(Love on board)
| Subtitled
| TV4
|
|-
|
| La croisière s'amuse
(The Cruise is having Fun)
| Dubbed
| FR3
| The laugh track was omitted in the French synchronisation which made this a romantic telenovela like series rather than a sitcom.
|-
|
| Love Boat
| Dubbed
| Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
Tele 5
Tele 5
Tele 5 is a commercial television channel in Germany. The channel is largely known for showing classic American films and series, Japanese Anime and Shows.Tele 5 broadcasts from the Astra 1H, 1M, and 3A satellites and is uplinked by ASTRA Platform Services....
9Live
9Live
9Live was a commercial German participation TV channel launched on September 1, 2001 and lasted until August 9, 2011. It originated from a channel called tm3. Most of its programming is lottery and quiz games, in which the viewer can participate over the phone...
Premiere (pay television network)
Premiere (pay television network)
Sky Deutschland AG, branded as Sky, is a German media company which operates the first pay television platform in Germany and Austria, offering several channels of digital content via satellite and cable....
and Anixe
| The show was shown originally on Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
and later on Tele 5
Tele 5
Tele 5 is a commercial television channel in Germany. The channel is largely known for showing classic American films and series, Japanese Anime and Shows.Tele 5 broadcasts from the Astra 1H, 1M, and 3A satellites and is uplinked by ASTRA Platform Services....
, 9Live
9Live
9Live was a commercial German participation TV channel launched on September 1, 2001 and lasted until August 9, 2011. It originated from a channel called tm3. Most of its programming is lottery and quiz games, in which the viewer can participate over the phone...
, Premiere (pay television network)
Premiere (pay television network)
Sky Deutschland AG, branded as Sky, is a German media company which operates the first pay television platform in Germany and Austria, offering several channels of digital content via satellite and cable....
and Anixe.
Also the laugh track was omitted.
|->
(The ship of love)
| Subtitled
| ERT
Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...
|
|-
|
| Szerelemhajó
(Love Ship)
| Dubbed
| Movies 24
Movies 24
Movies 24 is a European satellite and cable television channel owned and operated by NBCUniversal. It was launched on 26 June 2006 and is available in Hungary, Poland, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom...
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| Love Boat
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| first run on Canale 5, it started to air in 1980; reruns on Canale 5, Rete 4, SkyVivo, FoxRetro, Raidue
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
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| 사랑의 유람선
(Cruise ship of Love)
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| MBC
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| The Love Boat
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| VARA
VARA (broadcaster)
The Omroepvereniging VARA is a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system, founded in 1925 as the Vereeniging van Arbeiders Radio Amateurs...
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| GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
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| Statek miłości
(The Love Boat)
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| TVP2
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| Barco do Amor
(The Love Boat)
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| RTP 1
RTP 1
RTP1 is the first television network of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation. The first television network ever launched in Portugal, RTP1 was launched in 1957 as RTP , and also having a brief period while it was known and marketed as Canal 1...
(first run) in 1980s
RTP 2 (rerun) in 1980s and early 1990s as possible choice of phone-vote selection program Agora Escolha
Sic Gold (reruns)
Sic Comédia
SIC Comédia
SIC Comédia was a Portuguese TV channel, available on cable. It was part of the television network SIC...
(reruns)
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| Vacaciones en el mar
(Sea Holidays)
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| Televisión Española
Televisión Española
Televisión Española is the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain. TVE's activities were previously financed by a combination of advertising revenue and subsidies from the national government, but since it's been supported by subsidies only.TVE belongs to the RTVE...
(first run)
Telecinco
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...
(reruns)
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| Aşk Gemisi
(The Love Boat)
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| TRT 1
TRT 1
TRT 1 is the first Turkish national television station. It launched on January 31 , 1968.-Introduction:TRT 1, the first television channel in Turkey, started their test transmissions on January 31, 1968, and commenced full national broadcasts in December 1971. It was the only channel in Turkey...
(first run)
Show TV
Show TV
SHOW TV is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and...
(reruns)
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| To ploio tis agapis
(The Ship of love)
| Subtitled
| CyBC
CYBC
CYBC may refer to:* Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Cyprus' public broadcasting service.* The IATA code for Baie-Comeau Airport, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada....
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| Die Plesierboot
(The Pleasure boat)
| Dubbed in Afrikaans
| TV2
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| 愛之船
(The Boat of Love)
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| CTV
China Television
China Television Company, Ltd. was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-ruling Nationalist Party of the Republic of China . The party owned the majority stake of the network...
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| ספינת האהבה
(The Love Boat)
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| IBA
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
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See also
- List of The Love Boat episodes
- List of guest stars on The Love Boat
- Pacific PrincessPacific (ship)MS Pacific is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC. She was built in 1971 by Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany as Sea Venture for Flagship Cruises. She operated cruises between the USA and Bermuda, which had been settled by the survivors of the original Sea Venture...