The Love Boat

TV Series
1977–1987
TV-G
1h

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

Feel-Good Romance Sitcom Comedy Drama Romance

The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.

Creator
- Wilford Lloyd Baumes
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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

14K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

500

Creator
- Wilford Lloyd Baumes
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 21 nominations total

Episodes250

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Trivia
This series was based upon (or "inspired by", as the end credits put it) Jeraldine Saunders 1974 novel "The Love Boats." She wrote the book from her personal observations while serving as a hostess on a cruise ship.

Goofs
While it made for interesting stories during the run of the show, romantic and sexual liaisons between passengers and crew members were (and still are) forbidden aboard cruise ships for a host of reasons.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits, the episode's guest stars are listed first in alphabetical order; then the show's regulars, who are referred to as "your Love Boat crew" (e.g. "Gavin MacLeod as your Captain", etc.).

Connections
Edited into Intrepid (2000)

Soundtracks
The Love Boat
Written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox
Sung by Jack Jones

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Featured review

7/10

It was what it was,for better or for worse

I have read the previous reviews and while I do realize that every episode of The Love Boat was predictable and cheesy in hindsight,were most television shows of that era or some even since any different?You got to also realize that Aaron Spelling specialized in the fantasy genre realm(Starsky & Hutch was a lot more reality based in comparison to this and his other offerings,mind you).It was escapist entertainment at its finest and Fantasy Island following it Saturday nights on ABC made everybody's night home who decided not to venture out.I even remember when ABC aired the reruns on their daytime schedule.By that time,they were on the air long enough to justify showing them daily.One knock against the show to me is that at least Fantasy Island had that moral-of-the-story element that The Love Boat didn't.