The Love Boat
Title screen
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Aaron Spelling
Starring	Gavin MacLeod Bernie Kopell Fred Grandy Ted Lange Lauren Tewes Jill Whelan Pat Klous Ted McGinley Marion Ross
Opening theme	"The Love Boat" by Jack Jones
Country of origin	United States
No. Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer. Gavin MacLeod (born February 28, 1930) is an American Actor most notable for playing Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Bernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell Fredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is a former actor best known for his role on the sitcom " The Love Boat " Theodore "Ted" William Lange (born January 5 1948 is an American Actor, director, and Screenwriter best known for his role as (Cynthia Lauren Tewes (twiːs born in Braddock Pennsylvania on October 26, 1954) is an American Actress best known for playing Jill Whelan (born September 29, 1966) is an American actress Whelan was born in Oakland California. Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley (born May 30 1958 is an American Actor. Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is a Golden Globe -nominated American Actress, best known for her role as Marion Cunningham Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American Jazz and pop singer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons	10
No.  of episodes	249
Production
Running time	43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 24, 1977 – May 24, 1986
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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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. The year 1976 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1976 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 in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer.

The sitcom was usually set aboard a cruise liner called the Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. History The ship began operation in 1971 with Flagship Cruises, under the name Sea Venture. 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 (for a Caribbean cruise). Discovery (formerly Island Venture, Island Princess, Hyundai Pungak and Platinum) is a Cruise ship, currently in operation History She was built in 1984 by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland for Princess Cruises The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting

Guest stars

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. Although it wasn't the first series to use the all-star cast anthology format—Love, American Style used the same device a decade earlier—Love Boat perfected the genre and future shows in similar style (Supertrain and Masquerade to name two) were inevitably compared to Love Boat. Love American Style is an hour-long television Anthology which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September Supertrain is an American Television drama / adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7, 1979 Masquerade is an American Secret agent television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.

Further information: List of guest stars on The Love Boat

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 track (Eight is Enough, on the same network and produced at the same time, being another example). This is a list of Guest stars on the Television series The Love Boat. Eight Is Enough is an American Television Comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until

Writing format

Another unique aspect of The Love Boat was its writing format. Each episode contained several simultaneous storylines, and each one was written by a different set of writers. Each set of writers worked on one group of guest stars and their story of the week. So episodes ended up with ungainly titles like "Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy: Part 1".

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).

The show was based on the same premise as the 1956-60 television hit, The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna).

Theme song

The Love Boat theme song was sung by Jack Jones (except for the last season, where a cover version by Dionne Warwick was used). Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American Jazz and pop singer In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist The lyrics were written by Paul Williams with music by Charles Fox. Paul Hamilton Williams (born September 19 1940, in Omaha Nebraska, USA is an American Musician, composer, Songwriter Charles Fox (born 30 October 1940, New York City) not to be confused with R & B musician Charlie Foxx, is a composer for film and

Cast

• Gavin MacLeod - Captain Merrill Stubing
• Bernie Kopell - Dr. Gavin MacLeod (born February 28, 1930) is an American Actor most notable for playing Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Bernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell Adam "Doc" Bricker
• Fred Grandy - Burl "Gopher" Smith, "Your Yeoman Purser"
• Ted Lange - Bartender Isaac Washington
• Lauren Tewes - Cruise Director Julie McCoy (1977–84)
• Jill Whelan - Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter (1979–86)
• Pat Klous - Cruise Director Judy McCoy (1984–86)
• Ted McGinley - Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans (1984–86)
• Marion Ross - Emily Hayward Stubing (1986)

Sequels and spin-offs

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• A second TV series, The Love Boat: The Next Wave aired on the UPN Network from 1998 to 1999. The Love Boat The Next Wave is an American Television series which was based on the ABC sitcom The Love Boat. United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven The year 1998 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1998. The year 1999 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1999. It starred Robert Urich as Captain Jim Kennedy, a retired U.S. Navy officer. Robert Urich ( December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an Actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television Heidi Mark was cast as the cruise director. Heidi Mark is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month in July 1995 Several members of the cast of the original series guest-starred on one episode, where it was revealed that Julie and "Doc" had been in love all along.
• In Germany, the TV series Das Traumschiff started in 1981 as a German-made version of The Love Boat. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 It airs as 90-minutes-specials instead of a weekly basis, traditionally with an episode airing each Boxing Day (Dec. Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as many other members of the Commonwealth 26) and New Year's Day on the ZDF network. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ("Second German Television" ZDF, is a public service German Television channel based in Mainz. In 2005, the 50th episode was broadcast. Contrary to the original American series, ALL episodes of Das Traumschiff are shot entirely on location aboard the ship and in the ports of the ship's stopovers. No scene was ever shot in a television studio. Due to this lavish production style, each season consists of between 4 and 6 episodes only. The ships used for the series were MS Vistafjord (1st season: 1981/1982), MS Astor (2nd season: 1983/1984), MS Berlin (3rd to 10th season: 1986 - 1998) and MS Deutschland (11th season till present: 1999 - present).

Other airings

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 1980 to June 1983 (with the exception of June 1981 to September 1981 when back-to-back reruns of Three's Company aired instead). Three's Company is an American Sitcom that aired from 1977 to 1984 on ABC.

International

Country	Foreign title	Translation	Network(s)	Notes
Finland	Lemmenlaiva (Ship of love)	Subtitled	MTV
France	La croisière s'amuse (Cruising Fun)	Dubbed	FR3
Germany	Love Boat	Dubbed	Sat.1 Tele 5 9Live Premiere (pay television network)	the show was shown originally on Sat.1 and later on Tele 5, 9Live and Premiere (pay television network)
Italy	The Love Boat	Dubbed	Canale 5
Poland	Statek miłości (The Love Boat)	Dubbed	TVP2
Portugal	The Love Boat	Subtitled	SIC SIC Gold SIC Comédia	the show was shown on SIC, afterwards SIC Gold, and it aired until 2006 in SIC Comédia
Turkey	Aşk Gemisi (The Love Boat)	Dubbed	TRT 1 (first run) Show TV (reruns)
Cyprus	To ploio tis agapis (The Ship of love)	Subtitled	CyBC

DVD Release

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See also

• List of guest stars on The Love Boat
• Pacific Princess

External links

• The Love Boat at the Internet Movie Database
• The Love Boat at TV.com
• Love Boat Theme Songfacts