The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. It was part of ABC's Saturday night one-two punch along with Fantasy Island until that show ended in 1984. The original made-for-TV movie on which the show was based was itself based on a book, The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director.
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- Season 9 (1985-1987)
- Season 8 (1984-1985)
- Season 7 (1983-1984)
- Season 6 (1982-1983)
- Season 5 (1981-1982)
Previous Episodes
- 06x09 Thanksgivin… (Nov. 20, 1982)
- 01x02 A Tasteful … (Oct. 01, 1977)
- 01x01 The Captain… (Sep. 24, 1977)
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Show's Cast / Crew
Directors
- Richard Kinon (64 episodes)
- Roger Duchowny (37 episodes)
- Robert Scheerer (30 episodes)
Writers
- Jeraldine Saunders (250 episodes)
- Ben Joelson (60 episodes)
- Art Baer (59 episodes)
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- Two Princess cruise line ships were used in the series: The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. Pacific Princess is now M.S. Pacific (jointly operated by Brazilian CVC and Spanish Quail…
[show]Two Princess cruise line ships were used in the series: The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. Pacific Princess is now M.S. Pacific (jointly operated by Brazilian CVC and Spanish Quail Cruises), Island Princess is now M.S. Discovery (for England-based Voyages of Discovery), so both ships are still around.
[hide] - This series was based upon Jeraldine Saunders novel titled, "The Love Boats". She wrote the book from her personal observations while serving as a hostess on a cruise ship.
- Other ships used (especially for the 2-hr-episodes) were Stella Solaris (scrapped in 2003), Pearl of Scandinavia (now used for Casino cruises out of Hong Kong and called Golden Princess and…
[show]Other ships used (especially for the 2-hr-episodes) were Stella Solaris (scrapped in 2003), Pearl of Scandinavia (now used for Casino cruises out of Hong Kong and called Golden Princess and not to be confused with DFDS's Pearl of Scandinavia), Royal Viking Sky (now Fred.Olsen's Boudicca) and Royal Princess (now M.S. Artemis for P&O Cruises).
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