The Love Boat

**The Love Boat** is an American television program. It ran three pilot movies, 245 regular episodes, and five specials from 17 September 1976 through 12 February 1990 on ABC.

## Summary

The passengers and crew of cruise ship MS *Pacific Princess* have romantic and humorous adventures.

## Episodes

### Pilots

* 17 Sep 1976 - "The Love Boat"
* 21 Jan 1977 - "The Love Boat II"
* 5 May 1977 - "The New Love Boat"

### Season One

* 24 Sep 1977 - "Captain & the Lady; Centerfold; One If by Land..."
* 1 Oct 1977 - "A Tasteful Affair; Oh, Dale!; The Main Event"
* 8 Oct 1977 - "Ex Plus Y; Golden Agers; Graham and Kelly"
* 15 Oct 1977 - "Message for Maureen; Gotcha; Acapulco Connection"
* 22 Oct 1977 - "Isaac the Groupie; Mr. Popularity; Help! Murder!"
* 29 Oct 1977 - "The Joker Is Mild; Take My Granddaughter, Please; First Time Out"
* 12 Nov 1977 - "Julie's Old Flame; The Jinx; The Identical Problem"
* 19 Nov 1977 - "Lost and Found; The Understudy; Married Singles"
* 26 Nov 1977 - "The Captain's Captain; Romance Roulette; Hounded"
* 3 Dec 1977 - "Dear Beverly; The Strike; Special Delivery"
* 10 Dec 1977 - "Lonely at the Top; Silent Night; Divorce Me, Please"
* 24 Dec 1977 - "The Old Man and the Runaway; The Painters; A Fine Romance"
* 7 Jan 1978 - "Too Hot to Handle; Family Reunion; Cinderella Story"
* 14 Jan 1978 - "Isaac's Double Standard; One More Time; Chimpanzeeshines"
* 21 Jan 1978 - "The Eyes of Love; Masquerade; Hollywood Royalty; The Caper: Parts 1 & 2"
* 28 Jan 1978 - "Winner Take Love; The Congressman Was Indiscreet; Isaac's History Lesson"
* 4 Feb 1978 - "Last of the Stubings; Million Dollar Man; The Sisters"
* 11 Feb 1978 - "A Very Special Girl; Until the Last Goodbye; The Inspector"
* 13 Feb 1978 - "Memories of You; Computerman; Parlez Vous?"
* 18 Feb 1978 - "Taking Sides; Going by the Book; A Friendly Little Game"
* 25 Feb 1978 - "A Selfless Love; The Nubile Nurse; Parents Know Best"
* 6 May 1978 - "Musical Cabins"
* 13 May 1978 - "The Business of Love; Crash Diet Crush; I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
* 20 May 1978 - "Pacific Princess Overtures; Gopher, the Rebel; Cabin Fever"

### Season Two

* 16 Sep 1978 - "Marooned; The Search; Isaac's Holiday" (two-hour)
* 23 Sep 1978 - "Rocky; Julie's Dilemma; Who's Who?"
* 30 Sep 1978 - "The Man Who Loved Women; A Different Girl; Oh, My Aching Brother"
* 14 Oct 1978 - "Julie's Aunt; Where Is It Written?; The Big Deal"
* 21 Oct 1978 - "Mike and Ike; The Witness; The Kissing Bandit"
* 28 Oct 1978 - "Ship of Ghouls"
* 4 Nov 1978 - "A Time for Everything; The Song Is Ended; Accidental Cruise; Anoushka"
* 11 Nov 1978 - "Till Death Do Us Part–Maybe; Locked Away; Chubs"
* 17 Nov 1978 - "Man of the Cloth; Her Own Two Feet; Tony's Family"
* 25 Nov 1978 - "Heads or Tails; Mona of the Movies; The Little People"
* 2 Dec 1978 - "The Captain's Cup; The Folks from Home; Legal Eagle"
* 9 Dec 1978 - "El Kid; The Last Hundred Bucks; Isosceles Triangle"
* 16 Dec 1978 - "Julie Falls Hard; Double Wedding; The Dummies"
* 13 Jan 1979 - "My Sister, Irene; The 'Now' Marriage; Second Time Around"
* 20 Jan 1979 - "Gopher's Opportunity; The Switch; Home Sweet Home"
* 27 Jan 1979 - "Second Chance; Don't Push Me; Like Father, Like Son"
* 3 Feb 1979 - "Disco Baby; Alas, Poor Dwyer; After the War; Ticket to Ride; Itsy Bitsy: Parts 1 & 2" (two-hour)
* 10 Feb 1979 - "Best of Friends; Aftermath; Dream Boat"
* 17 Feb 1979 - "A Good and Faithful Servant; The Secret Life of Burl Smith; Tug of War; Designated Lover"
* 24 Feb 1979 - "Love Me, Love My Dog; Poor Little Rich Girl; The Decision"
* 3 Mar 1979 - "A Funny Valentine; The Wallflower; Home Is Not a Home"
* 10 Mar 1979 - "Ages of Man; Bo 'n Sam; Families"
* 17 Mar 1979 - "Murder on the High Seas; Sounds of Silence; Cyrano de Bricker"

## Cast

* Gavin MacLeod as Your Captain, Merrill Stubing
* Bernie Kopell as Your Ship's Doctor, Adam "Doc" Bricker
(Kopell played a different character, Dr. O'Neill, in the second pilot film, *Love Boat II*.)
* Fred Grandy as Your Yeoman Purser, Burl "Gopher" Smith (Seasons 1–6), chief purser (Seasons 7–9)
* Ted Lange as Your Bartender, Isaac Washington (Seasons 1–9, four specials), yeoman purser (made-for-TV movie)
* Lauren Tewes as Your Cruise Director, Julie McCoy (Seasons 1–7, four specials, plus a guest appearance in Season 9)
* Jill Whelan as Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter (Season 2 guest appearance, Seasons 3–9, four specials, made-for-TV movie)
* Ted McGinley as Your Ship's Photographer, Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans (Seasons 7–9), yeoman purser (four specials)
* Patricia Klous as Judy McCoy, Julie's sister and successor as cruise director (Seasons 8–9)