The Love Boat

The Love Boat

You Say You Can't Score on Shore? On This Cruise... You Can't Lose!

Created by Aaron Spelling, Wilford Lloyd Baumes

On ABC

1977–198710 seasons251 episodes48 min6.3 / 10

A warmly optimistic, episodic romantic comedy where a cruise ship's crew facilitates meet-cutes and love stories for a rotating cast of passengers, resetting each week with the promise that love always wins.

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

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Like The Love Boat

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Same Mood as The Love Boat

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Like The Love Boat, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.