• Air date: 16 Sep '78 27 episodes
      The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday night lineup that included Fantasy Island until that show ended in 1984. The original 1976 made-for-TV movie on which the show was based was itself based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director. Two more TV movies would follow before the series began its run. The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling, who produced several successful series for ABC from the 1960s into the 1980s. In 1997, the episode with segment titles "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past", and "Ace's Salary" was ranked No. 82 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. The Love Boat ran for 10 seasons, including specials.
  • List of Episodes (27)
    • 1. Marooned (1)

      16 Sep '78
    • 2. Marooned (2)

      16 Sep '78
    • 3. Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky

      23 Sep '78
      Julie's parents arrive on board the Pacific Princess and announce their plans to divorce; an author of morally uplifting pamphlets and a prim censor fall in love while sharing a cabin; a young girl's tomboy image falters after she receives her first kiss.
    • 4. The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother

      30 Sep '78
      A man makes a move on three women; not knowing that they are travelling companions. Captain Stubbing's god son is taking a cruise with his wife, whom he married two years ago but his military duty kept him away. And two brothers who stage false injuries, so that they can sue the insurance company, have targeted the cruise line.
    • 5. Where is it Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal

      14 Oct '78
      Captain Stubing's Uncle Cyrus uses every trick in his devious mind to get Julie alone, until her ""Aunt Phoebe"" intervenes; a desperate businessman uses his daughter as bait to close a deal; the neglected wife of a publisher romances a novelist, hoping it will give him the inspiration for the final chapter of his book.
    • 6. The Kissing Bandit/Mike and Ike/The Witness

      21 Oct '78
      A shy young man becomes a completely different person at night; a businessman who doesn't have time for his family learns a valuable lesson; a man who believes his chances of survival are better at sea than as a witness in a gangland trial receives loving sympathy from a fellow passenger.
    • 7. Ship of Ghouls

      28 Oct '78
      A magician keeps his engagement secret in order to dazzle female audiences, while his neglected fiancee turns to Captain Stubing for comfort; Doc and Gopher pursue a model who is afraid to face people after a recent accident; a boy with a habit of lying can't get anyone to help during a real time of need.
    • 8. Accidental Cruise/The Song is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka

      04 Nov '78
      An executive and his secretary are mistakenly assigned the honeymoon suite; a songwriter's music renews a woman's love for her husband; Captain Stubing meets his daughter by a former girlfriend; Julie helps give a Russian commissar a sexy new image.
    • 9. Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away

      11 Nov '78
      A ghost experiences jealousy as his mission to find his wife a new husband appears to be succeeding; overprotective Gopher mistakenly entrusts his kid sister to Doc to stave off the ship's wolves, not realizing that she's all grown up; a long-divorced couple is accidentally trapped in an isolated cabin.
    • 10. Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet

      18 Nov '78
      Crew members make a valiant effort to keep six stowaways a secret from Capt. Stubing; a church member disapproves of her minister's new romance; a nearly-blind woman refuses to admit her problem until Doc intercedes.
    • 11. Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movie

      25 Nov '78
    • 12. Folks from Home/The Captain's Cup/Legal Eagle

      02 Dec '78
      Doc must perform a risky operation after an accident; one of the ship's laborers is recruited to replace a missing dignitary; a bitterly divorced man has it in for his ex-wife's attorney.
    • 13. Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks

      09 Dec '78
      A beauty can't choose between Captain Stubing and Doc; a man and his wife return to the ship with an orphaned boy; a hospital executive falls for a seemingly successful businessman.
    • 14. Double Wedding/The Ventriloquists/Julie Falls Hard

      16 Dec '78
      Identical twin sisters decide to swap fiances; a separated ventriloquist team use their dummies to rebuild their relationship; a handsome widower proposes to Julie, who has fallen in love with him and his teenage children.
    • 15. Second Time Around/The 'Now' Marriage/My Sister, Irene

      13 Jan '79
      Doc's ex-wife hires an actor – who takes his role a bit too seriously – as her fiance; a philandering marriage counselor's wife seeks solace from Captain Stubing; a woman pretends to be her own sister for a reunion with a long-ago sweetheart.
    • 16. Gopher's Opportunity/Home Sweet Home/The Switch

      20 Jan '79
      Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place.
    • 17. Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance

      27 Jan '79
      A father takes too much of a liking to his son's new girlfriend; a bachelor is terrified at the idea of marrying his gung-ho girlfriend; the crew gives a troubled teen a chance at rehabilitation.
    • 18. Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (1)

      03 Feb '79
      Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
    • 19. Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy (2)

      03 Feb '79
      Julie's high-school class holds its ten-year reunion on board the Pacific Princess.
    • 20. Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath

      10 Feb '79
      Crew members learn that Captain Stubing is under consideration to take over a prestigious cruise ship and go overboard to help their captain make an outstanding impression; a woman unknowingly makes a date with a friend's fiance; a disabled surgeon belittles Doc for practicing aboard a cruise ship until Doc makes a surprising diagnosis. GUEST STARS: Hans Conried, Ben Murphy, Donna Pescow, Carol Lynley, Richard Anderson, Diana Muldaur
    • 21. A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover

      17 Feb '79
    • 22. The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog

      24 Feb '79
    • 23. Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home is Not a Home

      03 Mar '79
    • 24. Ages of Man/Families/Bo 'n' Sam

      10 Mar '79
      Julie ends up in the middle of an unusual love triangle when the visiting 13-year-old son of the head of the cruise line develops a crush on her at the same time that she is trying to win over a charming older passenger. Two longtime acquaintances find their attempt at building a romance complicated by their parents' antagonistic relationship: her father is publisher of the newspaper where he works; and his mother is leading the efforts to unionize the workers. In honor of Capt. Stubing's fif
    • 25. Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas

      17 Mar '79
      A singer tries to persuade his manager to let him abandon the shock tactics that made him famous and let his music speak for itself. He becomes even more determined to establish some credibility after he falls for a deaf friend of Julie's. Doc finds himself caught in the middle when an old friend grows tired of her inattentive husband's tendency to put gambling ahead of their relationship. Isaac becomes convinced that a couple plans to murder Capt. Stubing. Everyone initially believes that h