The Love Boat (1977)

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

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.

• Released: 1977-09-24
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Seasons: 10, 251 episodes
• Episode length: 48m
• Network: ABC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 199 votes

Created by Aaron Spelling, Wilford Lloyd Baumes.

Top cast

• Gavin MacLeod as Merril Stubing
• Bernie Kopell as Adam Bricker
• Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
• Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
• Jill Whelan as Vicki Stubing
• Ted McGinley as Ashley Covington Evans
• Marion Ross as Emily Stubing

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Love Boat

• United States: stream on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, REELZ+ Amazon Channel; watch free on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel
• Canada: stream on Paramount Plus, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads; watch free on Pluto TV

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