The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy series that ran on ABC from May 05, 1977 to May 24, 1986 for nine seasons. It was developed by Wilford Lloyd Baumes.
Spin-offs[]
- The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage is a reunion television film.
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave spun off from The Love Boat with Captain Merrill Stubing and his daughter Vicki, Dr. Adam Bricker, Julie McCoy, and Isaac Washington appearing in "Reunion".
Connection with The Love Boat[]
On November 22, 1980, the "Secretary to the Stars" story continued in the Fantasy Island "The Love Doctor" story.
Westphall connections in The Love Boat[]
- A robot of the same type of Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet appeared in "Programmed for Love".
- Siegfried from Get Smart appeared in "Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt".
- "Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?", the final episode of the series, brought in several crossover characters.
- Betty and Margaret Anderson from Father Knows Best
- June, Wally, and Beaver Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver
- Mike and Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch
Connections to The Love Boat[]
- The entire cast appeared in Charlie's Angels "Love Boat Angels".
- Julie McCoy, Dr. Adam Bricker, Isaac Washington, and Vicki Stubing appeared in Martin "Goin' Overboard".