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The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy - drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series premiered and four specials and a TV movie aired after the series ended. The series was set on the cruise ship MS Pacific Princess , and revolved around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod ) and a handful of his crew, with passengers played by guest actors for each episode, having romantic, dramatic and humorous adventures.

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54-504: Stubing is a surname, likely of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: Merrill Stubing , fictional ship captain Moose Stubing (1938–2018), American professional baseball scout, minor league manager, and Major League Baseball third-base coach Solvi Stubing (1941–2017), German actress and TV personality See also [ edit ] Cases of Stübing v. Germany ,

108-572: A Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy between 1978 and 1981, without winning any. Gavin MacLeod and Lauren Tewes also received several Golden Globe nominations for their roles in the series. In 1997, the episode with segment titles "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past", and "Ace's Salary" (season 9, episode 3) was ranked No. 82 on TV Guide ' s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list. MacLeod, Kopell and Lange are

162-552: A Mediterranean Sea cruise, MS  Pearl of Scandinavia for a Chinese cruise, Royal Viking Sky for European cruises and Royal Princess and Sun Princess for Caribbean Sea cruises. In 1981, P&O Cruises' line Sea Princess was also used for the two-hour episode "Julie's Wedding", set in and around Australia . The "star of the show", the now-world famous Pacific Princess , after being renamed MS Pacific and being sold then owned by another cruise line in Spain ,

216-425: A Pullman locomotive and describes the environment as "bigger, gaudier, and noisier, including the passengers." He described the amenities of the train and the "marvel, cinematically," of the set design and train itself. Mackenzie found fault with the show's reliance on the extravagant train to wow the audience and the lack of character depth or entertaining plot. "When the early ratings proved disappointing, NBC took

270-475: A cameo appearance as Doc. A two-part 1997 Martin episode, "Goin' Overboard", had the main characters going on a cruise and encountering Isaac, Julie, Doc, and Vicki. A revival of the series, titled Love Boat: The Next Wave , aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999 for two seasons and twenty-five episodes. Set aboard the cruise ship Sun Princess , the series starred Robert Urich as Captain Jim Kennedy,

324-539: A different set of writers working on one group of guest stars. Thus, episodes have multiple titles referencing its simultaneous storylines, e.g., the first episode of season one is "Captain & the Lady / Centerfold / One If by Land". Each episode typically featured three storylines. Storylines focused on members of the crew, the interactions between passengers and crew members, a single passenger, or interactions between several passengers. The three storylines usually followed

378-422: A long shot of the ship in dock before the camera slowly zoomed in onto its bridge area. This was followed by posing shots of the crew members at different points on the ship or the set, revealed with a weighing anchor graphic wipe. These posing shots were updated several times throughout all seasons due to cast changes. The long shot footage of the ship was used for the credits of the celebrity guest stars. For only

432-500: A professed hitman ( Dick Van Dyke ) is targeting his soon-to-be late wife ( Barbara Rhoades ). Meanwhile, the spoiled great-grandchildren of Supertrain's chairman of the board make life miserable for the crew by playing practical jokes. A young travel reporter falls for a mysterious young woman riding on Supertrain, but both are unaware that she is the heir to a throne and the target of a kidnapping plot. The Supertrain stops in Denver at

486-419: A reality dating competition series to be produced by Eureka Productions . The series features single contestants on a luxury Mediterranean cruise as they participate in challenges and dates to stay on the boat in the hopes of finding love, with those unsuccessful being progressively dumped from the cruise. As contestants are dumped, new contestants come aboard the cruise. In the end, the last couple remaining wins

540-418: A retired United States Navy officer, Phil Morris as chief purser Will Sanders, and Heidi Mark as cruise director Nicole Jordan. Several members of the original show's cast guest-starred on a reunion-themed episode in which it was revealed that Julie and Doc had been in love all along. In March 2022, both CBS and Australia's Network 10 (both Paramount -owned networks) commissioned The Real Love Boat ,

594-599: A series of criminal prosecutions involving incest Jeff Stuebing (born 1959), Canadian wrestler Stubbings (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Stubing . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stubing&oldid=1190870021 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

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648-693: A similar format. In all, thirty-two past and future Academy Award winners guested on The Love Boat , including the Best Actress from the first awards ceremony in 1929, Janet Gaynor . In the final season, a troupe of dancers who performed choreographed routines, often to current hits, was introduced. The Love Boat Mermaids were made up of Tori Brenno (Maria), Debra Johnson (Patti), Deborah Bartlett (Susie), Macarena (Sheila), Beth Myatt (Mary Beth), Andrea Moen (Starlight), Teri Hatcher (Amy) and Nanci Lynn Hammond (Jane). The original 1976 made-for-TV movie (titled The Love Boat ) , that served as

702-399: A similar thematic pattern: One storyline (typically a "crew" one) was straight-ahead comedy. The second would typically follow more of a romantic comedy format (with only occasional dramatic elements). The third storyline would usually be the most dramatic of the three, often offering few (if any) laughs and a far more serious tone. A common plotline focused on a romance that had gone sour, with

756-401: A timeslot change from Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. to Saturdays at 10:00 p.m., it went off the air after only three months. NBC, which had produced the show itself, with help from Dark Shadows producer Dan Curtis , was unable to recoup its losses from the high production costs. This, combined with the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics the following season (whose coverage NBC

810-522: A two-hour pilot episode. The series takes place on the Supertrain , a nuclear-powered high speed train that is equipped with amenities more appropriate to a cruise ship . It has luxuries such as a swimming pool, shopping centers, a gym, a library, a medical center, and a discotheque . It is so big it has to run on very broad gauge track . Though it had a rated top speed of 250 mph (400 km/h), and cruised at 190 mph (310 km/h),

864-484: Is currently airing 24/7 on its own channel on Pluto TV under the "Classic TV" section. So far it just seems to be the 9 regular seasons on the series. CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount ) has released seasons 1–4 of The Love Boat on DVD in Region 1. Each season has been released in two-volume sets. For its first seven years, The Love Boat was very successful in the ratings . During that time, it usually ranked among

918-428: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles The Love Boat The series was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included Fantasy Island until 1984. The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling , who produced several television series for Four Star Television and ABC from the 1960s into the 1990s. The series was nominated four consecutive times for

972-596: The Dawn Princess in 1997 and the Regal Princess in 2014. Members of the cast have participated in themed cruises honoring the series, most recently in 2022 and 2024, with another cruise scheduled for November 2025. Supertrain Supertrain is an American science fiction adventure drama television series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including

1026-539: The Pacific Princess on a cruise to the Virgin Islands with all of The Love Boat regulars having cameo appearances. A 1994 Saturday Night Live sketch featuring guest host Patrick Stewart merged The Love Boat with Star Trek: The Next Generation . Stewart played the captain while caricatures of Deanna Troi and Geordi La Forge played the cruise director and bartender, with Kopell having

1080-477: The United States at the time. The production was beset by problems, including a model train that crashed. NBC paid $ 10 million for a total of three sets of trains: a full-size train with enormous passenger cars measuring 64 by 26 by 22 feet (19.5 m × 7.9 m × 6.7 m), and two model train sets at 1:9.6 and 1:48 scales for outside shots. While the series was heavily advertised during

1134-744: The syndication market in the United States in September 1983, with Worldvision Enterprises handling distribution. As an alternative for stations with tight scheduling commitments, Worldvision offered edited 30-minute episodes in addition to the original hour-long programs beginning in the fall of 1986 after the series completed its original run on ABC. It is currently distributed in syndication by its successor CBS Media Ventures . The series can currently be seen on MeTV Sunday afternoons at 5:00 PM ET/4:00 PM CT and on Catchy Comedy Monday through Friday afternoons at 4:00 PM ET/3:00 PM CT. The Love Boat

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1188-408: The 1978-1979 season, it received poor reviews and low ratings, with 16.24 million viewers watching its premiere. The 2-hour premiere was out-rated by a 2-hour special of ABC 's Charlie's Angels , and received a 21.8 rating and 32 share, ranking it 17th for the week. Despite attempts to salvage the show by replacing its producer, reworking the cast and the show's genre to a sitcom -like format, and

1242-417: The character plots and stories of each episode seem like more of a second thought. Telefilm predicted the show's failure in its review: "Without better scripts, the train's trek may well end in 13 weeks. More emphasis on characters, less on the train, is in order." The show lasted just over 12 weeks. The choices of the producer, Dan Curtis, were harshly criticized, saying he was "neglecting characterizations for

1296-425: The end of the show. Guest Stars: Paul Sand as Barney Sweet, Mary Louise Weller as Ali (Alexandra Peters, future Queen of Montenegro), Michael V. Gazzo as Menkton, Nehemiah Persoff as Max (Ali's uncle), Steve Franken as Fleck (credited as Steven Franken), Fred Sadoff as unknown, and Kenneth Mars as Turley. A bashful doctor finds himself rooming with an heiress who is hiding from kidnappers. The pilot

1350-1395: The end of the show. Main Cast: Edward Andrews as Harry Flood, Patrick Collins as Dave Noonan, Harrison Page as George Boone, Robert Alda as Dr. Dan Lewis, Nita Talbot as Rose Casey, Aarika Wells as Gilda, Bill Nuckols as Wally (credited as William Nuckols), Michael DeLano as Lou Atkins (credited as Michael Delano), and Charlie Brill as Robert. Guest Stars: Steve Lawrence as Mike Post, Char Fontane as Cindy Chappel, Don Stroud as Jack Fisk, Keenan Wynn as Winfield Root, Deborah Benson as Barbara Root, Ron Masak as Fred, Don Meredith as Rick Prince, Vicki Lawrence as Karen Prince (credited as Vickie Lawrence), George Hamilton as David Belnik, Stella Stevens as Lucy, and Fred Williamson as Al Roberts. Other Guests: John Karlen as Quinn, Frank Christi as Tony Packoe (credited as Frank R. Christi), H.M. Wynant as Fairmont, Anthony Palmer as T. C. Baker, Howard Honig as Sam Howard, Allen Williams as Riley, Parley Baer as Heaton, Sid Conrad as Whittington, Robert Karnes as Martin, Cameron Young as Fenner, Sylvester Words as Porter, Orin Cannon as Stationmaster, Chuck Mitchell as Big Ed, and Bert Conway as Workman. A man ( Larry Linville ) frantically tries to catch Supertrain, where

1404-526: The entity that owned and operated Pacific Princess . Episodes set and filmed in European and East Asian locations became more frequent instead of the usual west coasts along the Pacific shore of North America as the show continued. They traditionally aired as season premieres or during the sweeps months of February, May and November. Ships used in these episodes were: SS  Stella Solaris for

1458-425: The few hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh track . The Love Boat theme song was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Paul Williams . It was sung by Jack Jones in the opening sequence of the first eight seasons and, in a different arrangement, by Dionne Warwick in the last season and the four specials that followed it. Charo , who had also recorded and commercially released

1512-399: The first season, the guest stars were credited by having their names appear on the screen while a radar/compass style circle with four hearts wrapped around them. Beginning with season two (and originally tested in the fifteenth episode of the first season), the compass was graphically put in place and at its center, the guest stars were shown posing for the camera on different parts of the set,

1566-447: The first two pilot TV movies and did not appear in them, although when his character was introduced, it was mentioned that he was the new captain; indeed, none of the series cast members appeared in the first pilot, which had a different captain and crew. Among the series' attractions was the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of prior decades making rare television appearances. The Love Boat

1620-516: The last episode. Before the show aired in the U.S., NBC sold it directly to the BBC , the first foreign broadcaster to pick up the series. "For two runs, BBC reportedly coughed up more than $ 25,000 per hour episode, which if not a record series price in this market is close to it." The BBC was planning to air Supertrain in the fall of 1979, after the series premiered in the U.S. in February. By selling

1674-469: The only cast members to appear in every episode of the TV series, the four specials as well as the last made-for-TV movie. Grandy appeared in every episode throughout the run of the series but he did not appear in the four specials nor in the last TV movie, as he was campaigning for the first of his four consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives . MacLeod was not the captain of the Pacific Princess in

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1728-590: The opening credits, Winfield Root, the chairman of the fictitious company Trans Allied Corporation, mentions they will create an "atom-powered steam turbine machine capable of crossing this country in 36 hours." The maiden voyage left Grand Central Terminal in New York City 22 months later en route to Los Angeles. The Supertrain stops a few times, including somewhere in Texas, before arriving in Los Angeles at

1782-427: The parties reconciling at the end of the episode. On rare occasions, there were crossovers between stories. In one episode, actors Robert Reed and Florence Henderson , formerly of The Brady Bunch , guest-starred in separate segments. In one scene, the two bump into each other at a buffet table, exchange a questioning look, shrug, and continue on their separate ways. The series was also distinctive as being one of

1836-475: The pilot for the series, was based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders , a real-life cruise director for a passenger cruise-ship line. Saunders was also partly inspired by the German cruise ship MV Aurora . The pilot was followed by other two (titled The Love Boat II and The New Love Boat ) , all of which aired before the series began in September 1977. The one-hour sitcom

1890-425: The plots concerned the passengers' social lives, usually with multiple intertwining storylines. Supertrain was described in a 1979 Variety review, "It's a 'Love Boat' on wheels which has yet to get on track." Most of the cast of a given episode were guest stars. The production was elaborate, with huge sets and two high-tech model trains for outside shots. Supertrain was the most expensive series ever aired in

1944-418: The sake of camera angles, and his contribution is a sorrowful one." Mike Post ( Steve Lawrence ), a passenger with a large gambling debt, finds himself the target of an unknown assassin on the train. A woman travels with her abusive boyfriend, who is hiding a dangerous past. Social director David Noonan (Patrick Collins) tries to stay clear of the amorous granddaughter of Supertrain's chairman and creator. In

1998-514: The series and is awarded a large cash prize as well as a cruise from Princess Cruises. The American version is hosted by married actors Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn . This version briefly aired on Wednesday nights at 9/8C on CBS starting on October 5, 2022, before being moved to Paramount+ . The Australian version is presented by Darren McMullen . This version also premiered on 5 October 2022 and aired on Wednesdays and Thursday nights on 10. CNN reported industry experts credit

2052-493: The series in its marketing. Actor Gavin Macleod was appointed the line's global ambassador in 1986 and appeared in television advertisements and other campaigns for Princess for over 30 years. Actress Jill Whelan is currently Princess' Celebrations Ambassador and has appeared in online videos promoting the line. The series' primary cast were named the godparents for and participated in the christening of two Princess Cruises ships,

2106-533: The series off the air for emergency surgery. The 'All New Supertrain ' appeared April 14 looking remarkably like the old Supertrain ", which shows NBC's attempts to fix the show's flaws mid-season. He summarized his opinion on the newly changed episodes by stating, "This tale d-r-a-g-g-e-d even more than previous episodes despite the attempt to glamorize it with models in bikinis and Peter Lawford playing his usual shopworn sophisticate." In his annual television special later that year, comedian Alan King commented on

2160-481: The series was permitted to use some iconography owned by Princess Cruises. For example, Princess' logo is frequently visible in the establishing shots of the vessels, in the backgrounds of sets and even on props, such as name tags for the ship's crew. However, the ownership of this fictional representation of the Pacific Princess  is never explicitly stated as being Princess Cruises; instead, characters would use terms such as "the line" or "the company" in reference to

2214-611: The ship or on-location in special episodes, while their names appeared at the bottom of the screen. For the final season, the compass was replaced by a crescent wave and the long shot of the ship was replaced by a montage of the various locations traveled to on the series. At the center of the wave graphic, the guest stars were shown posing for the camera wearing their formal outfits against different colored backgrounds. The Love Boat aired in reruns on ABC Daytime from June 30, 1980 to June 12, 1981, and from September 14, 1981 to June 24, 1983 at 11:00 a.m. EST/10:00 CST. The show entered

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2268-522: The show to international markets, NBC hoped to offset its own development costs. After the failure of the series in the United States, the BBC never aired the show. In 2002, TV Guide ranked Supertrain number 28 on its "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" list. In the May 19, 1979, edition of TV Guide , the show received criticism from Robert MacKenzie. He compared the futuristic train to his traditional ideas of

2322-410: The show with increasing interest in the cruise industry, especially for those that weren't newlyweds or senior citizens, and for the resulting demand to spur investment in new ships instead of conversions. The influence was particularly notable for Princess Cruises , a line that partnered with the series and received a great deal of attention as a result. Princess Cruises has embraced its connection to

2376-477: The show's ratings failure: "It's a bird! It's a bomb! It's Supertrain !" Supertrain was critiqued by the Telefilm Review in the February 9, 1979, edition of Variety . The article begins, "NBC's highly-promoted new Supertrain series features a slick new train of tomorrow, with a script from yesterday...it seeks to overwhelm, but underwhelms instead." By emphasizing the train as the main character,

2430-420: The song, performed it within the show in one of her guest appearances. The opening sequence of the TV movies featured an instrumental version of the song without the lyrics. Instrumental variations of the song were extensively used throughout the series as incidental music . The opening sequence for the series underwent three major changes over the years. From seasons one to eight, the opening sequence began with

2484-471: The top 20, and sometimes even the top 10. However, the show fell out of the Top 30 during the 1984–85 season, and after falling out of the Top 50 during the 1985–86 season, The Love Boat was canceled after nine years on ABC, although four three-hour specials aired during the 1986–87 season. In 1997, the episode with segment titles "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past", and "Ace's Salary" (Season 9, Episode 3)

2538-665: The train took 36 hours to go from New York City to Los Angeles, which would put the train's average speed at around 78 mph (126 km/h), slower than the moderately-paced Amtrak Acela Express and well below the speeds of bullet trains in Europe and Asia; however, the first few episodes establish that Supertrain does not go directly from New York to Los Angeles, stopping in Chicago and Denver as well as an unnamed stop somewhere in Texas . Much like its contemporary The Love Boat ,

2592-537: Was scrapped in Aliağa , Turkey in 2013 after no further buyer could be found. Her sister ship, which was later renamed MV  Discovery , was scrapped in Alang , India in 2015 after she too failed to find a new owner. Both vessels' scrappings were controversial, but the previous owners justified it by saying that they were getting too old to continue operating. Every episode contained several storylines, each written by

2646-474: Was announced they would be receiving a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to television, sponsored by Princess Cruises. The 1979 two-hour season premiere of Charlie's Angels —another Aaron Spelling series— that introduced Shelley Hack as new angel Tiffany Welles was titled "Love Boat Angels" and its characters attempted to recover stolen museum artifacts while aboard

2700-425: Was not the first comedy series to use the guest-star cast anthology format— Love, American Style had used the formula seven years earlier—but it had such success with the formula that future series in similar style (such as Supertrain and Masquerade ) drew comparisons to The Love Boat . The series was followed on Saturday nights on ABC by Fantasy Island , which was also produced by Aaron Spelling and had

2754-493: Was primarily filmed on sets in southern California : 20th Century Fox Studios for seasons one through five, and the Warner Hollywood Studios for the remainder of the series, and occasionally filmed aboard the actual vessels. Regardless of where the episode was filmed, the actual ship was extensively shown in the establishing shots . Along with use of the real-life Pacific Princess and Island Princess ,

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2808-555: Was ranked No. 82 on TV Guide 's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list. In 2014, Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin McLeod, Cynthia Lauren Tewes, and Jill Whelan became godparents (the passenger ship industry's equivalent of naval ship sponsors ) of the Princess Cruises ship Regal Princess . On May 23, 2017, the original cast (MacLeod, Kopell, Grandy, Lange, Tewes and Whelan) reunited on Today , where it

2862-434: Was set aboard Pacific Princess , at the time a real-life Princess Cruises cruise ship . The Pacific Princess ' twin sister vessel Island Princess was also used for the show, especially if the show's schedule conflicted with Pacific Princess ' s cruises or her annual drydocking. Based in the port of Los Angeles , the ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta , Acapulco and Mazatlán . The series

2916-402: Was to have carried, costing the network millions in ad revenue), nearly bankrupted the network. For these reasons, Supertrain has been called one of the greatest television flops. The show finished 69th out of 114 shows during the 1978-79 season, with an average 15.7 rating and 25 share. By the end of the series, the show had lost over half its audience with only 7.08 million viewers watching

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