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Love Boat on ABC

1977, TV Show

Episode Detail: Ace's Butler/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America - Love Boat

Ace's parents send the butler to care for him; a woman (Audrey Landers) refuses to enjoy herself until her mother (Marian Mercer) is set up with a man. Other passengers include Miss America Vanessa Williams (1984),Nancy Fleming (1961), Marion McKnight (1957) and Jean Bartel (1943).

Episodes: Ace's Butler/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America - Love Boat - 266 total Episodes

4/24/2000: Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb
4/21/2000: Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb
4/10/2000: Greek Cruise
4/7/2000: Greek Cruise
3/27/2000: The Spoonmaker/Julie's Tycoon/Papa Doc/Role Model
3/24/2000: The Spoonmaker/Julie's Tycoon/Papa Doc/Role Model
3/20/2000: The Italian Cruise: The Venetian Love Song/The Arrangement/The Gigolo/Arrividerci Gopher
3/17/2000: The Italian Cruise: The Venetian Love Song/The Arrangement/The Gigolo/Arrividerci Gopher
2/16/2000: Christmas Cruise
2/4/2000: Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?
11/15/1999: Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winner/The Emperor's Fortune
11/12/1999: Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winner/The Emperor's Fortune
11/8/1999: China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings
11/5/1999: China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings
Two Grapes on the Vine/Aunt Sylvia/Deductible Divorce
Ace Takes the Test/The Odd Triple/The Counterfeit Couple
Hits and Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act/The Real Thing/Do Not Disturb
Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/They Tried to Tell Us We're Too Young
The Secret Life of Burl Smith/A Good and Faithful Servant/Tug of War/The Designated Lover
His Girls Friday/The Girl Who Stood Still/A Wife for Wilfred
The Villa/The Racer's Edge/The Accident/All for One
April's Love/Happy Ending/We Three
Aunt Hilly/The Duel/Two for Julie
Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/A Home Is Not a Home
Julie's Wedding
Hippies and Yuppies/Frat Wars/Return of the Lambdas
Gothic Romance/Whatever Happened to Jumpin' Jack Flash?/We'll Meet Again
Eyes of Love/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/Masquerade
The Mallory Quest/The Offer/Julie, The Vamp
I like to Live in America/Abby's Maiden Voyage/He Ain't Heavy
The Man Who Loved Women/A Different Girl/Oh, My Aching Brother
Second Time Around/The Now Marriage/My Sister, Irene
The Same Wavelength/A Honeymoon for Horace/Winning Isn't Everything
The Buck Stops Here/For Better or Worse/Bet on It
The Reluctant Father/Don't Take My Wife, Please/The World's Greatest Kisser
Hidden Treasure/Ace's Salary/Picture from the Past
Romance Roulette/The Captain's Captain/A Dog's Life
Vicki and the Gambler/Love with a Skinny Stranger/That Old Gang of Mine
Only the Good Die Young/Honey Beats the Odds/The Light of Another Day
The Vikings Son/Separate Vacations/Pride of the Pacific
Issac's Double Standard/One More Time/Chimpanzeeshines
Novelties/Too Rich and Too Thin/A Rose Is Not a Rose
I Love You Too, Smith/Mama and Me/Sally's Paradise
Friend of the Family/Affair on Demand/Just Another Pretty Face
Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day
The Mallory Quest/The Offer/Julie, The Vamp
The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew
The Crew's Cruise Director/What a Drag/Doc's Slump
Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century
The Fashion Show
Good Times Girls/The Iron Man/Soap Star
Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks
Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressures
Love Boat Follies
Farnsworth's Fling/I Remember Helen/Three in a Bed
Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/No Girls for Doc/Witness for the Prosecution
Crash Diet Crush/This Business of Love/I'll Never Fall in Love Again
The Fountain of Youth/Bad Luck Cabin/Uncle Daddy
Doc, Be Patient/Dance with Me/Going My Way
The Second Time Around/Hello, Spencer/Runaway, Go Home
Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life
Mothers Don't Do That/Marrying for Money/Substitute Lover
Love on Strike/Looking for Mr. Wilson/The Last Case
The Norway and Sweden Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm/Too Many Isaacs
Cindy/Play by Play/What's a Brother For?
The Dog Show: Going to the Dogs/Putting on the Dog/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo
Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair
The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury
Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/The Affair
Musical Cabins
Farnsworth's Fling/I Remember Helen
Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love
Happily Ever After/Have I Got a Job for You/Mr. Smith Goes to Minikulu
Heads or Tails/Mona of the Movies/The Little People
Reunion Cruise
The Shipshape Cruise
Doc's 'Ex' Change/The Gift/Making the Grade
Egyptian Cruise
Love Boat Follies
Love Boat Follies
The Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/Final Score
The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters
Love in a Vacuum/Don't Call Me Gopher/Her Honor the Mayor
Gopher's Bride/Workaholic/On Second Thought
Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance
The Mallory Quest/The Offer/Julie the Vamp
Tony and Julie/Separate Beds/America's Sweetheart
The Wedding
Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted
The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win
Where Is It Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal
Ace's Butler/Mother Comes First/Hit or Miss America
Safety Last/A Business Affair/Doc Takes the Fifth
Tell Her She's Great/Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two/The Baby Alarm
Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom
The Captain's Replacement/Sly as a Fox/Here Comes the Bride...Maybe
The Reunion Cruise
Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard
Miss Mom/Who's the Champ/Gopher's Delusion
The Brotherhood of the Sea/Letter to Babycakes/Daddy's Pride
Accidental Cruise/The Song Is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka
The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged, Bothered & Bewildered
Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine
Ex Plus Y/Graham and Kelly/Goldenagers
My Friend, the Executrix/Baby Talk/Programmed for Love
The Frugal Pair/Doc's Dismissal/The Girl Next Door
Bricker's Boy/Lotions of Love/The Hustlers
Julie's Wedding/The Expedition/The Mongala/The Professor's
The Incredible Hunk/Isaac the Marriage Counselor/Jewels and Jim
The Problem with Poppa/Judy Hits a Low Note/Love Times Two
The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters
The Vikings Son/Separate Vacations/Pride of the Pacific
Out of the Blue/Heartbreaker/Roommates
Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around
Sounds of Silence/Cyrano de Bricker/Murder on the High Seas
A Christmas Presence
Side by Side/A Fish out of Water/Rub Me Tender
Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
Doc's Big Case/Senior Sinners/A Booming Romance
Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover
Greek Cruise: Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain & the Kid/The Dean & the Flunkee/Poor Rich Man
Vicki's First Love/Accident Prone/The High Cost of Loving
The Audit Couple/The Scoop/My Boyfriend's Back
Paroled to Love/First Impressions/Love Finds Florence Nightingale
Return of the Ninny/Touchdown Twins/Split Personality
Captain's Triangle/Out of This World/Boomerang
No More Mr. Nice Guy/Trouble in Paradise/The Mermaid and the Cop
The Will/Deja Vu/The Prediction
Christmas Cruise
Rocky/Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who
The Captain's Crush/Off-Course Romance/Out of My Hair
Forties Fantasy
Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two
Marooned
Captain and the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold
China Cruise: The Pledge/East Meets West/Dear Roberta/My Two Dumplings
Identical Problem/Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx
The Joker Is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please
Aunt Emma I Love You/The First Romance/Hoopla
Dare Devil/Picture Me as a Spy/Sleeper
Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine
The Matadors/Mrs. Jameson Comes Out/Marry Me, Marry Me/Loves Labor Found
Prisoner of Love/Youth Takes a Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It
Another Time, Another Place/Doctor Who/Gopher's Engagement
Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle/Cinderella Story
The Decision/Poor Little Rich Girl/Love Me, Love My Dog
The Last Heist/Starting Over/Watching the Master
Like Father, like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance
Misunderstanding/Love Below Decks/The End Is Near
Ex-Best Friend/All the Congressman's Women/Three Faces of Love
The Captain's Portrait/Good Neighbors/Familiar Faces
County Cousin Blues/Daddy's Little Girl/Jackpot
Humpty Dumpty/Aquaphobiac/Issac and the Mermaids
The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye
Chef's Special/Kleinschmidt/New Beginnings
Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Delivery
Meet the Author/Rhymes, Riddles and Romance/Burl of My Dreams
The Bear Essence/Kisses and Make-up/Long Time, No See
That's My Dad/Captive Audience/The Captain's Bird
Hello Emily/The Tour Guide/The Winning Number
A Dress to Remember
Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return
Command Performance/Sketchy Love/Hyde and Seek
The Gambling Cruise
Glady and Agnes/Love, Honor and Obey/Radioactive Isaac
The Spider Serenade/Next Door Wife/The Harder They Fall
Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before/Foreign Exchange
Reunion Cruise
So Help Me Hannah/CPR I.O.U./The Maid Cleans Up
The Eyes of Love/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/Masquerade
Farnsworth's Fling/I Remember Helen
The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/Life Begins at 40
Zeke and Zelda/He's My Brother/The World's Oldest Virgin
Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life
Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boyfriend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life
Chubs/Locked Away/Till Death Do Us Part
A Day in Port
The Dream Boat/The Parents/Gopher & Isaac & the Starlet/The Importance of Being Johnny/Julie and the Producer
Help, Murder/Issac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity
Julie and the Bachelor/Intensive Care/Set-up for Romance
Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother
I Don't Play Any More/Gopher's Roommate/Crazy for You
Parents Know Best/A Selfless Love/The Nubile Nurse
Soap Gets in Your Eyes/A Match Made in Heaven/Tugs of the Heart
The Captain's Ne'er-Do-Well Brother/The Perfect Match/The Remake
Discount Romance/Vicki's Dilemma/Loser and Still Champ
Getting Started/Daughter's Dilemma/The Captain Wears Pantyhose
Japan Cruise: When Worlds Collide/The Captain and the Geisha/The Lottery Winner/The Emperor's Fortune
Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman/Trial Romance
Tony's Family/Minister and Stripper/Her Own Two Feet
The Understudy/Married Singles/Lost and Found
The Italian Cruise: The Venetian Love Song/The Arrangement/The Gigolo/Arrividerci Gopher
Joint Custody/Your Money or Your Wife/The Temptations
Stolen Years/Lady in the Window/Vicki and the Fugitive/Dutch Treat
The Man in the Iron Shorts/The Victims/Heavens to Betsy
My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demarest/Welcome Aboard
Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best/An 'A' for Gopher
Love Boat
Love Boat
My Stepmother, Myself/Almost Roommates/Cornerback Sneak
The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged
The Fashion Show
Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discrimination/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go
Message for Maureen/The Acapulco Connection/Gotcha
Dream Boat/Best of Friends/Aftermath
Ship of Ghouls
Black Sheep/Hometown Doc/Clothes Make the Girl
Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money
The Prize Winner/Dee Dee's Dilemma/Julie's Blind Date
Ace in the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle
Ace Meets the Champ/Why Johnny Can't Read/Call Me a Doctor
Crew Confessions/Haven't I Seen You/Reunion
Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/The Horse Lover/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse
The Kissing Bandit/The Witness/Mike and Ike
The Art Lover/Couples/Made for Each Other
Eyes of Love/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/Masquerade
Julie's Wedding/The Expedition/The Mongala/The Professor's
Past Perfect Love/Green, but Not Jolly/Instant Family
The Trigamist/Jealousy/From Here to Maternity
Ages of Man/Families/Bric 'n' Brac
Country Blues/A Matter of Taste/Frat Brothers Forever
Folks from Home/The Captain's Cup/Legal Eagle
Baby Makers/Love Is Blind/The Lady and the Maid
The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew
Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?
April the Ninny/The Loan Arranger/First Voyage, Last Voyage
The Joy of Celibacy/The Floating Bridge Game/Take a Letter, Vicki
Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/Bos
By Hook or by Crook/Revenge with the Proper Stranger/Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet
Lady from Sunshine Gardens/Eye of the Beholder/Bugged
Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/The Experiment
Thanksgiving Cruise/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way
The Congressman Was Indiscreet/Issac's History Lesson/Winner Take Love
How Do I Love Thee...?/No More Alimony/Authoress, Authoress
Return of the Captain's Brother/Swag and Mag/She Stole His Heart
Marooned
The Tomorrow Lady/Father, Dear Father/Still Life
Mind My Wife/For the Record/Lose One, Win One
The Spoonmaker Diamond/Julie's Tycoon/Papa Doc/Role Model
Ashes to Ashes/No Dad of Mine/Charmed, I'm Sure
Rent a Romeo/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/'Y' Gotta Have Heart
Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overtures
Home Sweet Home/Gopher's Opportunity/The Switch
The Courier/The Runaway/Ace Takes a Holiday
Christmas Cruise
Return of the Captain's Lady/Love Ain't Illegal/The Irresistible Man
Marooned
Santa, Santa, Santa/Another Dog Gone Christmas/Noel's Christmas Carol
New York A.C./Live It Up/All's Affair in Love and War
Computerman/Parlez Vous?/Memories of You
The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tails of a City
Issac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor
Vicki's Gentleman Caller/Partners to the End/The Arrangement
Saving Grace/April in Boston/Breaks of Life
The Major's Wife/The Oilman Cometh/Target Gopher/Strange Honeymoon
And One to Grow On/Seems like Old Times/I'll Never Forget What's Her Name
Taking Sides/Going by the Book/A Friendly Little Game
The Wedding
The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged
Father of the Bride/Members of the Wedding/The Best Man
The Wedding
The Fashion Show
The Lady from Laramie/Phantom Bride/Vicki Swings
Who Killed Maxwell Thorn

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Premiered: September 24, 1977, on ABC

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Love, `exciting and new,' kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess, tales of romance inevitably played out and intertwined, even involving the ship's crew. Producer Aaron Spelling called it `a show for people who couldn't afford a cruise.' Guest roles were sometimes filled by genuine legends like Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes and Olivia de Havilland mixing with more conventional TV types like Bill Bixby, Loni Anderson and Charo.

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