Love Boat: The Next Wave

Love Boat: The Next Wave is an American comedy television series that aired on UPN from April 13, 1998, to May 21, 1999. It was a revival of the original run of the ABC series The Love Boat from 1977–1986.

Plot

Set aboard the cruise ship Sun Princess, the series starred Robert Urich as Captain Jim Kennedy, a retired and divorced U.S. Navy officer with a teen-aged son, Danny. Phil Morris played Chief Purser Will Sanders, and Joan Severance played Security Chief Camille Hunter.

"Reunion" episode

A reunion-themed episode reunited some cast members of the original The Love Boat – Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Jill Whelan and Lauren Tewes. This episode revealed that Julie and "Doc" had been in love all along.

Cast

Main

Robert Urich as Captain Jim Kennedy III
Phil Morris as Chief Purser Will Sanders
Stacey Travis as Cruise Director Suzanne Zimmerman
Corey Parker as Ship's Doctor John Morgan
Randy Vasquez as Bar Manager Paolo Kaire
Kyle Howard as Danny Kennedy
Joan Severance as Security Chief Camille Hunter
Heidi Mark as Cruise Director Nicole Jordan

Recurring

Tim Maculan as Donald Griswald

Reception

Carole Horst of Variety called it "a pleasant one-hour trip" that will appeal to fans of the original show. However, in his review, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave the show a grade of D+. The Baltimore Sun's review of the pilot deemed it "titanically bad" and said, "This is the worst series of the entire television season."