| Opentheme: | "The Love Boat" performed by Paul Williams |
| Composer: | Kevin Kiner |
| Theme Music Composer: | Charles Fox |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 25 |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Network: | UPN |
| Related: | The Love Boat |
Love Boat: The Next Wave is an American comedy television series that aired on UPN (now The CW) 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.
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 (Kyle Howard). Phil Morris played Chief Purser Will Sanders, and Joan Severance played Security Chief Camille Hunter.[1]
A reunion-themed episode reunited several cast members of the original The Love Boat[2] – Gavin MacLeod (Captain Stubing), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Adam "Doc" Bricker), Ted Lange (Isaac Washington), Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing) and Lauren Tewes (Julie McCoy). This episode revealed that Julie and "Doc" had been in love all along.[3]
Carole Horst of Variety called it "a pleasant one-hour trip" that will appeal to fans of the original show.[4] However, in his review, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave the show a grade of D+.[5]