All episodes Season 4 S04E28 1981-05-16 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart

TV Flash files “Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart” as the last listed hour of season 4 — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 28, aired 1981-05-16, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E28: listed hour 108 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, last listed hour of season 4. It aired 1981-05-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Maid for Each Other / Lost and Found / Then There Were Two” (S04E27). Next is “The Expedition / Julie's Wedding / The Mongala / Julie's Replacement / The Three R's / The Professor's Wife (1)” (S05E01).

The Love Boat — Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart (S04E28)

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Julie falls hopelessly in love with a handsome doctor; a newly divorced couple has to share a cabin, and Vicki becomes a stand-in for a bratty television star who is accompanied by her aunt and director.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S04E28 is listed hour 108 of 245 — last listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 28.

When did The Love Boat S04E28 air?

Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart aired 1981-05-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I watch in order?

No. It is a multi-story guest-star anthology with a regular crew. Sample any cruise; Stubing's ship is the constant.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing hosts three guest-star storylines a week while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac keep the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as feature, theme as furniture. Bon voyage, subtlety — the cameo sport still photographs.

The first image is white: uniforms, rails, Pacific soft-focus, and Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill Stubing hosting three guest-star storylines before the dessert cart. ABC's The Love Boat (1977–1986) turned cruise vacation into Aaron Spelling's floating hit factory — nine seasons, 245 episodes, formula as feature. Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy, Ted Lange's Isaac, Bernie Kopell's Doc, and Fred Grandy's Gopher never age out of meddling. Jeraldine Saunders' nonfiction about cruise life inspired the premise; Wilford…

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