Reboots That Should've Never Been Made: "The Love Boat: The Next Wave"

[JamesG]

This is a show that needed to fly its camp flag high — and whoever thought to hire Paul Williams to sing a caribbean-flavored version of the theme song obviously did, too.

Veering dangerously near Adult Swim's Too Many Cooks territory (why does the Captain put his hat on three times?) this jittery, delightful disaster of an opening credit sequence had us certain the show would be adding some extra cheese to the old formula.

Alas, we were mistaken.




Despite the wacky start (and Joan Severance as "head of security") the rest of the show is not nearly fun enough — or at all.

Exhibit A: The Very Sincere Captain (Robert Ulrich) and his Troubled Teen Son (Kyle Howard). Trust us, it just goes downhill from there, with mushy romantic subplots (aka "problems" that are always solved by closing credits) and dull performances.

But even some silly, Aaron Spelling-y stories involving the Bermuda Triangle, mind-reading, and an onboard triplet birth can't save this ship from sinking.

https://ew.com/tv/tv-reboots-should-...ver-been-made/