‘The Real Love Boat’ Boss on New CBS Reality Dating Series: ‘It Brings Back the Feels!’ (Fall TV Preview)

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Reality dating is getting a classic twist this fall with the premiere of “The Real Love Boat,” which aims to bring nostalgia, fun and romance to CBS.Premiering Wednesday, Oct.

5, “The Real Love Boat” takes inspiration from the classic late 1970s and 1980s spanning show that combined comedy, drama and romance, as it brings together 10 singles – five women and five men (with additions coming on at various ports) – for an unforgettable Mediterranean cruise and a shot at love.“It’s super, super fun and it brings back the feels as we always like to say as we’re watching it,” executive producer Jay Bienstock told TheWrap when we spoke to him about the new reality series for our Fall TV Preview.

Real life couple Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romjin, who are featured in the key art, which TheWrap can exclusively reveal below, serve as hosts of the show, and via their own romance, stand as #CoupleGoals for the singles looking for love.“For the cast, you watch them; you watch them talk and interact and explain things and they give some anecdotes on their lives, and that’s who you look at and go, ‘I want that.’ You know, ‘I’m on ‘The Real Love Boat,’ I see Jerry and Rebecca; I want what they have.’ They are the prize in that regard.

And that’s their role on the show,” the EP said. “And then of course they’re there for the moments where someone leaves the ship or they’re there in moments when there’s some sort of activity that the cast is doing.