Las Vegas...Exciting and New!

Anyone ever notice how the TV show Las Vegas is a blatant rip off of the old show the Love Boat. The shows are almost identical, except one took place on a cruise ship and the other takes place in a casino.

Think about it, the characters are almost the same:

Vanessa Marcil caters to high limit gamblers (whales) = Julie McCoy, cruise director
Nikki Cox, plot lines revolve around sex = Doc, oversexed doctor
James Caan the leader of the casino = Captain Stubing, leader of the ship
Josh Duhamel, young guy who beds most of the guest stars = Gopher, young guy who beds most of the guest stars
James Lesure, african american sidekick to gopher = Isaac, african american sidekick to Gopher
Molly Sims, James Caan's daughter on the show = Vicki Stubing, Capt.'s daughter on the show.

The show's plots are remarkably similar. Each episode has one love story, one serious story, and one comedic story. The each have B-List guest stars on every episode, for example Love Boat would have Sonny Bono and Las Vegas would have Jean Claude van Damme. In each show, the head of the boat/casino has an ex wife. In the case of Las Vegas it's ex-Charlie's Angel, Cheryl Ladd vs. Bonnie Franklin for the Love Boat (LV definitely wins that battle).

Since he produced Love Boat, I'm surprised Aaron Spelling hasn't sued to get his daughter on Las Vegas.