The Real Love Boat was a bad idea from the start. The show's Australian version is having its timeslot change and is facing a possible cancellation because of extremely low ratings after its first two episodes there.
Instead of watching this program, I watched the first eight episodes of the sixth season of The Mole, which was recently revived by Netflix after being canceled by ABC in 2009 because of declining ratings after five seasons (it aired for 4 seasons from 2001-04 before being placed on hiatus, and aired its fifth season in 2008). I was supposed to watch the first five episodes of the program on the evening of October 7, but a schedule conflict forced me to watch the first five episodes split between the evenings of October 10 and 12. The final 2 episodes are slated to air on October 21.