Fantasy Island
| Fantasy Island | |
|---|---|
Title card of the first installment of Fantasy Island | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Gene Levitt |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 152, plus 2 TV movies (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production companies | Spelling-Goldberg Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 14, 1977 – May 19, 1984 |
Fantasy Island is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. Guests were granted so-called "fantasies" on the island for a price.
A one-season revival of the series aired 14 years later in 1998 while a horror-themed prequel film was released on February 14, 2020. That same year, it was announced that a sequel of the series was being produced at Fox; it premiered on August 10, 2021.