Three's Company

ABC (ended 1984)

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Premiered: Mar 15, 1977
Status: Ended

After two unsuccessful pilots, Three's Company was finally picked up by ABC in January 1977 for a first season of six episodes. After the show began to air in March, ratings were high and it became one of the highest-rated midseason show of its time. The show had a simple premise - Jack Tripper (John Ritter, a student at a local cooking college, wanted to move in with two girls, Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers). The only problem - the building's landlord, Mr. Stanley Roper (Norman Fell), who lives in the apartment below with his wife, Mrs. Helen Roper (Audra Lindley). In order for him to stay, he would have to pretend to be gay The series quickly gained a pop culture status, while maintaining the high ratings, being one of the top rated shows during its third and fourth seasons. The end of the third season saw the exit of Mr. and Mrs. Roper, who moved to a new townhouse community for The Ropers, the show's first spinoff. In came a new, and much different landlord, Mr. Furley (Don Knotts).
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''During the hiatus before the fifth season, Suzanne Somers asked for a raise from $30,000 to $125,000 per episode. The producers refused, and Suzanne began to lie so she could be absent from work. Because ratings began to decline with lovable Chrissy's absence, the producers created a new character, Cindy Snow (Jennilee Harrison), who played Chrissy's cousin for the remainder of the season. At the same time, Suzanne Somers would tape short tag scenes for the end of the episode the day before the taping. She was fired by the end of the year.
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''Starting off fresh during the sixth season, the producers decided to have Cindy go off to UCLA to study to become a veterinarian. So, Jack and Janet needed a new roommate. Along came Terri Alden (Priscilla Barnes), the smarter and beautiful blond who was a nurse at the local hospital. She would remain on the show for the next (and final) three years.
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''Ratings began to fall during the eighth season (as they normally do), and the producers had made the decision to end the show, and create a spinoff, Three's A Crowd.
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''Theme Song: Come and knock on our door ...
''We've been waiting for you ...
''Where the kisses are hers and hers and his,
''Three's company, too. Come and dance on on our floor...
''Take a step that is new ...
''We've a lovable space that needs your face,
''Three's company, too. You'll see that life is a ball again, laughter is calling for you ...
''Down at our rendez-vous,
''Three's company, too!
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S 8 : Ep 23	Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'	Aired 5/12/03
S 8 : Ep 22	Friends and Lovers (2)	Aired 9/18/84
S 8 : Ep 21	Friends and Lovers (1)	Aired 9/18/84
S 8 : Ep 20	Cupid Works Overtime	Aired 3/15/84
S 8 : Ep 19	The Heiress (a.k.a. The Inheritance)	Aired 3/8/84

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John Ritter

Jack Tripper
Joyce DeWitt

Janet Wood
Suzanne Somers

Christmas "Chrissy" Snow

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Three's Company paved the way for future comedies of its kind. A definate must see for anyone of any age!

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By tccomplex, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse

Three's Company was a show that was still airing in 1981, the year I was born. Although I can't recall watching it at a younger age, my parents told me that I did yet didn't understand why. When I was in high school I turned the t.v. on while getting ready and there it was. It was so familiar and re-kindled an interest for the show, a nice show that has a nice feel to it. It was that rememberance that I decided to use the show as a project for a tech class, and create a web site about it. I have continued to keep the site running even updating and the outpour from fans of the show has been CRAZY! As long as I still hear from fans I keep the website running and if you're interested please check it out as well. It's all non profit, I do it as a hobby. I'm also listed with every major search engine. My web site is called Three's Company Complex.moreless

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Three's Company was one of the most funny shows ever. John Ritter who played Jack Tripper is one of the funniest actors ever. Together with Joyce Dewitt, Suzanne Somers, and later Pricilla Barnes, the cast was just amazing.moreless

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By blondwildboy, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse

I loved almost every season of the show. I say almost because I wasn't too happy with the show during the season when Suzanne Somers who played Chrissy Snow left the show and Jenilee Harrison who played Cindy Snow replaced her. To me that whole thing was a disaster for so many reasons. Other than that, I really don't have many bad things to say about the show. Even when Pricilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, I still loved the show. I think that she did a great job taking over after Chrissy and Cindy left. And the Ropers, their landlords, were hilarious. So was Mr. Furley who replaced them. Two girls living with a guy and the guy having to pretend that he was gay so that he could stay there and not get thrown out by The Ropers and Furley. Everything about the show was funny. I liked Jacks best friend Larry Dallas also. I really hated the Lana character though. I'm glad that she didn't last long.moreless

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The best reason to watch "Three's Company" is NOT Suzanne Somers or even John Ritter, but Joyce DeWitt instead...her radiance shines throughout this series.

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By BatJane, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse

Who could have ever imagined that an Indiana-bred woman would outshine her better-known blond colleagues and last throughout the entire run of a sitcom series? That's exactly what Joyce DeWitt accomplished as the "second banana" co-star to Suzanne Somers and John Ritter on "Three's Company". Not only that, but Ms. DeWitt's sexiness became pronounced, beginning with the first episodes of the Fall 1979 season, in which she traded in her plain Jane hairdo and conservative attire for a "hot mama" look, often wearing t-shirts, shorts, leotards and pantyhose (after all, it netted her an advertising contract with L'eggs!). Her Janet Wood character actually became nearly as comparable as Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island" to the point that Janet was nearly resurrected as Bruce Wayne's newly-minted wife on the never-aired "Batman & Wife". It's a shame that, like Adam "Batman" West, Joyce DeWitt will always be typecast as the sweet flower girl known as Janet Wood...moreless

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For whatever reason I sincerely enjoy this show.

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By elliott811, Jan 14, 2011 Report Abuse

Three's Company has been and is one of my favorite shows. Funny, entertaining, clean fun! Laugh out loud comedy with a sincerely great theme. Simple, silly funny is needed these days. Far too many "comedy" shows are not as much funny as they are overly adult themed. Thank Goodness shows like this serve as a reminder to us all of what comedy really is....laughable moments that let us remember what fun is! Three's Company to me. Like an old friend this show is comfortable and relaxing. Three's Company is amongst the greats! The Munsters, Green Acres, The Adams Family all Great Shows that serve as American Icons in Comedy.....Thank You for every moment!moreless

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The most wonderful Tv Serial EVER!

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By dangerouslydead, Nov 27, 2008 Report Abuse

This is the most wonderful Tv Series ever. There is no other TV serial that can even come close to this. There is not a single character in this series that does not stick to your mind. I loved Don Knotts in his role but I would have loved to see more of Ropers and for that I woudl not forgive the producers. They were wrong in letting them go. I am also one of the biggest fan of Jon Ritter in the Southern Hemisphere. The series will go down in the history as one of the best series of all time and I am not saying the greatest comedy Series!moreless

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Krissy or Terri?
Who did you like more: Terri or Krissy?Krissy for sure! She was hillarious!:lol:

By patrickstarfan, Jan 02, 2007

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Chrissy, Cindy, or Terri
Who was better-Chrissy, Cindy, or Terri? Personally I thought Cindy had some funny lines. Especially the one where "Janet Wigs O...

By zvyh, Aug 08, 2005

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Jennilee Harrison in the 6th season
How many episodes did Jenilee Harrison appear in the 6th season? It seemed like that she appeared in even less episodes than the 5...

By rhodiecub, Aug 01, 2010

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Chrissy's De-evolution
Do you think Chrissy's character went thru a de-evlution by the 4th and 5th season? It seems like she started out to be a slightly...

By rhodiecub, Feb 21, 2009

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lana
what was the story with her? was she someone they were toying with as a suzanne somers replacement when she was being a problem ...

By blackula19, Mar 26, 2007

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