"Three's Company" (1977) TV series 1977-1984

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creators:

Brian Cooke
Johnnie Mortimer
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown

Release Date:

15 March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors.

Plot Keywords:

Roommate | Chef | Landlord | Dumb Blonde | Sitcom

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 15 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 17	4:00 AM	TVLAND	And Baby Makes Four	#5.17
Fri. July 17	4:30 AM	TVLAND	The Night of the Ropers	#5.18

Cast

John Ritter	...	Jack Tripper / ... (174 episodes, 1976-1984)
Joyce DeWitt	...	Janet Wood (173 episodes, 1976-1984)
Richard Kline	...	Larry Dallas (110 episodes, 1977-1984)
Don Knotts	...	Ralph Furley (94 episodes, 1979-1984)
Suzanne Somers	...	Chrissy Snow (89 episodes, 1977-1981)
Priscilla Barnes	...	Terri Alden (72 episodes, 1981-1984)

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Series Directed by
Dave Powers		(140 episodes, 1978-1984)
Bill Hobin		(31 episodes, 1976-1978)
Michael Ross		(5 episodes, 1977-1983)

Series Writing credits
George Burditt		(34 episodes, 1977-1984)
Martin Rips		(20 episodes, 1980-1984)
Joseph Staretski		(20 episodes, 1980-1984)
Michael Ross		(18 episodes, 1976-1984)
Bernard West		(18 episodes, 1976-1984)
Paul Wayne		(18 episodes, 1977-1983)
Don Nicholl		(13 episodes, 1976-1978)
Michael S. Baser		(13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kim Weiskopf		(13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mark Tuttle		(11 episodes, 1979-1983)
Ellen Guylas		(11 episodes, 1980-1983)
Shelley Zellman		(11 episodes, 1981-1983)
Budd Grossman		(9 episodes, 1980-1984)
Al Gordon		(7 episodes, 1978-1984)
Jack Mendelsohn		(6 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Mirkin		(6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Alan J. Levitt		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
John Baskin		(4 episodes, 1978-1979)
Roger Shulman		(4 episodes, 1978-1979)
John Boni		(3 episodes, 1980-1982)
Mike Weinberger		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bryan Joseph		(2 episodes, 1977-1982)
Gary Belkin		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Brian Cooke		(2 episodes, 1977)
Johnnie Mortimer		(2 episodes, 1977)
George Atkins		(2 episodes, 1979)
Gene Perret		(2 episodes, 1979)
Bill Richmond		(2 episodes, 1979)
Howard Albrecht		(2 episodes, 1980)
Sol Weinstein		(2 episodes, 1980)
Laura Levine		(2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Neal Marlens		(2 episodes, 1983)
Chet Dowling		(2 episodes, 1984)
Sandy Krinski		(2 episodes, 1984)
Jim Geoghan		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Don Nicholl	....	executive producer / producer (74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Michael Ross	....	executive producer / producer (74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bernard West	....	executive producer / producer (71 episodes, 1976-1980)
Mimi Seawell	....	associate producer (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Wendy Blair	....	associate producer (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Baskin	....	producer (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Roger Shulman	....	producer (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gene Perret	....	producer (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bill Richmond	....	producer (15 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Burditt	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Budd Grossman	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Joseph Staretski	....	producer (unknown episodes)
George Sunga	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
M.L. Weitzman		(46 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jerry Davis		(2 episodes, 1976-1978)
John Nachreiner		(1 episode, 1980-1982)

Series Casting by
David Graham		(74 episodes, 1976-1980)
Marc Schwartz		(21 episodes, 1983-1984)
Donald Paul Pemrick		(4 episodes, 1983)
Lynn Stalmaster		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(50 episodes, 1976-1980)
E. Jay Krause		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Richard Harvey		(25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Richard Wineholt		(23 episodes, 1976-1979)
Laura Richarz		(unknown episodes, 1981-1984)
Earl Carlson		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Len Marcus		(71 episodes, 1976-1980)
Al Lehman		(4 episodes, 1977)

Series Makeup Department
Brian McManus	....	makeup artist (47 episodes, 1978-1980)
Danne D. Long	....	hair stylist (43 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ellen Powell	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1976-1978)
Ariel Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1977)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1977)
Patti Denney	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1978-1980)

Series Production Management
Ted Bergmann	....	executive in charge of production (75 episodes, 1976-1980)
Don Taffner	....	executive in charge of production (75 episodes, 1976-1980)
Tom Richmond	....	production supervisor (43 episodes, 1978-1980)
Nikki Content	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1977)
Jim Terry	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lou Tedesco	....	associate director (1 episode, 1977)

Series Sound Department
Terry Hensey	....	audio (43 episodes, 1976-1980)
Kerry Boggio	....	audio (2 episodes, 1977)
Chris Chigaridas	....	audio (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (51 episodes, 1977-1982)
Tom Barnes	....	lighting director (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
George Schamp	....	lighting director (4 episodes, 1977-1979)
J. Bruce Nielsen	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 1978)
Steven Castaneda	....	dimmer operator (unknown episodes)
Ed Chaney	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Art Roberts	....	lighting director (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	video camera utility (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Curtis	....	set costumer (1 episode, 1978)

Series Editorial Department
Jay Scherberth	....	editor: video tape / editor: videotape (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Music Department
Don Nicholl	....	composer: theme music / lyricist: theme music (5 episodes, 1977-1984)
Joe Raposo	....	composer: theme music (5 episodes, 1977-1984)

Series Other crew
Carol Summers	....	assistant to producer / script supervisor / ... (50 episodes, 1976-1980)
George Burditt	....	executive story consultant (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Paul Wayne	....	executive story consultant (50 episodes, 1976-1979)
Jim Rice	....	stage manager (47 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bob Schulz	....	technical director (43 episodes, 1976-1980)
Bea Dallas	....	program coordinator / assistant to producers (27 episodes, 1977-1980)
Michael S. Baser	....	executive script consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Sunga	....	production consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Mark Tuttle	....	executive story editor (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Kim Weiskopf	....	executive script consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Al Gordon	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1978-1984)
Jack Mendelsohn	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Bob Priest	....	associate director (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Dick Scovel	....	video (19 episodes, 1978-1980)
Charles Stewart	....	executive story editor (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
Nancy Stevenson	....	video (13 episodes, 1978-1979)
Dale Orlich	....	video (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
Alan J. Levitt	....	executive story editor (8 episodes, 1977-1978)
Howard Albrecht	....	story consultant (8 episodes, 1980)
Sol Weinstein	....	story consultant (8 episodes, 1980)
Al Kawa	....	video (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gene Lukowski	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1977)
Clive Bassett	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1978)
Dayne Campbell	....	video (2 episodes, 1979)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1979)
Michael Ross	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 1977-1978)
Bernard West	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 1977-1978)
Martin Rips	....	executive script supervisor / executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
Joseph Staretski	....	executive script supervisor / executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
Ellen Guylas	....	executive story editor / story editor (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
Shelley Zellman	....	executive story consultant / script consultant (unknown episodes, 1981-1983)
David Mirkin	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 1982-1984)
Ron Bloomberg	....	executive story consultant (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
Chet Dowling	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
Sandy Krinski	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
John Boni	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes)
Robert A. Bowen	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Len Uslaner	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• DLT Entertainment Ltd.
• The NRW Company
• Three's Company Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1977-1984)
• D.L. Taffner Syndication Sales

Other Companies

• ABC Television Center  videotaped at
• CBS Television City  videotaped at
• Metromedia Square  videotaped at
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Runtime:

30 min (174 episodes) (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DLT Entertainment Ltd.

Trivia:

Mr. Roper's car was a '58 Chevy.

Quotes:

Jack Tripper: And speaking of current events, did you read the *big* news in the paper this morning?
Chrissy: The May Company is having a huge sale on pantyhose.
Jack Tripper: Excuse me, Chrissy, that's not exactly a current event.
Chrissy: It is so, it's going on right now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Camp Daze (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Three's Company

this show is always great company

Come and knock on this door, "Three's Company" has been waiting for you. Jack Tripper (John Ritter) is an everyman who has to feign homosexuality to live in an apartment in Santa Monica. He lives in the apartment with sly Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and ditsy Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers). Jack's supposed homosexuality often incurs the unpleasant-ness of sour landlord Stanley Roper (Norman Fell), whose wife Helen (Audra Lindley) always seems ready to leave him.

My favorite parts are always the dialog between Jack and Stanley. It sort of mirrors Buddy's comments about Cooley on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", what with Stanley's homophobia. Eventually, the Ropers got their own show and were replaced by Ralph Furley (Don Knotts), who would occasionally get himself into embarrassing situations.

"Three's Company" went through many changes over its run, but it never lost its timing. It's always a pleasure to catch the reruns on TVLand. Finally, I think that it's safe to say that John Ritter will truly be missed. He was always great on this show.