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Aug 27, 2023 · Here's the story of how Three's Company became Three's a Crowd— and then ended. Potential spin-offs for Three's Company were in the cards from the beginning. The show, which premiered in 1977, was itself based on the successful British sitcom, Man About the House (1973–1976), also about a man with two female roommates.
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Mar 14, 2024 · Three’s Company starred roommates played by John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt, trying to navigate living together. The show ran for eight seasons and was based on a British sitcom called Man About the House, which also had several spin-off series in the UK.
Production history. Three's Company had been based on the sitcom Man About the House, which aired on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1976. When the series concluded, producers Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer devised two spin-offs.
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company is a 2003 American made-for-television comedy-drama film made by NBC, documenting the success of the sitcom Three's Company, as well as the interpersonal conflicts that occurred among its staff and cast.
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- TWO OTHER PILOTS WERE MADE BEFORE THEY GOT IT RIGHT. On the first attempt, M*A*S*H writer/producer Larry Gelbart wrote a Three's Company pilot script resembling Man About the House.
- BILLY CRYSTAL AUDITIONED TO PLAY JACK TRIPPER. Barry Van Dyke (Ritter hero Dick Van Dyke's son) and Michael Lembeck (later a director of sitcoms including Friends) also attempted to win the role.
- LONI ANDERSON AUDITIONED FOR CHRISSY. Anderson (later Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati) didn't get the part. Ritter, who claimed she had a great audition, theorized that Anderson wasn't selected because no one would believe she couldn't live in her own apartment.
- SUZANNE SOMERS WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT. Desperately searching for the right Chrissy the day before production began, Silverman put in all of the audition tapes they had received and fast-forwarded through them.
Three's Company is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. Developed by Don Nicholl, Michael Ross and Bernie West, it is based on the British sitcom Man About the House created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer.
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Three's a Crowd which also aired on ABC, is loosely based on the British TV series Robin's Nest which was itself a spin-off of Man About the House on which Three's Company was based.
