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Television series

Three'south a Crowd

As well known as	Three's Company, Too
Based on	Robin's Nest by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke
Developed past	Michael Ross Bernie Due west George Burditt Martin Rips Joseph Staretski
Starring	John Ritter Mary Cadorette Robert Mandan Alan Campbell
Theme music composer	Michael Lloyd (music) Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Don Nicholl & Michael Lloyd (lyrics)
Opening theme	"Next"
Catastrophe theme	"Adjacent" (instrumental)
Land of origin	United States
Original language	English language
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Ross Bernie W George Burditt
Producers	Martin Rips Joseph Staretski George Sunga
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 23 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	NRW Productions Bergman-Taffner Productions
Benefactor	DLT Amusement FremantleMedia Enterprises (international)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 25, 1984 (1984-09-25) – April ix, 1985 (1985-04-09)
Chronology
Preceded past	Iii's Company
Related	Robin's Nest

Three's a Crowd (as well known as Iii's Company, Too in the Iii'southward Company syndication bundle) is an American sitcom television series produced equally a spin-off continuation of 3'south Company that aired on ABC from September 25, 1984 (merely ane week after the final episode of Three's Company was broadcast) until April ix, 1985, with reruns airing until September 10, 1985. Information technology is loosely based on the British sitcom Robin's Nest, which was itself a spin-off of Human About the Business firm, upon which Three's Visitor was based.

Plot [edit]

In Three'due south Company's final episodes, Vicky Bradford (Mary Cadorette) is introduced as a dearest interest of Jack Tripper (John Ritter), beginning with the episode titled "Cupid Works Overtime." In the post-obit ii-part episode, "Friends and Lovers", Jack proposes marriage, but Vicky, afraid of marriage after witnessing her parents' tumultuous relationship and bitter divorce, declines the offering. Vicky instead convinces Jack to motility in with her in the vacant flat above his eating place. Vicky's wealthy male parent James Bradford (Robert Mandan) buys the edifice from Jack's former dominate, Frank Angelino. James does not corroborate of Jack and he constantly tries to disrupt his and Vicky'south relationship.

Other characters include East.Z. Taylor (Alan Campbell), Jack's eccentric assistant at the chophouse, and Claudia Bradford (Jessica Walter), Vicky'south mother and James' ex-wife.

Bandage [edit]

Main [edit]

John Ritter every bit Jack Tripper
Mary Cadorette as Victoria "Vicky" Bradford
Robert Mandan as James Bradford
Alan Campbell as E.Z. Taylor

Recurring [edit]

Jessica Walter every bit Claudia Bradford

Production history [edit]

Iii'south Visitor had been based on the sitcom Human Virtually the House, which aired on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1976. When the serial concluded, producers Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer devised two spin-offs. The offset was George and Mildred, which ran from 1976 to 1979 and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce equally their George and Mildred Roper characters. The second spin-off was Robin's Nest, which ran from 1977 to 1981 and featured Richard O'Sullivan every bit Robin Tripp (the basis of the Jack Tripper character), who runs the titular eating house forth with his live-in girlfriend and her antagonistic father.

Three's Company's producers were eager to capitalize on these spin-offs. In 1979, they had spun off The Ropers, based on George and Mildred, but the show ran for but one and a half seasons. Executive producers Ted Bergmann and Don Taffner attempted to arrange the Robin'southward Nest series, but without John Ritter. A pilot for a series chosen Byrd'south Nest was written with the same premise equally Robin's Nest, with a young man living with his older girlfriend and her disapproving begetter, who owns the building in which they live. The series was planned as a spin-off from Three'south Company and maybe a vehicle for Richard Kline, but ABC passed on the idea. As Three's Company entered its eighth flavour in September 1983, ratings took a dive in the face of potent competition from the new NBC series The A-Team, and ABC approved the development of a new series to be called 3's a Crowd, starring Ritter.

Development and casting of the new series occurred in cloak-and-dagger equally Three's Company 's eighth season progressed. Ritter's cast members Richard Kline, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes and Don Knotts were kept out of the loop. During a Christmas hiatus in late 1983, producers auditioned several female leads to play Jack'southward new dearest involvement Vicky Bradford, and eventually decided upon Broadway actress Mary Cadorette. An embarrassing situation arose when DeWitt accidentally walked in on the auditions after visiting the studio to set up her dressing room at the stop of the hiatus. Informed of the spin-off projection and the looming cancellation of Three's Company, DeWitt was upset by the secrecy but presently reconciled with Ritter. She and Barnes institute information technology difficult to tape the balance of the flavor, as both actresses learned that their characters would conclude with the series finale. Kline and Knotts were offered recurring roles on Three'southward a Crowd, but both declined the offer (Kline would brand a guest appearance on the testify in early 1985). Suzanne Somers reportedly lobbied to reprise her Iii's Company grapheme Chrissy Snow equally Jack'southward dearest interest in the spin-off.

Transition [edit]

In transitioning from Three's Company to Three'southward a Oversupply, series producers decided to follow the plot line of the British series. Flavour 8 of Three'southward Company drew to a close in a three-episode story arc. In the commencement of the three episodes, Janet meets wealthy art collector Phillip Dawson. In the 2nd episode, she falls in dear with him, while Jack meets and falls in honey with stewardess Vicky Bradford. Her wealthy father, played by Robert Mandan, does not corroborate of the relationship. When starting time aired, the episode ended with the words "To exist connected... next autumn", and when rerun late in the summer, this was changed to "To exist continued... side by side week." The last episode of Three'due south Company aired as an hour-long special that kicked off the 1984–85 fall goggle box season and prepare the premise for Iii's a Crowd. In the finale, Janet marries Phillip, Terri moves to Hawaii, while Jack and Vicky profess their beloved for ane another, but Vicky, the child of a bitter divorce, turns downwardly Jack's spousal relationship proposal. They instead motility in together in an apartment higher up Jack's bistro. In the concluding scene, Jack and Vicky are spending their first romantic evening together in the new flat, only to take Mr. Bradford accidentally barge in on them, explaining that he has bought the building. The title card for 3'southward Company then appears over the screen with the word "Visitor" zooming out, existence replaced with "A Crowd".

Three's a Oversupply employed most of the same writers, producers, and staff from Iii's Visitor, but the new show's style was inverse. While the Jack Tripper character was the lead role in Three'due south Visitor, the bear witness featured an ensemble cast of iii with some other series regulars. Withal, the new testify was centered effectually Jack. Vicky, her parents and E.Z. played supporting roles. The new prove besides employed more slapstick comedy for Ritter. The events and characters of the previous testify were not mentioned, except in a late-flavour episode in which Larry Dallas appears.

Ratings and cancellation [edit]

Three's a Crowd garnered moderate ratings, having to compete with The A-Team on NBC. When the 1984–85 telly flavor finished, the show placed 39th out of 77 shows with a xiv.five/22 rating/share.^[1] This put the bear witness on the contend with ABC, as it had enough of an audience to warrant renewal but its ratings paled in comparison to those of Three's Company 's and The A-Team, which finished sixth for the flavour. The network would commit to just a half-season of 13 episodes to come across how the series would place, and Ritter reportedly said that he would non return to the testify unless a full season was ordered.^{[ citation needed ]} Finally, ABC decided instead to pick up Diff'rent Strokes, which had just been canceled by NBC.

Episodes [edit]

Reruns [edit]

Daytime reruns aired on ABC from September 23, 1985 to January three, 1986, followed past another prime-time run on USA Network. Some syndicated versions aired under the title Three'due south Visitor, Too, using the theme song of Three's Company.

Six episodes of the series were aired on Television receiver State in September 2006, and 4 episodes were aired on WGN America in October 2008. The serial began ambulation on digital circulate network Antenna Television in June 2011 (as Three's a Crowd with its "Side by side" theme vocal).^[two] The series is offered streaming in the U.Southward. as of July 2021 on Pluto TV and as of June 2022 on Tubi.

References [edit]

^ "1984-85 nielsen ratings - Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums". world wide web.sitcomsonline.com . Retrieved 2021-05-16 .
^ Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com (2010-12-16). "Our Exclusive Interview with Antenna TV'south Sean Compton; KTLA Preview of Antenna Telly; 2011 SAG Nominations — SitcomsOnline.com News Blog". Blog.sitcomsonline.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24 .

External links [edit]

Three's a Crowd at IMDb
3's a Oversupply at epguides.com
O'Connor, John J. (September 17, 1984). "Ritter and a New Cast On '3's a Crowd'". The New York Times . Retrieved May 31, 2012.
Sitcoms Online: Iii'southward a Oversupply