"Three's Company" (1976) TV series 1976-1984

Creators:

Brian Cooke
Johnnie Mortimer
(more)

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 | Landlord | Chef | Remake | Love Interest

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 15 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. June 2	3:30 AM	TVLAND	The Crush	#3.10
Sat. June 2	4:00 AM	TVLAND	The Kleptomaniac	#3.11

Cast

John Ritter	...	Jack Tripper / ... (173 episodes, 1976-1984)
Joyce DeWitt	...	Janet Wood (171 episodes, 1976-1984)
Richard Kline	...	Larry Dallas / ... (116 episodes, 1977-1984)
Don Knotts	...	Ralph Furley (113 episodes, 1979-1984)
Suzanne Somers	...	Chrissy Snow (89 episodes, 1977-1981)
Priscilla Barnes	...	Terri Alden (70 episodes, 1981-1984)

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)

Series Produced by
Michael Ross	....	executive producer / producer (152 episodes, 1976-1984)
Bernard West	....	executive producer / producer (151 episodes, 1976-1984)
Wendy Blair	....	associate producer (119 episodes, 1979-1984)
Don Nicholl	....	producer / executive producer (79 episodes, 1976-1980)
George Burditt	....	executive producer / producer (73 episodes, 1981-1984)
George Sunga	....	producer (73 episodes, 1981-1984)
Mimi Seawell	....	associate producer (52 episodes, 1976-1979)
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)
Martin Rips	....	producer (4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Joseph Staretski	....	producer (4 episodes, 1981-1983)

Series Film Editing by
M.L. Weitzman		(46 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jerry Davis		(25 episodes, 1976-1978)
Jay Scherberth		(4 episodes, 1977)
John Nachreiner		(4 episodes, 1980-1982)
John Doutt		(4 episodes, 1982-1984)
Barry Cohen		(2 episodes, 1982)
Jerry Greene		(2 episodes, 1982)

Series Casting by
David Graham		(130 episodes, 1976-1982)
Marc Schwartz		(21 episodes, 1983-1984)
Donald Paul Pemrick		(4 episodes, 1983)
Lynn Stalmaster		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(131 episodes, 1976-1984)
E. Jay Krause		(2 episodes, 1977)
Jacqueline Webber		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Laura Richarz		(72 episodes, 1981-1984)
Richard Wineholt		(27 episodes, 1976-1979)
Richard Harvey		(26 episodes, 1979-1981)
Earl Carlson		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Len Marcus		(163 episodes, 1976-1984)
Al Lehman		(6 episodes, 1977)
Lucinda Campbell		(2 episodes, 1984)

Series Makeup Department
Brian McManus	....	makeup artist (49 episodes, 1978-1982)
Danne D. Long	....	hair stylist (43 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ellen Powell	....	hair stylist (9 episodes, 1976-1978)
Annette M. Jones	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1981-1984)
Mark Bussan	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1976-1978)
Ariel Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1977)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1977)
Jim Nielsen	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1982-1984)
Patti Denney	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1978-1980)

Series Production Management
Ted Bergman	....	executive in charge of production (173 episodes, 1976-1984)
Don Taffner	....	executive in charge of production (173 episodes, 1976-1984)
Tom Richmond	....	production supervisor (93 episodes, 1978-1982)
Mario Padilla	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Nikki Content	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 1977)
Jim Terry	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 1979-1982)
Marilyn Larson	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Helen Azevedo	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1976)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Priest	....	associate director (140 episodes, 1978-1984)
Sam Gary	....	associate director (3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Lou Tedesco	....	associate director (3 episodes, 1977)

Series Art Department
Steve Hill	....	property master (4 episodes, 1982-1984)

Series Sound Department
Terry Hensey	....	audio (51 episodes, 1976-1982)
Chris Chigaridas	....	audio (5 episodes, 1979-1984)
Kerry Boggio	....	audio (3 episodes, 1977)
Ray Kemper	....	audio (2 episodes, 1978-1980)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles F. Guzzi	....	camera operator (72 episodes, 1977-1980)
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (54 episodes, 1977-1982)
Keeth Lawrence	....	camera operator (45 episodes, 1979-1981)
Tom Barnes	....	lighting director (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
George Schamp	....	lighting director (5 episodes, 1977-1979)
Dick Scovel	....	video (5 episodes, 1978-1982)
David Johnson	....	lighting director (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
J. Bruce Nielsen	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 1978)
Art Roberts	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 1982)
Steven Castaneda	....	dimmer operator (unknown episodes)
Ed Chaney	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	video camera utility (unknown episodes)

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

Series Music Department
Don Nicholl	....	lyricist: theme music (172 episodes, 1977-1984)
Joe Raposo	....	composer: theme music (172 episodes, 1977-1984)

Series Other crew
Carol Summers	....	production associate / production assistant / ... (130 episodes, 1976-1984)
Mark F. Hill	....	production staff (85 episodes, 1980-1984)
Jim Rice	....	stage manager (57 episodes, 1976-1982)
George Burditt	....	executive story consultant (52 episodes, 1976-1979)
Paul Wayne	....	executive story consultant (52 episodes, 1976-1979)
Bob Schulz	....	technical director (49 episodes, 1976-1982)
Bea Dallas	....	program coordinator / assistant to producers / ... (37 episodes, 1977-1984)
Michael S. Baser	....	executive script consultant (26 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mark Tuttle	....	executive story editor (26 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kim Weiskopf	....	executive script consultant (26 episodes, 1979-1981)
George Sunga	....	production consultant (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Al Gordon	....	executive story editor / executive script consultant (23 episodes, 1978-1984)
Jack Mendelsohn	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Bob Priest	....	associate director (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Charles Stewart	....	executive story editor (18 episodes, 1976-1978)
Dick Scovel	....	video (18 episodes, 1978-1980)
Nancy Stevenson	....	video (12 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)
Len Uslaner	....	technical director (6 episodes, 1977-1984)
Ellen Guylas	....	story editor / executive story editor (4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Shelley Zellman	....	script consultant / executive script consultant (4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Jim Smith	....	stage manager (4 episodes, 1982-1984)
Don Nicholl	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Michael Ross	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Bernard West	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Alfred Kawa	....	video (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Clive Bassett	....	technical director (3 episodes, 1978)
David Mirkin	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1982-1984)
Mark K. Samuels	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gene Lukowski	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1977)
George Thompson	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1977)
Dayne Campbell	....	video (2 episodes, 1979)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1979)
Budd Grossman	....	creative consultant (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1982)
Martin Rips	....	executive story supervisor (1 episode, 1980-1981)
Joseph Staretski	....	executive story supervisor (1 episode, 1980-1981)
Ron Bloomberg	....	executive script consultant (1 episode, 1983-1984)
Chet Dowling	....	executive story editor (1 episode, 1983-1984)
Sandy Krinski	....	executive story editor (1 episode, 1983-1984)
Robert A. Bowen	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• DLT Entertainment
• TTC
• 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

Also Known As:

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

Trivia:

Two episodes from "The Ropers" (1979) were added to the 'Three's Company' syndication package. They include the Ropers pilot, and another episode that includes guest spots from John Ritter, 'Joyce Dewitt', and Suzanne Somers.

Quotes:

[Stanley has been caught eavesdropping]
Helen Roper:Stanley! You should say you're sorry.
Stanley Roper:All right, all right, I'm sorry.
Helen Roper:And you'll never do it again.
Stanley Roper:And I'll never do it again.
Helen Roper:And you'll take fifty dollars off next month's rent.
Stanley Roper:And I'll never do it again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Friends: The One with the Sonogram at the End (#1.2)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Three's Company

Greatest comedy show of all time

I remember watching this when I was about 4 or 5 and just loving the theme song then, but now I can really appreciate it for soooo many other things. How a guy like Jack Tripper can get into so many hilarious predicaments is beyond me, but John Ritter (RIP) pulled off the character perfectly. No one else could have taken his place. He just had so much energy and really got into it and took physical comedy to a new level, and that would make a scene even funnier than it should of been. And Larry, either landlord, Janet and any of the blondes just added to the hilarity. Can't wait till' season 3 is out on DVD. Give me three's company any day instead any of these pointless, thoughtless reality shows.