Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd title card
Created by	Michael Ross Bernie West George Burditt
Starring	John Ritter Mary Cadorette Robert Mandan Alan Campbell Jessica Walter
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running time	approx. 23 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 25, 1984 – April 9, 1985
Related
Robin's Nest

For other uses, see Three's a Crowd (disambiguation).

Three's a Crowd is an American television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company. It was 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.

Synopsis

The premise for the show is set up in the final episodes of its predecessor, Three's Company. The character of Vicky is introduced as a love interest of Jack in Season 8, Ep. 20 "Cupid Works Overtime" of Three's Company. In Season 8, Ep. 21 "Friends and Lovers Part 1" Jack asks Vicky if she will marry him and she refuses. It seems as if it's the end for the pair but later Vicky explains that she loves Jack but does not want to be married. Thus the new trio becomes Jack, Vicky, and (as viewer discovers at the end of "Friends and Lovers Part 2") their landlord & Vicky's father, James.

In Three's a Crowd, Jack Tripper (John Ritter), the lead character from Three's Company, lived with his stewardess girlfriend Vicky Bradford (Mary Cadorette), but her father (Robert Mandan) didn't approve of him and was constantly trying to disrupt their relationship. Rounding out the cast was Alan Campbell as E.Z. Taylor, Jack's "surfer dude" assistant chef at his bistro; and Jessica Walter as Claudia Bradford, Vicky's mother and James' ex-wife. It was broadcast on the ABC network from September 25, 1984 until April 9, 1985, with reruns appearing in prime time until September 10, 1985.

Joyce DeWitt, who portrayed Janet Wood in "Three's Company" during its entire run, publicly expressed her feelings of betrayal regarding the spin-off show. According to Dewitt, she was left in the dark, having not been told that she and other cast-members were being fired and the show was being re-tooled to accommodate only Ritter. Over time, her resentment subsided and she made positive public statements about Ritter upon the news of his death.

Reruns

Daytime reruns aired on ABC from September 23, 1985 to January 3, 1986, followed by another prime time run on USA Network. Some syndicated versions aired under the title Three's Company, Too, using an instrumental version of the theme song of the parent series. Six episodes of the series were aired on TV Land in September 2006, and four episodes were aired on WGN America in October 2008.

Three's a Crowd aired in Canada beginning September 15, 2007 at 6:30pm and 3:30am on Canwest's digital specialty channel, DejaView.

Episode listing

Ep.	Prod. code	Episode title	First aired
1	0102	Family Affair	1984 September 25
2	0101	The Happy Couple	1984 October 9
3	0103	The Maternal Triangle	1984 October 16
4	0106	Daddy's Little Girl	1984 October 23
5	0108	Jack's Problem	1984 October 30
6	0110	Vacation from Sex	1984 November 13
7	0105	A Matter of Money	1984 November 20
8	0112	The Honeymooners	1984 November 27
9	0104	A Little Competition	1984 December 4
10	0109	A Foreign Affair	1984 December 11
11	0107	James Steps Out	1984 December 18
12	0113	Father Knows Nothing	1985 January 8
13	0111	A Friend in Deed	1985 January 15
14	0114	A Case of Sour Grapes	1985 January 22
15	0116	Private Lessons	1985 January 29
16	0115	One Ego to Go	1985 February 5
17	0118	September Song	1985 February 12
18	0117	Deeds of Trust	1985 February 19
19	0119	The New Mr. Bradford	1985 February 26
20	0120	King For a Day	1985 March 5
21	0122	Jack Gets Trashed	1985 April 2
22	0121	A Star Is Born	1985 April 9

External links

• Three's a Crowd at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show
• Three's a Crowd at epguides.com
• New York Times article on Three's a Crowd
• Sitcoms Online: Three's a Crowd