Three's Company

Come and knock on our door

197725m / epComedy

First aired

March 15, 1977

7.5

TMDB Score

75% match · 193 votes

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S01 · E01

A Man About the House

Season 1 · Mar 15, 1977 · 20m

This crazy series begins when Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow, two attractive women, have a going away party for their roommate, Eleanor (who we'll meet in Episode 44). While trying to find someone to share the rent with, they find party crasher Jack Tripper in their bathtub. They have their doubts at first but when they find out that Jack is the only one that can cook (by going to cooking school), they want him to stay. The hardest part of this is trying to convince the landlords, Stanley and Helen Roper, that Jack is indeed good company. Stanley doesn't like the idea of a man living with two women, knowing what can go on behind closed doors. Jack pretends he is gay so that he can have a place to live. It works, and the rest is sitcom history.

About the Series

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Comedy

Synopsis

When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.

CreatorsJohnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke

First aired
March 15, 1977
Last aired
September 18, 1984
Seasons
8 seasons · 171 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
ABC

Top Billed Cast

John Ritter

John Ritter

Jack Tripper

Joyce DeWitt

Joyce DeWitt

Janet Wood

Priscilla Barnes

Priscilla Barnes

Terri Alden

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Ralph Furley

Richard Kline

Richard Kline

Larry Dallas

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