- Three's a Crowd
infobox television
show_name = Three's a Crowd
caption = "Three's a Crowd" title card
format =Sitcom
runtime = approx. 23 minutes (per episode)
creator = Michael Ross
Bernie West
George Burditt
starring =John Ritter Mary Cadorette Robert Mandan Alan Campbell Jessica Walter
opentheme =
country = USA
| network = ABC
first_aired =September 25 1984
last_aired =April 9 1985
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 22
list_episodes =
preceded_by="Three's Company "
related="Robin's Nest "
website =
imdb_id = 0086816
tv_com_id =
followed_by =|"Three's a Crowd" is an American
television sitcom spinoff of "Three's Company ". It was, albeit loosely, based on the British TV series "Robin's Nest ".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; andJessica Walter as Claudia Bradford, Vicky's mother and James' ex-wife. It was broadcast on the ABC network fromSeptember 25 , 1984 untilApril 9 , 1985, with reruns appearing inprime time untilSeptember 10 , 1985.Reruns
Daytime reruns aired on ABC for a few months in 1985, followed by another
prime time run onUSA 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 onTV Land in September of2006 .Three's a Crowd aired in Canada beginning
September 15 ,2007 at 6:30pm and 3:30am on Canwest's digial specialty channel, DejaView.Show's premise
The premise for the show is set up in the final episodes of its predecessor. 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.
Episode listing
External links
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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DA1038F934A2575AC0A962948260&sec=&pagewanted=all New York Times article on "Three's a Crowd"]
* [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/threesacrowd.html Sitcoms Online: "Three's a Crowd"]
* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/threes-crowd-general-comments/20711 Jump The Shark - Three's a Crowd]
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