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One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1970s, Three's Company was the first show on TV with unmarried, coed roommates. Seen as an example of "Jiggle TV," the show was criticized for the revealing outfits that Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt wore. But it quickly captured audiences' attention, becoming a number one hit. In 1980, at the height of the show's popularity, Suzanne Somers became caught in a bitter, public contract renegotiation with the producers. The conflict resulted in her demotion--she appeared for only one minute in each episode--and later her firing. She was replaced first by Jenilee Harrison and then Priscilla Barnes. Three's Company remains a huge part of American pop culture and is still in syndication. What You Don't Know:• Three's Company was based on the British series Man About the House. • John Ritter's father was Tex Ritter, a famous singing cowboy star, and his mother was the official greeter at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. • Suzanne Somers first received national recognition in 1973, when she played the Thunderbird-driving blonde in American Graffiti. • Somers hired Jay Bernstein to manage her--and do for her what he did for Farrah Fawcett-Majors. • Ritter and Joyce DeWitt did not speak to Somers during taping of the last episode in which they appeared together. • Somers published a book of poetry, Touch Me, and recited parts of it to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. • In her early years in Hollywood, Audra Lindley (Mrs. Roper) was a stuntwoman; her specialty was horseback riding. • Before Three's Company, Jenilee Harrison was a Los Angeles Rams cheerleader, a Kellogg's Corn Flakes box model and Miss Young America. • Priscilla Barnes began dancing as a preteen in a group known as the Vivacious Vixens.
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