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Three's Company
*The final episode of the series didn't air until the beginning of the 1984-1985 season when it served as the lead in to its spin-off Three's a Crowd.
*Janet and Chrissy had another roommate named Eleanor before Jack moved in.
Billy Crystal auditioned for the role of Jack Tripper.
*At the end of the second episode, first season, Jack says: "Goodnight, John Boy." This was a direct wink at John Ritter's former performance on The Waltons as Reverend Fordwick.
*Suzanne Somers was fired midway through the show's run due to salary disputes, amid a very public lawsuit and loads of publicity.
*Any time Norman Fell said an especially funny or witty line, he would look directly into the camera as he laughed.
*Priscilla Barnes (she was Terry) said her years on this show were the unhappiest in her professional career. She almost quit as soon as she was cast because she did not like the backstage atmosphere.
*The exterior shots of the Roper's apartment was an actual corner apartment-house in Santa Monica. Permission was obtained by the owners for filming rights.
*Audra Lindley and Norman Fell left the show after the third season for a spin-off about their characters. They were promised by the ABC network that if their show didn't make it past its first season, their spots were secure for a permanent return to "Three's Company". Their spin-off lasted a season and a half, so ABC was not obliged bring them back. They were permanently replaced by Don Knotts.
*The first season DVD set was rushed onto the market due to the demand after the death of John Ritter in 2003.
*In the opening credits, the brunette that knocks Jack Tripper off his bike was Suzanne Somers in a wig.
*The 1980-1981 season was very difficult for the cast and crew. Suzanne Somers began to demand higher pay than her fellow cast members and part ownership of the show. When she was refused, she would often not show up to work. John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt refused to work with Somers any longer. So her character Chrissy was written out of the season except for a 60-second scene at the very end of the episodes. In these scenes, Chrissy was visiting her family and she would call Jack and Janet on the phone. These scenes were filmed early in the day so Somers would be off the set by the time Ritter and DeWitt arrived as they wanted no contact with her. At the end of the season, Somers was fired and Chrissy was never mentioned again.
*In the show's opening (beginning with the sixth season), a toddler walks up to Joyce DeWitt as she is feeding a deer. The toddler is Jason Ritter (son of John Ritter). This is revealed by DeWitt in a bonus feature of the Season 4 DVD.
*Nick at Nite began airing reruns of the show in 2001. A viewer called the network and claimed that in the episode "The Charming Stranger" (ep. #8.11), John Ritter's genitals can be seen very briefly in one scene where he is wearing boxers and sitting on his bed. Nick at Nite deleted that scene from subsequent repeats. Ritter told The New York Observer: "I've requested that they air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don't."
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*Series was based on a play of the same title by Christine Houston. It had been presented at the Crossroads Theatre and Arts Academy (Marla Gibbs's company) prior to being adapted as a series.
* Countess Vaughn got her role after mentioning on Star Search in 1988 that her dream was to appear on the program.
*Sandra Clark was never intended to be a regular character. She was added to the cast after testing positively with audiences.
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