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Three's Company: Season 05
Running Time: 30 min.
Release By: ABC

Although Three's Company was still one of America's most popular sitcoms during its fifth season, there was little reason to celebrate on the set of the program. Having incurred a lot of negative publicity because of her salary hassles with the series' producers, Suzanne Somers (Chrissy Snow) found herself persona non grata with her co-stars, John Ritter (Jack Tripper) and Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood). This feeling carried over to the production staff, who saw to it that the appearances of Somers' character, Chrissy, would progressively diminish throughout the first half of the season. In one episode, all of Chrissy's dialogue was rewritten and given to Don Knotts, in the role of landlord Ralph Furley. And in other instances, Chrissy was shown communicating with roommates Jack and Janet via telephone so that the three stars would not have to appear together in the same scene. After a mere nine appearances, Suzanne Somers was gone for good, and it was "explained" that Chrissy had decided to move "out of town." Ironically, the last episode in which Somers appeared, "And Baby Makes Four," also represents a one-shot return of former series regulars Norman Fell and Audra Lindley as Stanley and Helen Roper. Still, the title of the show remained Three's Company, necessitating a third character as Chrissy's replacement. The first candidate for this position was Jenilee Harrison as Chrissy's klutzy cousin Cindy Snow. Cindy remained on the series throughout all of season five and part of season six, when she herself was succeeded by a new roommate, Terri Alden (Priscilla Barnes). Another defecting character this season was Dean Travers (William Pearson), head of the cooking school where Jack Tripper was studying to be a master chef. Travers' exit was borne not of backstage resentment but of necessity; having graduated, Jack was now ready to take his place in the professional culinary world, and would within the next two seasons open up his own restaurant. All Movie Guide

Three's Company: Season 05 Cast and Crew:
John Ritter (Jack Tripper)
Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood)
Suzanne Somers (Chrissy Snow)
Don Knotts (Ralph Furley)
Richard Kline (Larry Dallas)
Jenilee Harrison (Cindy Snow)


Three's Company: Season 05 Episodes:
Three's Company: Upstairs Downstairs Downstairs
Three's Company: And Justice for Jack
Three's Company: A Hundred Dollars a What?
Three's Company: Downhill Chaser
Three's Company: A Crowded Romance
Three's Company: Room at the Bottom
Three's Company: Chrissy's Cousin
Three's Company: Jack to the Rescue
Three's Company: The Not-So-Great Imposter
Three's Company: Jack's Other Mother
Three's Company: Make Room for Daddy
Three's Company: Janet's Secret
Three's Company: Father of the Bride
Three's Company: Furley Versus Furley
Three's Company: In Like Larry
Three's Company: Teacher's Pet
Three's Company: And Baby Makes Four
Three's Company: Night of the Ropers
Three's Company: Double Trouble
Three's Company: Dying to Meet You
Three's Company: The Case of the Missing Blonde
Three's Company: Honest Jack Tripper



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