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<blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 374859" data-attributes="member: 495">The best way to get profit participation would have been for the three of them to negotiate together, like the cast of Friends did successfully in the 1990s (the Friends cast all got profit participation during that renegotiation).&nbsp; Barring that, even if just Suzanne and Joyce had banded together, they would have at least gotten a raise. It would have been very tough to replace both of them.Prior to the contract dispute, Suzanne and Alan had already managed to piss off ABC by signing a deal with CBS for a new series once Somers was done with Three’s Company (at that point, it was presumed that would happen when TC was over). It’s a bad idea to sign a deal to work for the competition when you still have a contract with your current company. Later, ABC was more than happy to get rid of her - I’m sure the thinking was “Why should we build her up and promote her so she can go work for the competition?” Suzanne’s CBS deal called for 13 episodes. She did two rejected pilots, and then CBS paid her off for the other 11 episodes .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris2, post: 374859, member: 495"] The best way to get profit participation would have been for the three of them to negotiate together, like the cast of Friends did successfully in the 1990s (the Friends cast all got profit participation during that renegotiation). Barring that, even if just Suzanne and Joyce had banded together, they would have at least gotten a raise. It would have been very tough to replace both of them. Prior to the contract dispute, Suzanne and Alan had already managed to piss off ABC by signing a deal with CBS for a new series once Somers was done with Three’s Company (at that point, it was presumed that would happen when TC was over). It’s a bad idea to sign a deal to work for the competition when you still have a contract with your current company. Later, ABC was more than happy to get rid of her - I’m sure the thinking was “Why should we build her up and promote her so she can go work for the competition?” Suzanne’s CBS deal called for 13 episodes. She did two rejected pilots, and then CBS paid her off for the other 11 episodes . [/QUOTE]

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