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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 438453" data-attributes="member: 7">Yes, I do know that John Ritter had issues with Lana as a character. &quot;What am I doing?&quot; he supposedly asked during rehearsal. &quot;Saying it for a twelve-year-old?&quot; Which, that in itself is a little disturbing.Anyway, I recall their being off-camera circulations of jealousy concerning Wedgeworth&#039;s screen time and how the audience responded to her, and I don&#039;t see that coming from Ritter. But I could very well be wrong. I see Suzanne stomping her feet about cutting Ann&#039;s scenes and being upset that the audience laughed at her jokes.When you look at it, I&#039;m sure Ritter was perfectly okay with ABC and the producers making THREE&#039;S COMPANY into &quot;The John Ritter Show&quot;. He already had it in his contract that he&#039;d make more per episode than all of his co-stars, which apparently hurt Somers&#039; renegotiation strategy in 1980 (among other things). I believe Joyce DeWitt is quoted as having said that Ritter, along with the producers, &quot;lied to my face&quot; about the show blurring into a continuation/spin-off at the conclusion of the eighth season. I mean, you know John was in the loop, as ABC saw him as their sitcom star, but he was perfectly fine leaving Joyce out on what was being planned. Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but you don&#039;t do that type of stuff to your friends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 438453, member: 7"] Yes, I do know that John Ritter had issues with Lana as a character. "What am I doing?" he supposedly asked during rehearsal. "Saying it for a twelve-year-old?" Which, that in itself is a little disturbing. Anyway, I recall their being off-camera circulations of jealousy concerning Wedgeworth's screen time and how the audience responded to her, and I don't see that coming from Ritter. But I could very well be wrong. I see Suzanne stomping her feet about cutting Ann's scenes and being upset that the audience laughed at her jokes. When you look at it, I'm sure Ritter was perfectly okay with ABC and the producers making THREE'S COMPANY into "The John Ritter Show". He already had it in his contract that he'd make more per episode than all of his co-stars, which apparently hurt Somers' renegotiation strategy in 1980 (among other things). I believe Joyce DeWitt is quoted as having said that Ritter, along with the producers, "lied to my face" about the show blurring into a continuation/spin-off at the conclusion of the eighth season. I mean, you know John was in the loop, as ABC saw him as their sitcom star, but he was perfectly fine leaving Joyce out on what was being planned. Maybe I'm wrong, but you don't do that type of stuff to your friends. [/QUOTE]

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