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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 179782" data-attributes="member: 7"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The "Three Blonde Mates" commercial for the reruns done on Nick@Nite, I believe.</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDi4rZ9bTkAhXMslkKHaloBM4QjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=%2Furl%3Fsa%3Di%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dimages%26cd%3D%26ved%3D2ahUKEwiDi4rZ9bTkAhXMslkKHaloBM4QjRx6BAgBEAQ%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DZG0EB9GnE1Y%26psig%3DAOvVaw0bsg65yqa64--U0kYYfj97%26ust%3D1567608693620416&psig=AOvVaw0bsg65yqa64--U0kYYfj97&ust=1567608693620416" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZG0EB9GnE1Y/hqdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Here's the <em>E! True Hollywood Story</em> episode:</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[MEDIA=youtube]AYjpck4fNCM[/MEDIA]</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I got into <em>Three's Company </em>some six or seven years ago. As I often woke up earlier than I needed to for school, I would flip the TV channels to see what was on. One morning I stopped on <em>Three's Company </em>on one of these channels (I think it was TV Land?), and I was immediately hooked. The first episodes I watched were the first batch of episodes from the fourth season, shortly after Mr. Furley's arrival, and when Lana was still a part of the lineup. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I was just starting to become an avid buyer of classic TV shows (whether widely accepted as such, or to me solely) on DVD at the time, so I lingered around on Amazon, and I bought Season Four before ever buying the other seasons. It is kind of strange that you'd buy a mid-season box set of a series, but I knew I liked these episodes, so that's what I went with. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I'm an odd TV buff, in that I like the shows that are clouded with behind-the-scenes gossip and cast changes; especially the latter because it gives us something to discuss on forums such as this one. If it weren't for such off-camera feuds, controversies, and shifting lineups, then forums like Soap Chat (and others) wouldn't have nearly as many threads active. There just wouldn't be as much to discuss, and it certainly wouldn't be as interesting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Out with the Ropers </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">During the third season of <em>Three's Company </em>in 1978, the ABC network began expressing interest in a spin-off. They approached Norman Fell and Audra Lindley about doing a spin-off centering on their characters' love-hate relationship that scored high with the parent show's viewers. Lindley was eager to star in her own sitcom, but Fell had different intentions. Because <em>Three's Company </em>was a hit, he wanted to stay in the security that came along with that, although he did apparently express some interest in doing a spin-off after the former was over. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ABC wouldn't have that, so they decided to sweeten the deal for Fell. They ensured him that if the spin-off didn't last beyond a full season, that Fell and Lindley could return to their roles on <em>Three's Company</em>. Although still reluctant, Fell agreed. <em>The Ropers </em>premiered as a mid-season replacement in March 1979. The initial six-episode duration generated large Nielsen ratings (it finished at #8 for the 1978-79 season), and the series was placed on the network's schedule, this time for a full season's worth of episodes, which began airing in September 1979. With a shift to Saturdays at the start of its first full season, the ratings for <em>The Ropers </em>immediately tanked, and it was cancelled in 1980 after twenty-eight episodes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">With <em>The Ropers </em>cancelled, Fell approached producers about returning to <em>Three's Company</em>, but he didn't know they had a trick up their sleeve. Since <em>The Ropers </em>had technically lasted longer than one season (a "season-and-a-half" in their lingo), they had no obligation to bring Fell and Lindley back on the parent show. And by this time, Don Knotts had stepped in as the Ropers' replacement, and his popularity with the audience was immense. His chemistry with the existing cast was great, and there wasn't any need to bring back what they had already cast aside. The Ropers did, however, end up doing a guest shot on a Season Five episode called "Night of the Ropers". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">And as they say in Tinseltown.... that's show business. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 179782, member: 7"] [FONT=Verdana]The "Three Blonde Mates" commercial for the reruns done on Nick@Nite, I believe.[/FONT] [URL='http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDi4rZ9bTkAhXMslkKHaloBM4QjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=%2Furl%3Fsa%3Di%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dimages%26cd%3D%26ved%3D2ahUKEwiDi4rZ9bTkAhXMslkKHaloBM4QjRx6BAgBEAQ%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DZG0EB9GnE1Y%26psig%3DAOvVaw0bsg65yqa64--U0kYYfj97%26ust%3D1567608693620416&psig=AOvVaw0bsg65yqa64--U0kYYfj97&ust=1567608693620416'][IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZG0EB9GnE1Y/hqdefault.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [FONT=Verdana]Here's the [I]E! True Hollywood Story[/I] episode:[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][MEDIA=youtube]AYjpck4fNCM[/MEDIA][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I got into [I]Three's Company [/I]some six or seven years ago. As I often woke up earlier than I needed to for school, I would flip the TV channels to see what was on. One morning I stopped on [I]Three's Company [/I]on one of these channels (I think it was TV Land?), and I was immediately hooked. The first episodes I watched were the first batch of episodes from the fourth season, shortly after Mr. Furley's arrival, and when Lana was still a part of the lineup. I was just starting to become an avid buyer of classic TV shows (whether widely accepted as such, or to me solely) on DVD at the time, so I lingered around on Amazon, and I bought Season Four before ever buying the other seasons. It is kind of strange that you'd buy a mid-season box set of a series, but I knew I liked these episodes, so that's what I went with. I'm an odd TV buff, in that I like the shows that are clouded with behind-the-scenes gossip and cast changes; especially the latter because it gives us something to discuss on forums such as this one. If it weren't for such off-camera feuds, controversies, and shifting lineups, then forums like Soap Chat (and others) wouldn't have nearly as many threads active. There just wouldn't be as much to discuss, and it certainly wouldn't be as interesting. [B]Out with the Ropers [/B] During the third season of [I]Three's Company [/I]in 1978, the ABC network began expressing interest in a spin-off. They approached Norman Fell and Audra Lindley about doing a spin-off centering on their characters' love-hate relationship that scored high with the parent show's viewers. Lindley was eager to star in her own sitcom, but Fell had different intentions. Because [I]Three's Company [/I]was a hit, he wanted to stay in the security that came along with that, although he did apparently express some interest in doing a spin-off after the former was over. ABC wouldn't have that, so they decided to sweeten the deal for Fell. They ensured him that if the spin-off didn't last beyond a full season, that Fell and Lindley could return to their roles on [I]Three's Company[/I]. Although still reluctant, Fell agreed. [I]The Ropers [/I]premiered as a mid-season replacement in March 1979. The initial six-episode duration generated large Nielsen ratings (it finished at #8 for the 1978-79 season), and the series was placed on the network's schedule, this time for a full season's worth of episodes, which began airing in September 1979. With a shift to Saturdays at the start of its first full season, the ratings for [I]The Ropers [/I]immediately tanked, and it was cancelled in 1980 after twenty-eight episodes. With [I]The Ropers [/I]cancelled, Fell approached producers about returning to [I]Three's Company[/I], but he didn't know they had a trick up their sleeve. Since [I]The Ropers [/I]had technically lasted longer than one season (a "season-and-a-half" in their lingo), they had no obligation to bring Fell and Lindley back on the parent show. And by this time, Don Knotts had stepped in as the Ropers' replacement, and his popularity with the audience was immense. His chemistry with the existing cast was great, and there wasn't any need to bring back what they had already cast aside. The Ropers did, however, end up doing a guest shot on a Season Five episode called "Night of the Ropers". And as they say in Tinseltown.... that's show business. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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