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Three's a Crowd
Also known as	Three's Company, Too
Based on	Man About the House by Johnnie Mortimer Brian Cooke Robin's Nest by Johnnie Mortimer Brian Cooke
Developed by	Michael Ross Bernie West George Burditt Martin Rips Joseph Staretski
Starring	John Ritter Mary Cadorette Robert Mandan Alan Campbell
Theme music composer	Michael Lloyd (music) Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Don Nicholl & Michael Lloyd (lyrics)
Opening theme	"Side by Side"
Ending theme	"Side by Side" (instrumental)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producers	Michael Ross Bernie West George Burditt
Producers	Martin Rips Joseph Staretski George Sunga
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 23 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	NRW Productions Bergman-Taffner Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 25, 1984 – April 9, 1985
Related
Three's Company Robin's Nest

Three's a Crowd (also known as Three's Company, Too in the Three's Company syndication package) is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off and continuation of Three's Company that aired on ABC from September 25, 1984 (one week after the final episode of Three's Company was broadcast), until April 9, 1985, with reruns airing until September 10, 1985. It is loosely based on the British sitcom Robin's Nest, which was itself a spin-off of Man About the House, on which Three's Company was based.

In Three's Company's final episodes, Vicky Bradford (Mary Cadorette) is introduced as a love interest of Jack Tripper (John Ritter), beginning with the episode titled "Cupid Works Overtime". In the following two-part episode "Friends and Lovers", Jack proposes marriage, but Vicky, afraid of marriage after witnessing her parents' tumultuous relationship and bitter divorce, declines the offer. Vicky instead convinces Jack to move in with her in the vacant apartment above his restaurant. Vicky's wealthy father James Bradford (Robert Mandan) buys the building from Jack's former boss Frank Angelino. James does not approve of Jack, and he constantly tries to disrupt his and Vicky's relationship.

Other characters include E. Z. Taylor (Alan Campbell), Jack's eccentric assistant at the bistro, and Claudia Bradford (Jessica Walter), Vicky's mother and James's ex-wife.

• John Ritter as Jack Tripper
• Mary Cadorette as Victoria "Vicky" Bradford
• Robert Mandan as James Bradford
• Alan Campbell as E.Z. Taylor

• Jessica Walter as Claudia Bradford

On December 22, 2023, Visual Entertainment Inc. released a special 40th anniversary box set of Three's Company that also includes all episodes of Three's a Crowd and The Ropers.^[1]

Daytime reruns aired on ABC from September 23, 1985, to January 3, 1986, followed by another prime-time run on USA Network. Some syndicated versions aired under the title Three's Company, Too, using the theme song of Three's Company.^{[citation needed]}

Six episodes of the series aired on TV Land in September 2006, and four episodes aired on WGN America in October 2008.^{[citation needed]} The series began airing on Antenna TV in June 2011 (as Three's a Crowd, with its "Side by Side" theme song).^[2] The series is available for streaming in the U.S. as of July 2021 on Pluto TV and as of June 2022 on Tubi.^{[citation needed]}

• Three's a Crowd at IMDb
• Three's a Crowd at epguides.com
• O'Connor, John J. (September 17, 1984). "Ritter and a New Cast On 'Three's a Crowd'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
• Sitcoms Online: Three's a Crowd