| Synopsis: In 1977, ABC Television
Network President Fred Silverman (portrayed by Tony and Golden Globe winner
Brian Dennehy, "Death of a Salesman") "greenlit" a racy new sitcom --
"Three's Company" -- starring three unknown actors in Joyce DeWitt, John
Ritter and Suzanne Somers who were given an actor's opportunity of a lifetime.
The series centered on two attractive, young women - Chrissy Snow and
Janet Wood - who covered the rent on their Santa Monica beachside apartment
by taking in a third roommate - Jack Tripper, who had to pretend to be
gay to fool the suspicious landlords, Helen and Stanley Roper (later replaced
by Mr. Furley).
The series rocketed in the ratings as an instant hit - despite the
outcry of critics and moralists who objected to the double-entendres
and quasi-sexual hijinks on what became the quintessential "jiggle show."
However, the true, behind-the-scenes story of "Three's Company" exposes
a once idyllic workplace that deteriorated into a battleground beset
by backstage back stabbing and betrayals, contract disputes, cast rivalries,
clashes between producers and network executives -- and finally, a round
of cast replacements which hastened the demise of the show.
The Cast:
Joyce DeWitt as Herself
Brian Dennehy as Fred Silverman
Bret Anthony as John Ritter
Jud Tylor as Suzanne Somers
Melanie Deanne Moore as Joyce DeWitt (young)
Daniel Roebuck as Ted Bergman
Michael David Simms as Don Taffner
Wallace Langham as Jay Bernstein
Christopher Shyer as Alan Hamel
Jason Schombing as Jeff Kline
David Lewis as Ira Denmark
Gregg Binkley as Don Knotts
Lyle Baraniuk as Larry/Richard
Terrence Kelly as Norman Fell
Barbara Gordon as Audra Lindley
Gary Hudson as Tony Thompolous
Fred Ewanuick as P.A.
John Bluethner as Director #1
Frank Adamson as Director #2
Elizabeth Crawford as Jenilee
Anne Ross as Priscilla
Jon Ljungberg as Security Guard (backstage)
Ernesto Griffith as Security Guard (lot)
Greg Rogers as CBS Executive #1 (frowning)
Sam Katz as CBS Executive #2
Matt Kippen as Suzanne's Assistant
Rebecca Gibson as Silverman's Assistant
Brian Drader as Photographer
Marina Stephenson-Kerr as Art Director
Evan Roitenberg as NBC Executive
Tom Anniko as Reverend Wildmond
Yorick Parke as Sitcom Actor
Elizabeth Crawford as Actress ("Cindy")
Ingrid Torrance as Mary Cadorette
Colin Cunnigham as Joyce's Boyfriend
Production Credits:
Stanley M. Brooks ("Season on the Brink," "Submerged") and Greg Gugliotta
("Living with the Dead") are the executive producers of the production
from Once Upon a Time Films and ZIFF Productions Ltd. Jason Ensler ("Searching
for Allison Porchnik") is the director and Elisa Bell ("Vegas Vacation")
is the writer.
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