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Launched on a six-episode trial run in the spring of
1977, Three's Company's first season immediately won over viewers with
its racy scenario--a single man (Ritter) moves in with two single women (Joyce
DeWitt and Suzanne Somers) and avoids the wrath of his landlords (Norman Fell
and Audra Lindley) by pretending to be gay--and double entrendre-laden gags.
Regardless of whether you think it was one of TV's funniest or most puerile
series, Three's Company did bring Ritter to deserved stardom and gave
choice roles to veteran scene-stealers Fell and Lindley (later replaced by Don
Knotts) and therefore deserves its place in television history.
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