one of the highest rated in broadcast history. Read that in the TC Book and Then ABC moves it to Saturdays, AS A LEAD IN-lol The dumbest move in Broadcast History. Maybe if they had kept the TC/Ropers Hour Block we would have seen Helen and Stanley at Janet's Wedding-lol

one of the highest rated in broadcast history. Read that in the TC Book and Then ABC moves it to Saturdays, AS A LEAD IN-lol The dumbest move in Broadcast History. Maybe if they had kept the TC/Ropers Hour Block we would have seen Helen and Stanley at Janet's Wedding-lol
ABC started to make some boneheaded moves around that time. That's when CBS passed it in the ratings. :lol: You don't move a young show to a dead timeslot. I know ABC had hits with Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturdays but they were having an awful time getting an 8:00 hit back then. And it was going up against NBC's hit show CHIPS.

ABC started to make some boneheaded moves around that time. That's when CBS passed it in the ratings. :lol: You don't move a young show to a dead timeslot. I know ABC had hits with Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturdays but they were having an awful time getting an 8:00 hit back then. And it was going up against NBC's hit show CHIPS.


And the dumb thing was when they started moving the show around, it was never moved the Ropers BACK to the timeslot after Three's Company-lol It's like they wanted to see the show sink

And the dumb thing was when they started moving the show around, it was never moved the Ropers BACK to the timeslot after Three's Company-lol It's like they wanted to see the show sink
Yea. I think Taxi aired after TC that year. I guess they didn't want to move it but I think The Ropers would have done better. I was never a big Taxi fan until I watched it in syndication. Back then a lot of times I would go to bed after TC was over.

Yea. I think Taxi aired after TC that year. I guess they didn't want to move it but I think The Ropers would have done better. I was never a big Taxi fan until I watched it in syndication. Back then a lot of times I would go to bed after TC was over.


They should have just mainted 2 hours of a Parent Show/spinoff that follows. Happy Days followed by Laverne and Shirley and then Three's Company followed by The Ropers. Taxi did not belong on Tuesday Nights

They should have just mainted 2 hours of a Parent Show/spinoff that follows. Happy Days followed by Laverne and Shirley and then Three's Company followed by The Ropers. Taxi did not belong on Tuesday Nights
That would have been a good lineup. Plus since L&S's ratings started to fall after they moved to California, The Ropers could have been used to plop up the night after it established itself.

That would have been a good lineup. Plus since L&S's ratings started to fall after they moved to California, The Ropers could have been used to plop up the night after it established itself.



Until I came to SitcomsOnline, I thought the Tuesday Night Lineup was HD, L&S, TC and Mork and Mindy-lol

Until I came to SitcomsOnline, I thought the Tuesday Night Lineup was HD, L&S, TC and Mork and Mindy-lol
:lol:

:lol:


Then I realized, "OH M&M was on Thursdays"_lol

Then I realized, "OH M&M was on Thursdays"_lol
Yea I couldn't watch Mork all the time because my Mom was a big Waltons fan and we only had one tv then. :lol:

Yea I couldn't watch Mork all the time because my Mom was a big Waltons fan and we only had one tv then. :lol:


So your mom helped knock M&M off the air?-lol

So your mom helped knock M&M off the air?-lol
I think she did. :lol:

Who knows, maybe we would have seen the Ropers go on till the late 80's.

Who knows, maybe we would have seen the Ropers go on till the late 80's.


And maybe the Ropers would have went into Jack's Bistro-lol

And maybe the Ropers would have went into Jack's Bistro-lol
I wonder why they didn't have them do a guest appearance on TAC? That would have been a hoot. :lol:

I wonder why they didn't have them do a guest appearance on TAC? That would have been a hoot. :lol:

When the Ropers moved they said they were only twenty miles from the apartment so they werent' far enough away to say it was to far to go. Now here would be a good Three's a Crowd, Jack moves in with Ropers neice and he bought the bistro from Angelino. Now that would make the show better.

When the Ropers moved they said they were only twenty miles from the apartment so they werent' far enough away to say it was to far to go. Now here would be a good Three's a Crowd, Jack moves in with Ropers neice and he bought the bistro from Angelino. Now that would make the show better.


Espcially since Janet Joged over to the Ropers House-lol

When the Ropers moved they said they were only twenty miles from the apartment so they werent' far enough away to say it was to far to go. Now here would be a good Three's a Crowd, Jack moves in with Ropers neice and he bought the bistro from Angelino. Now that would make the show better.
Jack said the same exact thing to Larry but yet he only guest starred on TAC once. I know Terri had an excuse being in Hawaii but what's Janet's excuse.? I don't think she went far away. She met Phillip right in town.

Jack said the same exact thing to Larry but yet he only guest starred on TAC once. I know Terri had an excuse being in Hawaii but what's Janet's excuse.? I don't think she went far away. She met Phillip right in town.


And Furley, I don't think he said nothing about moving anywhere

And Furley, I don't think he said nothing about moving anywhere

Maybe Jack should have given Furley a new job at his restaurant. That would have made the show better too. Either way that would have been a good episode of either show.

Maybe Jack should have given Furley a new job at his restaurant. That would have made the show better too. Either way that would have been a good episode of either show.


I guess they didn't want to make Felipe the Chef on TAC because it would have been too much like Three's Company.

I guess they didn't want to make Felipe the Chef on TAC because it would have been too much like Three's Company.

And that's a bad thing-lol

And that's a bad thing-lol


Well probably to the producers because they wanted Jack to be the only TC character in TAC-lol

Heck, it seems all the networks were making boneheaded moves--putting a new show after a hot hit, getting great ratings for the new show and then putting said new show into an orphan time slot! Other examples include "Flo" and "My Sister Sam".

Heck, it seems all the networks were making boneheaded moves--putting a new show after a hot hit, getting great ratings for the new show and then putting said new show into an orphan time slot! Other examples include "Flo" and "My Sister Sam".


The first season success for the Ropers and Flo was very misleading because both shows had short first seasons, especially the Ropers with only 6 ep in season 1. So It shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone that the shows couldn't do well during a full season. So I don't think it had nothing to do with the slot, it had something to do with the length of the first season

I think ABC wanted the Ropers to fail, remember the term of the contract so they would not be brought back to TC.

Will they ever release The Ropers and Three's a Crowd on DVD? All the seasons of the original show are on DVD - it would be great for completists and those who never saw the two spinoffs.

Would love to see that happen but Anchor Bay has expressed no interest in releasing the spinoffs. Perhaps MPI, Shout! or Arts Alliance will step in....

Would love to see that happen but Anchor Bay has expressed no interest in releasing the spinoffs. Perhaps MPI, Shout! or Arts Alliance will step in....
Well, Shout! is releasing one show that was a spinoff (Rhoda) - so maybe there's hope here!!

The Ropers and Three's a Crowd is already available on DVD, just go to the Trading Board

^Solomon, you know we are talking official releases, not bootlegs.

Whenever possible, I prefer to have an official release.

^Solomon, you know we are talking official releases, not bootlegs.

Whenever possible, I prefer to have an official release.
Me, too. Finer quality and (hopefully) extras!

There won't be a official release that' why I said the trading board is the only option.

Sol-don't ever say never. Who'd ever thought we would have upcoming DVDs for Mr Belvedere, Blossom and California Dreams? Or an obscure '50 sitcom called Mister Peepers? So you can't say there will never be an official release.

Sol-don't ever say never. Who'd ever thought we would have upcoming DVDs for Mr Belvedere, Blossom and California Dreams? Or an obscure '50 sitcom called Mister Peepers? So you can't say there will never be an official release.
Where there's a will, there's a way!! :D

The fundamental flaw in this discussion is that there was no "Three's Company/Ropers Hour block" in the spring of '79, TC was on at 9PM and TR was on at 10PM. The Ropers' lead-in was Taxi. It is true that the first episode of The Ropers aired in the 9:30 slot, moving to its regular time the following week, and it is also true that the third week ABC premiered The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove at 8:30, pushing TC back to 9:30 which put it back to back with The Ropers for a second time. But the ostensible Tuesday night lineup for March-April 1979--that is the lineup that ran when the network wasn't stunt-premiering something--was Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Taxi, The Ropers, 13 Queens Boulevard.

The fundamental flaw in this discussion is that there was no "Three's Company/Ropers Hour block" in the spring of '79, TC was on at 9PM and TR was on at 10PM. The Ropers' lead-in was Taxi. It is true that the first episode of The Ropers aired in the 9:30 slot, moving to its regular time the following week, and it is also true that the third week ABC premiered The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove at 8:30, pushing TC back to 9:30 which put it back to back with The Ropers for a second time. But the ostensible Tuesday night lineup for March-April 1979--that is the lineup that ran when the network wasn't stunt-premiering something--was Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Taxi, The Ropers, 13 Queens Boulevard.



I know that, I was saying that if ABC had put the Ropers directly behind Three's Company on Tuesday Nights, the show would have lasted more than a year because it would have been like a hour of Three's company every week.

ABC aired two sitcoms in the 10pm eastern/9pm central timeperiod?

ABC aired two sitcoms in the 10pm eastern/9pm central timeperiod?


I think the 10:30pm ep was a repeat of Three's Company

I think the 10:30pm ep was a repeat of Three's Company

Er, no, they didn't do that.

13 Queens Boulevard (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078557/)

Er, no, they didn't do that.

13 Queens Boulevard (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078557/)


Well i did say-"I THINK" so it was posting it as fact since I was not that old in 1979-lol I see 13 Queens Boulevard lasted 6 mins on ABC and didn't make it to the Fall schedule.