I always wondered why Season 8's "Out on a Limb" dropped to 50 in TV ratings. It was the third-to-lowest rating any Three's Company episode ever had and the first huge ratings dip for the series, though that episode is far from the worst episode in the series. Around the time of its airing, talks became serious about ending Three's Company and spinning it off.

"Out on a Limb" originally aired on October 25, 1983. This was the same day that the U.S. invaded Grenada, so it must have been a big news day. There was also a two-part A-Team episode airing at the same time as this episode on the NBC network. On CBS there was a TV movie.

FYI, the lowest-rated episode was season 8's "The Charming Stranger" which aired against several Christmas specials. The second-to-lowest rated was "Forget Me Not," which aired against the 1984 Grammy Awards.

Some of you watching this episode in 1983 may remember all this, but I thought it was interesting info.

I always wondered why Season 8's "Out on a Limb" dropped to 50 in TV ratings. It was the third-to-lowest rating any Three's Company episode ever had and the first huge ratings dip for the series, though that episode is far from the worst episode in the series. Around the time of its airing, talks became serious about ending Three's Company and spinning it off.

"Out on a Limb" originally aired on October 25, 1983. This was the same day that the U.S. invaded Grenada, so it must have been a big news day. There was also a two-part A-Team episode airing at the same time as this episode on the NBC network. On CBS there was a TV movie.

FYI, the lowest-rated episode was season 8's "The Charming Stranger" which aired against several Christmas specials. The second-to-lowest rated was "Forget Me Not," which aired against the 1984 Grammy Awards.

Some of you watching this episode in 1983 may remember all this, but I thought it was interesting info. The fact that the network would air new episodes against Christmas specials and the Grammys had to serve as a clue that they weren't at all interested in a Season 9 of Three's Company. Otherwise they wouldn't have put the the show up against those ratings buzzsaws. They would have ran repeats of the show instead.