How much the girls made per episode during the late seasons

[80s Dude]

This article here state that Lisa was making over $50,000 per episode when she decided to forfeit her pay for the First Time. If Lisa was making over $50,000, I imagine the other 3 were making about the same amount.

The other interesting thing here is that it states that Lisa found out about her engagement to her first husband after the church announced it.
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['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

The other interesting thing here is that it states that Lisa found out about her engagement to her first husband after the church announced it.

Now that's a sitcom moment!

[TV Guy]

I can’t imagine why anyone would want to go along with something like that.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Now that's a sitcom moment!

They could have had that be plot involving Blair during the series. Blair becomes engage without knowing it after her father decides who her husband will be.

['80sSitcoms]

[TV Guy]

Nancy had her little contract issues in season 6. What would have happened if it had turned into a full-fledged dispute a la Suzanne Somers? Would the powers that be have sent Jo off to visit her mom, relegated to a brief phone call at the end of each episode? Would Jo’s cousin Mitzi, a similar character, have shown up to temporarily take her place? Or maybe her friend Jessie from that earlier episode.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by TV Guy

Nancy had her little contract issues in season 6. What would have happened if it had turned into a full-fledged dispute a la Suzanne Somers? Would the powers that be have sent Jo off to visit her mom, relegated to a brief phone call at the end of each episode? Would Jo’s cousin Mitzi, a similar character, have shown up to temporarily take her place? Or maybe her friend Jessie from that earlier episode.

I think the actress who played Jessie may have past away at this time.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by TV Guy

Nancy had her little contract issues in season 6. What would have happened if it had turned into a full-fledged dispute a la Suzanne Somers? Would the powers that be have sent Jo off to visit her mom, relegated to a brief phone call at the end of each episode? Would Jo’s cousin Mitzi, a similar character, have shown up to temporarily take her place?

I sure hope that never would have happened!

While what Suzanne did -- failing to show up for work, and pretending to have cracked a rib -- was messed up, the producers of Three's Company, and the network, wanted to make "an example" of Suzanne. She asked for a huge salary increase and part of "the back end". When they refused, she didn't show up for work. In retaliation, they gave her one minute on the phone, in select episodes: what we called at the time the "Chrissy Minute", tagged on to the end of the episode, as a way of reminding her how insignificant her role could be. They also wrote her out of episodes. She was also escorted on and off the studio property by security, and only allowed onto a temporary set (the "Fresno" set); according to Joyce's documentary, they even escorted Suzanne past the actresses in line in the cattle call to find her replacement. No-one from Three's Company spoke to her, for over a decade.

Jo was not insignificant on FOL; in fact, she probably had the most lines of any character, by that point. So Nancy knew she really was perhaps the star of the show, by that point. And even though it was the same negotiating tactic, Nancy didn't lie about a cracked rib, and she didn't ask for a raise the producers couldn't honor. I'd really hate for Nancy to have to go through what Suzanne went through; Suzanne said it brought up the feelings of her childhood, as an abused child, making her feel as though she had done something terribly, unspeakably wrong that could never be repaired.

Luckily, in this case, the producers, network, and Nancy's people could come up with a reasonable settlement, and only two episodes were affected.

(BTW, happy 3,000th post, TV Guy!)

['80sSitcoms]

And Suzanne showed them all by laughing all the way to the bank.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

And Suzanne showed them all by laughing all the way to the bank.

She did. But it was a struggle for her, for a while. Vegas and Thighmaster weren't calling on that first day.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

She did. But it was a struggle for her, for a while. Vegas and Thighmaster weren't calling on that first day.

Oh, I know. I just meant in the big picture.

And she loved playing Chrissy in her Vegas act until the threatened/insulted men caught wind of it and slapped her with a lawsuit if she continued portraying "their property". She was prob'ly like, damn, when are these ********************* gonna get off my back??? lol

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Oh, I know. I just meant in the big picture.

Yeah, exactly: in the big picture, it worked out well for her, and she made millions.

And she loved playing Chrissy in her Vegas act until the threatened/insulted men caught wind of it and slapped her with a lawsuit if she continued portraying "their property". She was prob'ly like, damn, when are these ********************* gonna get off my back??? lol

Joyce's documentary basically says that. Suzanne argued that key parts of the character were her own creation, including Chrissy's snort.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Yeah, exactly: in the big picture, it worked out well for her, and she made millions.

After all, she is the sheriff.

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Joyce's documentary basically says that. Suzanne argued that key parts of the character were her own creation, including Chrissy's snort.

Haha, trademark the snort!

[TV Guy]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

BTW, happy 3,000th post, TV Guy

Thank you!

Suzanne, in retrospect, was right to ask for a piece of the back end. Three’s Company was set to become one of the most successful series in syndication history at the time. It eventually brought in over a half billion dollars in revenue. And Don Taffner and his partners didn’t even have to share that with a studio, since TC was an independent production (Taffner even syndicated it himself). John, Joyce, and Suzanne deserved a piece of that. They should have banded together to negotiate, a la Friends.

But Suzanne committed two sins: she negotiated after production had already started for the season, and she was missing episodes with no notice, which turned her colleagues against her. Her negotiating tactics weren’t good. ABC wanted to make an example to other actors hoping to do the same thing. Richard Kline (and Suzanne) said that the producers took a certain amount of satisfaction in “punishing” her with the “Chrissy Minute”. Very messed up, as you said.

Thankfully, that did not happen with Nancy (though she didn’t get a piece of the back end either).

[80s Dude]

When did Nancy M. have a cracked rib and how did she get it?