In this spinoff from Three's Company, landlord Stanley Roper sold his apartment building in Santa Monica and bought a condominium town house in posh Cheviot Hills. His new foil was balding realtor Jeffrey P. Brooks III, who felt that the earthy Roper was downgrading the neighborhood. Helen Roper, socially aspiring but ever frustrated by Stanley's crass ways, found a supporting friend in Jeffrey's wife, Anne, however. David was the Brookes' young son; Jenny, an attractive art student who rented a room; and Ethel, Helen's snobbish sister. Muffin was Helen's little dog.

Just as Three's Company was based on the English TV hit Man about the House, The Ropers was based on its spinoff, George & Mildred.

Series summary from The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present

When the network proposed the spin-off of "Three's Company" (1977) (i.e. that they should remake the UK series "George and Mildred" (1976), which was the spin-off from "Man About The House" (1973) ) focusing on the Ropers, Norman Fell, and Audra Lindley weren't too keen on the idea. Norman Fell felt that you couldn't do a series with *only* the running gag of Mrs. Roper being undersexed. The network assured him the show would have more substance than that. Furthermore, if the show didn't make it a full season, he, and Audra could come back full time to "Three's Company" as the Ropers. "The Ropers" made it a season, and a half before it was cancelled. As a result, Norman Fell, and Audra Lindley were out of work, and there was nothing they could do about it because the show *did* make it a full season. However, they did reprise their roles as guest stars on "Three's Company" on a few episodes after "The Ropers" was dropped.

Information from The Internet Movie Database

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The Ropers episode guide (TV.com)

The Ropers episode list (epguides.com)

Internet Movie Database entry for The Ropers

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