Remake of
"Man About the House" (1973)
Remade as
"En fyra för tre" (1996)
Spin off
"The Ropers" (1979)
"Three's a Crowd" (1984)
Referenced in
"Emeril: Snow Day (#1.8)" (????)
- B.D. relates her troubles to episodes of the show.
"All-Star Family Feud Special" (1977)
"Mork & Mindy: Young Love (#1.15)" (1979)
- Mork mentions the show while reading wedding vows.
"Designing Women: Stranded (#2.10)" (1987)
- Mentioned by name.
"The Golden Girls: Dorothy's New Friend (#3.15)" (1988)
- The show is mentioned by name.
"The Ben Stiller Show: With Bobcat Goldthwait (#1.2)" (1992)
- Mentioned by Normal Fell
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fire Maidens of Outer Space (#5.16)" (1992)
- "Mr. Roper"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)
- Crow: Mr. Roper, you home?
Reality Bites (1994)
Serial Mom (1994)
"Friends: The One with the Sonogram at the End (#1.2)" (1994)
- Chandler mentions it.
"Full House: You Pet It, You Bought It (#8.6)" (1994)
- Jesse sings theme song from Three's Company to calm Michelle's pet donkey, but can't remember all of the words.
"Friends: The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant (#2.5)" (1995)
- someone makes a joke about Mrs. Roper
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
"Friends: The One with the Two Parties (#2.22)" (1996)
- When Rachel's parents are both at the apartment and have to be kept separate, Chandler says "Think, think - what would Jack and Chrissy do?"
"The Simpsons: The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (#8.14)" (1997)
- Roy's statement about moving out to live with two beautiful women is an allusion to the main plot of the long-running ABC-TV series.
"Married with Children: Birthday Boy Toy (#11.19)" (1997)
- Kelly is fascinated by a hologram picture that shows Don Knotts as Barney Five and Mr Furley.
"The Nanny: The Heather Biblow Story (#4.24)" (1997)
- Fran mentions the show by name.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Parts: The Clonus Horror (#9.11)" (1997)
- Crow: "After all, I look like the guy on 'Three's Company.'"
"Ellen: Roommates (#5.3)" (1997)
- the mis-understanding plot outline as well as the brief appearance of Norman Fell as Mr. Roper
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ted (#2.11)" (1997)
- John Ritter plays a cook.
"E! True Hollywood Story: Three's Company (#2.37)" (1998)
- Story tackles the tv series.
Splendor (1999)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (#11.9)" (1999)
- Servo: Saw this on Three's Company once.
"Futurama: A Flight to Remember (#2.1)" (1999)
- Fry mentions the show then hums the theme tune.
"Freaks and Geeks: Carded and Discarded (#1.7)" (2000)
- Eli's favorite show is Three's Company
"Freaks and Geeks: Looks and Books (#1.11)" (2000)
- Sam is also compared to Chrissy from Three's Company
"Family Guy: Death Is a Bitch (#2.6)" (2000)
- Mr. Roper, the landlord from this show is mentioned
"Family Guy: I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (#2.8)" (2000)
- Peter watches this on TV, we hear the theme tune.
"Family Guy: Fifteen Minutes of Shame (#2.12)" (2000)
- Joe's wife says "This makes you like Larry from Three's Company"
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Cool Change (#1.2)" (2000)
- Grissom says "Norman, Fell" and Sara replied "that's because he was married to Mrs. Roper."
My First Mister (2001)
Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (2001) (V)
- Tina Krause's character mentions the show
Blade II (2002)
- Scud: "Decided to take 'em back to my, uh, tent for a little 'Three's Company' action."
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
- Frank and Jimmy use characters as call signs when talking on the CB radio.
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003) (TV)
Wonderland (2003)
- In montage of TV Guide listings
"Saturday Night Live: Al Sharpton/Pink (#29.7)" (2003)
- Mentioned by the ghost of Johnny Cash
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) (TV)
- Title seen on Al Franken's top ten list
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
- mentioned in dialogue
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005) (TV)
- Mentioned when Mork and Mindy doesn't have enough 'jiggle' in it
"American Dad!: Deacon Stan, Jesus Man (#1.7)" (2005)
- Stan nominates the series during the final sermon.
Camp Daze (2005) (V)
- "'Who...dresses like a rerun of 'Three's Company'?"
"Robot Chicken: Operation Rich in Spirit (#1.17)" (2005)
- Don Knotts says that he thinks one of his apartment tenants is gay
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Babysitter (#1.7)" (2005)
- Tanya says it's her favorite show
"Family Guy: PTV (#4.14)" (2005)
- Characters watch this on TV.
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Laundromat (#1.8)" (2005)
- The show is mentioned in this episode.
"Saturday Night Live: Jack Black/Neil Young (#31.9)" (2005)
- Referenced in Weekend Update
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Click (2006/I)
- when Michael has a flashback of his childhood, the other kids leave him cause they want to watch Three's Company
"Entourage: Three's Company (#3.6)" (2006)
- episode title reference
Good Luck Chuck (2007)
- character mentions this show by name
Dill, California (2007)
- Shane tells Runner that "this feels like a bad episode of Three's Company" referring to a classic misunderstanding
"Psych: And Down the Stretch Comes Murder (#2.5)" (2007)
- Shawn mentions Mr. Furley.
Sydney White (2007)
- Spanky looks at three cute girls through his binoculars and says, "Three's company!"
The Wackness (2008)
- mentioned that Mr. Furley thinks Jack is gay
"Smallville: Fracture (#7.12)" (2008)
- Chloe: "Lois, Kara and Lex? Not exactly 'Three's Company'."
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.17)" (2008)
- Included in an $8,000 question
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac & Charlie Die: Part 2 (#4.6)" (2008)
- Dennis mentions it in dialogue
"Electric Spoofaloo: Two and a Half Watchmen (#1.1)" (2009)
- "From the visionary director of 300's Company"
"Sonny with a Chance: Three's Not Company (#1.6)" (2009)
- Title reference.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#4.9)" (2009/I)
- referenced in a $500 question
Featured in
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Inside TV Land: Style and Fashion (2003) (TV)
"Heroes of Comedy: Women on Top" (2003)
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003) (TV)
- Shown during Award nomination
ABC 50th Anniversary Blooper Celebration (2003) (TV)
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) (TV)
- A clip from this show appears.
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
- Footage from this TV Series was edited into this mini- series
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV)
- Stars prematurely leaving shows: Suzanne Somers - Three's Company
The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004) (TV)
- Shows it when it is nominated for an award
"Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/Nelly (#30.1)" (2004)
- A clip is edited into Weekend Update
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- a clip of the television show with John Ritter acknowledged in the credits.
"The Sopranos: Remember When (#6.15)" (2007)
- Paulie watches it
Spoofed in
Sissy's Hot Summer (1979)
- The entire film is a parody of TV's Three's Company.
Live in Love In (1989) (V)
- Porn parody of sitcom.
Stay Tuned (1992)
"Lexx: Lafftrak (#2.5)" (1999)
- one of the shows has a young man with two beautiful roommates and a crotchety landlord
"8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter: Come and Knock on Our Door (#1.16)" (2003)
- Paul dreams his family is in Three's company
"Family Guy: Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High (#4.2)" (2005)
- Peter hits his head and thinks he has become Larry from Three's Company
"Family Guy: Road to Rupert (#5.9)" (2007)
- Peter's 80's television montage spoofs opening scenes various sitcoms, including this one.
"Family Guy: The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou (#5.11)" (2007)
- When Brian is putting lotion on Stewie, Mr Furley walks in and, from his perspective, it appears that Brian and Stewie are gay. This was a recurring theme in Three's Company where he would walk in on Jack Tripper in similar situations.
Not Three's Company XXX (2009) (V)
- Adult Spoof
"Family Guy: Jerome Is the New Black (#8.7)" (2009)
- Mr. Furley makes a spot appearance after the scene where Jerome saves Lois from choking. Peter's remark, "Go back to being dead," is an allusion to the death of Don Knotts (the actor who played Mr. Furley) nearly four years earlier.
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