An Episode Guide to Antenna TV’s Labor Day Weekend 2023 ‘Three’s Company’ Marathon
Antenna TV comes knocking on your door over Labor Day Weekend 2023 — Saturday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 4 — with an event the network is calling its “Three’s Company Three-Day Weekend.”
Beginning at 10am ET on Sept. 2 and concluding at 10pm ET on Sept. 4, the marathon features 60 hours of episodes from the classic 1977-84 sitcom Three’s Company.
It kicks off with the pilot episode, “A Man About the House” (which was also the title of the 1973-76 British sitcom on which this series was based) and concludes with the two-part series finale “Friends and Lovers,” which also launched the very short-lived, and not nearly as good, 1984-85 spinoff Three’s a Crowd.
Three’s Company followed the wacky shenanigans surrounding a single guy and two single women sharing an apartment in Southern California. Receiving one Emmy nod for Outstanding Comedy Series, the show was highlighted by often farcical situations, frequently based on misunderstandings, mistaken identities, sexual innuendo or all of the above.
It was led over its entire eight-season run by John Ritter — who received three Emmy nominations, winning once, for his consistently hilarious, and often slapstick/physical performance as Jack Tripper — and Joyce DeWitt as Janet Wood.
Suzanne Somers played the third roommate, Chrissy Snow, until 1982, followed by replacement blonde roomies Jenilee Harrison as Chrissy’s cousin, Cindy Snow, then Priscilla Barnes as nurse Terri Alden, in later years.
Initially, the landlords for the trio’s apartment building were the Ropers, Stanley and Helen, played by Norman Fell and Audra Lindley. They left at the end of Season 3 to headline their own very short-lived spinoff, The Ropers (1979-80), with Don Knotts then coming onboard Three’s Company as new landlord Ralph Furley.
Antenna’s marathon is mostly not in any particular order, aside from beginning with the pilot episode and concluding with the series finale). The pattern for each day consists of 10 hours of episodes, followed by a 10-hour repeat of those episodes, so if you’re not up early enough to see some of your favorites, don’t worry; you can catch them later in the day.
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Antenna TV’s Labor Day Three’s Company Three-Day Weekend Marathon Episode Lineup (All Times Eastern)
Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023
10am: “A Man About the House” (series premiere)
10:30am: “Strange Bedfellows”
11am: “The New Landlord” (first appearance of Don Knotts as Ralph Furley)
11:30am: “Snow Job”
12pm: “Jack Bares All (Part 1)” (first appearance of Priscilla Barnes as Teri Alden)
12:30pm: “Jack Bares All (Part 2)”
1pm: “The Fast”
1:30pm: “A Camping We Will Go”
2pm: “Chrissy’s Cousin” (first appearance of Jenilee Harrison as Cindy Snow)
2:30pm: “Night of the Ropers”
3pm: “Mighty Mouth”
3:30pm: “Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
4pm: “Ground Rules”
4:30pm: “Downhill Chaser”
5pm: “Chrissy’s New Boss”
5:30pm: “Jack, Be Quick”
6pm: “Love Thy Neighbor” (first appearance of Ann Wedgeworth as promiscuous neighbor Lana Shields)
6:30pm: “The Not-So-Great Imposter” (beginning of Jordan Charney‘s recurring role as Jack’s boss, Mr. Angelino)
7pm: “Double Date”
7:30pm: “Handcuffed” (pictured below)
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8pm: “A Man About the House” (series premiere)
8:30pm: “Strange Bedfellows”
9pm: “The New Landlord” (first appearance of Don Knotts as Ralph Furley)
9:30pm: “Snow Job”
10pm: “Jack Bares All (Part 1)” (first appearance of Priscilla Barnes as Teri Alden)
10:30pm: “Jack Bares All (Part 2)”
11pm: “The Fast”
11:30pm: “A Camping We Will Go”
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John Ritter in the 1979 “Snow Job” episode
Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023
12am: “Chrissy’s Cousin” (first appearance of Jenilee Harrison as Cindy Snow)
12:30am: “Night of the Ropers”
1am: “Mighty Mouth”
1:30am: “Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
2am: “Ground Rules”
2:30am: “Downhill Chaser”
3am: “Chrissy’s New Boss”
3:30am: “Jack, Be Quick”
4am: “Love Thy Neighbor” (first appearance of Ann Wedgeworth as promiscuous neighbor Lana Shields)
4:30am: “The Not-So-Great Imposter” (beginning of Jordan Charney’s recurring role as Jack’s boss, Mr. Angelino)
5am: “Double Date”
5:30am: “Handcuffed”
6am: “Chrissy’s Hospitality”
6:30am: “Dying to Meet You”
7am: “Jack Goes to the Dentist”
7:30am: “A Friend in Need”
8am: “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not”
8:30am: “Stanley Casanova”
9am: “The Older Woman”
9:30am: “Cyrano De Tripper”
10am: “Up in the Air”
10:30am: “Honest Jack Tripper”
11am: “Jack Gets His”
11:30am: “Opening Night”
12pm: “And Mother Makes Four” (an early visit to neighborhood pub the Regal Beagle)
12:30pm: “Good Old Reliable Janet”
1pm: “Roper’s Car”
1:30pm: “Eleanor’s Return”
2pm: “Home Movies
2:30pm: “Jack the Ripper”
3pm: “The Catered Affair”
3:30pm: “The Brunch”
4pm: “Chrissy’s Hospitality”
4:30pm: “Dying to Meet You”
5pm: “Jack Goes to the Dentist”
5:30pm: “A Friend in Need”
6pm: “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not”
6:30pm: “Stanley Casanova”
7pm: “The Older Woman”
7:30pm: “Cyrano De Tripper”
8pm: “Up in the Air”
8:30pm: “Honest Jack Tripper”
9pm: “Jack Gets His”
9:30pm: “Opening Night”
10pm: “And Mother Makes Four” (an early visit to neighborhood pub the Regal Beagle)
10:30pm: “Good Old Reliable Janet”
11pm: “Roper’s Car”
11:30pm: “Eleanor’s Return”
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Joyce DeWitt, John Ritter, Barry Williams and Lauree Berger in the 1982 “Up in the Air” episode
Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 (Labor Day)
12am: “Home Movies
12:30am: “Jack the Ripper”
1am: “The Catered Affair”
1:30am: “The Brunch”
2am: “Jack in the Flower Shop”
2:30am: “Boy Meets Dummy”
3am: “Diamond Jack”
3:30am: “The Loan Shark”
4am: “The Root of All Evil”
4:30am: “Janet Shapes Up”
5am: “Room at the Bottom”
5:30am: “Janet’s Secret”
6am: “Baby, It’s Cold Inside”
6:30am: “Alias Jack Tripper”
7am: “No Children, No Dogs” (first appearance of Richard Kline as the trio’s neighbor, and Jack’s best friend, Larry Dallas)
7:30am: “The Bake-Off”
8am: “And Now, Here’s Jack”
8:30am: “Grandma Jack”
9am: “Chrissy’s Date”
9:30am: “The Baby Sitters”
10am: “The Best of Three’s Company (Part 1)” (two-part 1982 retrospective of the series hosted by Lucille Ball)
10:30am: “The Best of Three’s Company (Part 2)”
11am: “Friends and Lovers (Part 1)” (episode that marked the finale of Three’s Company and the start of Three’s a Crowd)
11:30am: “Friends and Lovers (Part 2)”
12pm: “Jack in the Flower Shop”
12:30pm: “Boy Meets Dummy”
1pm: “Diamond Jack”
1:30pm: “The Loan Shark”
2pm: “The Root of All Evil”
2:30pm: “Janet Shapes Up”
3pm: “Room at the Bottom”
3:30pm: “Janet’s Secret”
4pm: “Baby, It’s Cold Inside”
4:30pm: “Alias Jack Tripper”
5pm: “No Children, No Dogs” (first appearance of Richard Kline as the trio’s neighbor, and Jack’s best friend, Larry Dallas)
5:30pm: “The Bake-Off”
6pm: “And Now, Here’s Jack”
6:30pm: “Grandma Jack”
7pm: “Chrissy’s Date”
7:30pm: “The Baby Sitters”
8pm: “The Best of Three’s Company (Part 1)” (two-part 1982 retrospective of the series hosted by Lucille Ball)
8:30pm: “The Best of Three’s Company (Part 2)”
9pm: “Friends and Lovers (Part 1)” (episode that marked the finale of Three’s Company and the start of Three’s a Crowd)
9:30pm: “Friends and Lovers (Part 2)”
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