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Powerless to stop the project, DeWitt wanted to at least make it accurate
"I know John is thrilled about it because he told me," DeWitt said " He declined comment Soon Somers' face was plastered on lunch boxes and fake $1 bills
"I got in their faces and got in their faces 'til they finally melted But viewers loved the premise: two single women (Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt) sharing an apartment with a man (John Ritter) who intimated that he was gay so his landlord would let him live with the women Brooks and Greg Gugliotta
While network executives and producers seethed, Somers, Ritter and DeWitt parted ranks M
Critics and moralists hated the double-entendres and sexual hijinks
"She doesn't like to comment on things that are negative," publicist Judy Hilsinger said
"The fact that it makes people laugh, that's a sacred thing," DeWitt said None of us are the same people we were then," she said At times, she found herself at odds with executive producers Stanley M At the time, she was making $30,000 per episode "There were major rewrites after I came in
Unknown actors play the stars; Brian Dennehy chews the scenery as blustery former ABC network president Fred Silverman
Then Somers, who played ditsy blond Chrissy Snow, got ambitious Somers was on one side; Ritter and DeWitt stuck together Eventually, she was written off the show and her career declined "
Those three little words launched a torrent of backstage turmoil shown in the NBC movie "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of `Three's Company,'" airing Monday at 9 p
Most of the time it was the best place on planet Earth to work Without his influence, would Somers have made those demands?
"Suzanne was this young girl, and so all by herself would she have come up with those kind of things? Probably not," DeWitt said "He's very comfortable with it
According to the movie, she drove by a famous swimsuit poster of Farrah Fawcett and proclaimed: "I want that "
Somers, 56, wasn't consulted about the movie, but DeWitt guesses that "she would be curious to take a look at it "
DeWitt said she and Somers have been in contact during the last year He demanded that Somers be paid six figures per episode and have 10 percent ownership of the show
By 1979, Somers replaced Bernstein as manager with husband Alan Hamel
The series ended in 1984 after seven seasons, although it remains popular in reruns She said she spent three weeks pondering the decision while staring at walls and walking in the mountains near her Santa Fe, N Not always, but sometimes," she said, flashing her trademark perky smile "
DeWitt was conflicted about signing on "Was she willing to participate when they were brought up to her? I guess so, that's what history would tell us
Ritter, also 54, currently stars in the ABC comedy "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter "We're in the process of exchanging notes, which pleases me greatly," she said
"Everybody was so young "
DeWitt narrates the story and appears in interview segments inserted between scenes There was a small amount of time that was difficult
The movie focuses on Somers' diva-like behavior after she acquired Fawcett's manager Jay Bernstein and told him she wanted superstardom
The movie pretends to know what went on in the private conversations between Somers and her husband EDT TV Movie Exposes 'Three's Company' Drama
May 9, 4:58 PM EST
The 1977 debut season of the bawdy comedy "Three's Company" was all hugs, kisses and cheering studio audiences
Producers refused Somers' demands, and reduced her role to an occasional brief scene
"People are going to perceive that this is a movie I wanted to do, that I made up the story, and I'm like, `Oh, my God in heaven, (that) is so far from the truth,'" she said "She's really gone so far beyond all of this m "
DeWitt and Somers went years without talking, although DeWitt is forgiving now
DeWitt, 54, is the only one of the trio who participated in the gossipy movie that depicts Somers in a less than flattering light "
Not a chance, said Somers' spokeswoman , home I think he saw what I saw â€â€? really, really intensely, sensitive, personal things that were very public are going to be public once again "`Three's Company' was an E-ride from Disneyland
