Question: Why did they fire Jenilee Harrison?
Rob245
21st Mar 2025
Three's Company (1977)
Answer: The official reason was producers felt Harrison was "too inexperienced and unseasoned" an actress (translated Harrison was probably too immature). After Harrison's first season as Cindy Snow, actress Priscilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, Jack and Janet's new roommate. Terri was a stronger, more complex character than ditzy, naive Cindy. Harrison's role diminished and Cindy was now living on her college campus. After a handful of episodes, Cindy was written out without explanation.
18th Jul 2022
Three's Company (1977)
Jack Goes to the Dentist - S7-E2
Character mistake: Terri's boyfriend, a dentist, says he took the Hippocratic Oath then corrects himself saying it's only for doctors. Dentists also do take the Hippocratic Oath.
20th Sep 2021
Three's Company (1977)
Jack Goes to the Dentist - S7-E2
Character mistake: When the dentist is putting cotton in Jack's mouth he neglects to put on rubber gloves first as dentists are supposed to do before any dental work.
6th Jul 2020
Three's Company (1977)
15th Mar 2020
Three's Company (1977)
Question: Who decided to make Chrissy stupid? Watch an early episode like "Roper's Niece" then a later one like "Jack's Pie", So who decided to make her stupid? Some network executive?
Answer: It's also likely a case of "Flanderization", where as the show progresses, the writers zero in on a single aspect of a character that they get the most material out of, and think is the funniest, and expand it at the expense of realism or development, to the point where it is the character's entire personality.
17th Dec 2019
Three's Company (1977)
Question: If Roper wouldn't rent to Jack unless he faked being gay then what made him not suspect the girls of being gay?
Answer: Possibly because in the 70s/80s, no-one would bat an eye about two girls living together, or 2 guys living together.
Answer: Because they've had various boyfriends and dates over the years. How he never noticed Jack had a stream of women coming to The Apartment is another issue.
22nd Oct 2019
Three's Company (1977)
Question: Given they come from the Love Generation, why would Janet care about Jack having what she thinks is a vasectomy?
Answer: She was worried that Jack would come to regret his decision. She thought at some point in the future he would marry and want to have children.
Answer: The producers felt that she was too "inexperienced and unseasoned" for her role on the show. Harrison admitted that she "had a lot of naivety."
Well, how else do you get experience in acting? By being on a show, in a movie, or in a play. She was fun and seemed rather sweet.
Rob245
True, but the producers apparently felt an older, more experienced actress would better play off the other characters. Shows also monitor how well viewers react to characters. Of course, there are serious reasons why actors are let go such as drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, legal problems, public controversies, etc, that become a liability to the show, though it's often downplayed or covered up. Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr are high-profile examples. If there was some other issue with Harrison, a cover story could have been issued to protect her reputation. That doesn't mean there were any, just a possibility.
raywest ★
In addition to what Ray West wrote, I want to add that many actors start out as children and young teenagers. So she could have been inexperienced compared to someone else of the same age. IMDb only lists three TV episodes that she acted in before "Three's Company."