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A 1979 [[Spin-Off]] of the popular [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Three's Company]]'', the [[Trans-Atlantic Equivalent|Americanized version]] of the British series ''George and Mildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''[[Man About the House]]''. Confused yet?).
Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III, his wife Ann and young son David.
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* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: The pilot episode (which borrows heavily from the ''George & Mildred'' pilot) is syndicated as a ''[[Three's Company]]'' episode.
* [[Required Spinoff Crossover]]: Larry from ''Three's Company'' shows up in the season 1 episode "Opportunity Knocks", while Jack, Janet and Chrissy appear in season 2's "The Party".
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: This series, ''and'' its stars. Norman Fell was very nervous about leaving the security of a hit primetime show and insisted that a clause be added to the contract that he and Lindley could return to ''Three's Company'' if ''The Ropers'' was cancelled within a year. After a very successfull six episode Spring tryout airing after the parent show, the show was moved to the 8pm Saturday night slot where it instantly fell in the ratings. Fell felt that [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] intentionally dragged its feet in cancelling the show in order to keep from having to fulfill its promise to return the characters to ''Company'', which had by this time successfully replaced the two landlord characters with one, Don Knotts as Ralph Furley.
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]
* [[Spin-Off]]
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