The Ropers premiered on ABC on March 13, 1979. In this spinoff from Three's Company, landlord Stanley Roper sold his apartment building in Santa Monica and bought a condominium town house in posh Cheviot Hills. His new foil was balding realtor Jeffrey P. Brooks III, who felt that the earthy Roper was downgrading the neighborhood. Helen Roper, socially aspiring but ever frustrated by Stanley's crass ways, found a supporting friend in Jeffrey's wife, Anne, however. David was the Brookes' young son; Jenny, an attractive art student who rented a room; and Ethel, Helen's snobbish sister. Muffin was Helen's little dog.
Cast
Character
Actor
Stanley Roper
Norman Fell
Helen Roper
Audra Lindley
Jeffrey P. Brookes
Jeffrey Tambor
Anne Brookes
Patricia McCormack
David Brookes
Evan Cohen
Ethel
Dena Dietrich
Hubert
Rod Colbin
Jenny Ballinger
Louise Vallance
Episodes
Season 1 (1978-1979)
6 Episodes In Season 1
Moving On, Part 2 (Part 1 on Three's Company; Originally Aired 3/13/1979)
Friends And Neighbors (Originally Aired 3/20/1979)
Your Money Or Your Life (Originally Aired 3/27/1979)
The Doris Letters (Originally Aired 4/3/1979)
Family Planning (Originally Aired 4/10/1979)
Opportunity Knocks aka We Shall Return (Originally Aired 4/17/1979)
Season 2 (1979-1980)
22 Episodes In Season 2
Stanley, The Ladies Man (Originally Aired 9/15/1979)
Days Of Beer And Rosie (Originally Aired 9/22/1979)
Power Play (Originally Aired 9/29/1979)
Baby Talk (Originally Aired 10/6/1979)
Two For The Road (Originally Aired 10/13/1979)
Puppy Love (Originally Aired 10/20/1979)
All Around The Clock (Originally Aired 10/271979)
Odd Couples (Originally Aired 11/3/1979)
Pal Joey (Originally Aired 11/17/1979)
Helen Makes Music (Originally Aired 11/24/1979)
The Skeleton (Originally Aired 12/1/1979)
The Other Man (Originally Aired 12/15/1979)
And Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (Originally Aired 1/26/1980)