From season two on, the theme was recorded in-house by Paramount musicians. ===The Brady house=== The house, built in 1959 and used in exterior shots, originally bore little relation to the interior layout (until 2018, when the interior of the house was rebuilt to match the soundstage sets) of the Bradys' on screen home, is located in Studio City, within the city limits of Los Angeles.
According to a 1994 article in the Los Angeles Times, the San Fernando Valley house was built in 1959 and selected as the Brady residence because series creator Schwartz felt it looked like a home where an architect would live.
Although similarities exist between the series and two 1968 theatrical release films, United Artists' Yours, Mine and Ours (starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball) and CBS's With Six You Get Eggroll (starring Brian Keith and Doris Day), the original script for The Brady Bunch predated the scripts for both of these films.
Nonetheless, the outstanding success of Yours, Mine and Ours (the 11th-highest-grossing film of 1968) was a factor in ABC's decision to order episodes for the series. After receiving a commitment for 13 weeks of television shows from ABC in 1968, Schwartz hired film and television director John Rich to direct the pilot, then called "The Brady Brood," cast the six children from 264 interviews during that summer, and hired the actors to play the mother, father, and housekeeper roles.
Filming of the pilot began on Friday, October 4, 1968, and lasted eight days. ===Theme song and credits sequence=== The theme song, written by Schwartz and Frank De Vol, and originally arranged, sung, and performed by Paul Parrish, Lois Fletcher, and John Beland under the name the Peppermint Trolley Company, quickly communicated to audiences that the Bradys were a blended family.
Utilizing Christopher Chapman's "multi-dynamic image technique," a version of which had famously appeared in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, the sequence was created and filmed by Howard A.
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.
The owner refused to allow Paramount to restore the property to its 1969 look for The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995, so a facade resembling the original home was built around an existing house. The house was put up for sale, for the first time since 1973, in the summer of 2018 with an asking price of $1.885 million.
At that point in the storyline, Greg graduated from high school and was about to enroll in college. ===Awards and honors=== The Brady Bunch was not an award-winning show at the time of its original broadcast in the 1970s.
Note that Florence Henderson and Robert Reed did not participate in these recordings, and are not pictured on the album sleeves. While session musicians provided backing, the actors from the series provided their own singing voices (which was not always the case for early 1970s television crossover acts).
In addition, Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick issued a duet LP in 1973, and five of the six Brady kids also released solo singles between 1970 and 1974; only Susan Olsen did not.
The film is set in the present day (1990s) and the Bradys, still living their lives as if it were the 1970s, are unfamiliar with their surroundings.
television ratings=== Ratings data prior to 1972 is scarce for shows that did not place in the Top 30.
The group's 1972 album Meet The Brady Bunch was their only charting release, hitting #108 on Billboard's album charts. ===Studio albums=== ===Compilation albums=== ===Singles=== Also includes solo singles as indicated. ==Spin-offs, sequels, and reunions== Several spin-offs and sequels and reality series, to the original series have been made, featuring all or most of the original cast.
While Kelly's Kids was not subsequently picked up as a full series, producer Sherwood Schwartz reworked the basic premise for the short-lived 1980s sitcom Together We Stand starring Elliott Gould and Dee Wallace. ===The Brady Kids=== A 22-episode animated Saturday morning cartoon series, produced by Filmation and airing on ABC from September 1972 to August 1974, is about the Brady kids having various adventures.
The owner refused to allow Paramount to restore the property to its 1969 look for The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995, so a facade resembling the original home was built around an existing house. The house was put up for sale, for the first time since 1973, in the summer of 2018 with an asking price of $1.885 million.
Episodes were also shown on ABC daytime from July 9, 1973 to April 18, 1975 and from June 30 to August 29, 1975, at 11:30 a.m.
Season 4 ratings came from Variety year-end rankings dated May 30, 1973.
In addition, Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick issued a duet LP in 1973, and five of the six Brady kids also released solo singles between 1970 and 1974; only Susan Olsen did not.
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.
Considered one of the last of the old-style family sitcoms, the series aired for five seasons and, after its cancellation in 1974, went into syndication in September 1975.
Oliver appeared in the final six episodes of season five, which proved to be the final season, as ABC cancelled the series in 1974.
The Brady Bunch earned steady ratings during its primetime run (but never placed in the top 30 during the five years it aired) and was cancelled in 1974 after five seasons and 117 episodes; it was cancelled shortly after the series crossed the minimum threshold for syndication.
In addition, Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick issued a duet LP in 1973, and five of the six Brady kids also released solo singles between 1970 and 1974; only Susan Olsen did not.
While Kelly's Kids was not subsequently picked up as a full series, producer Sherwood Schwartz reworked the basic premise for the short-lived 1980s sitcom Together We Stand starring Elliott Gould and Dee Wallace. ===The Brady Kids=== A 22-episode animated Saturday morning cartoon series, produced by Filmation and airing on ABC from September 1972 to August 1974, is about the Brady kids having various adventures.
Considered one of the last of the old-style family sitcoms, the series aired for five seasons and, after its cancellation in 1974, went into syndication in September 1975.
A re-creation of the Brady house was constructed for the X-Files episode "Sunshine Days", which also revolved around The Brady Bunch. ==Broadcast and syndication== Since its first airing in syndication in September 1975, an episode of the show has been broadcast somewhere in the United States and abroad every day of the year.
Episodes were also shown on ABC daytime from July 9, 1973 to April 18, 1975 and from June 30 to August 29, 1975, at 11:30 a.m.
Decades - a sister network of MeTV - also occasionally airs the show. The show is also available through the video-on-demand services Hulu and CBS All Access, though not every episode is available on either service. In the United Kingdom, the series aired on ITV in many regions from 1975 to 1982 and was later repeated on Sky One.
The first 17 episodes featured the voices of all six of the original child actors from the show, but Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, and Christopher Knight were replaced for the last five episodes due to a contract dispute. ===The Brady Bunch Variety Hour=== On November 28, 1976, a one-hour television special entitled The Brady Bunch Variety Hour aired on ABC.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
While Kelly's Kids was not subsequently picked up as a full series, producer Sherwood Schwartz reworked the basic premise for the short-lived 1980s sitcom Together We Stand starring Elliott Gould and Dee Wallace. ===The Brady Kids=== A 22-episode animated Saturday morning cartoon series, produced by Filmation and airing on ABC from September 1972 to August 1974, is about the Brady kids having various adventures.
By the time of the 1981 made-for-TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married, Alice and Sam are married. Tiger the dog – the original dog that played Tiger died early in the first season.
Decades - a sister network of MeTV - also occasionally airs the show. The show is also available through the video-on-demand services Hulu and CBS All Access, though not every episode is available on either service. In the United Kingdom, the series aired on ITV in many regions from 1975 to 1982 and was later repeated on Sky One.
The series and its cast and crew were not nominated for an award until 1989, when Barry Williams was honored with the Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th Youth in Film Awards. All other awards and nominations for the series have come from the TV Land Awards: ==Discography== During the series' original run, the six Brady kids recorded several albums on Paramount's record label, all credited to "The Brady Bunch".
Directed by Malcolm Leo, the special was originally broadcast on ABC on May 19, 1993. ===Day by Day: "A Very Brady Episode"=== The Day by Day episode titled "A Very Brady Episode" (February 5, 1989), on NBC, reunited six of the original The Brady Bunch cast members: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B.
Contemporary establishing shots of the house were filmed with the owner's permission for the 1990 TV series The Bradys.
The two-hour series premiere episode aired on February 9, 1990, at 9 pm on CBS and initially drew respectable ratings.
Directed by Malcolm Leo, the special was originally broadcast on ABC on May 19, 1993. ===Day by Day: "A Very Brady Episode"=== The Day by Day episode titled "A Very Brady Episode" (February 5, 1989), on NBC, reunited six of the original The Brady Bunch cast members: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B.
According to a 1994 article in the Los Angeles Times, the San Fernando Valley house was built in 1959 and selected as the Brady residence because series creator Schwartz felt it looked like a home where an architect would live.
In 1995, the series was adapted into a satirical comedy theatrical film titled The Brady Bunch Movie, followed by A Very Brady Sequel in 1996.
The owner refused to allow Paramount to restore the property to its 1969 look for The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995, so a facade resembling the original home was built around an existing house. The house was put up for sale, for the first time since 1973, in the summer of 2018 with an asking price of $1.885 million.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
Barry Williams and Christopher Knight were on hand for a post-show question and answer session on all things Brady. ==Film adaptations== Twenty years following the conclusion of the original series, a film adaptation, The Brady Bunch Movie, went into production and was released in 1995 from Paramount Pictures.
In 1995, the series was adapted into a satirical comedy theatrical film titled The Brady Bunch Movie, followed by A Very Brady Sequel in 1996.
Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen and Maureen McCormick appeared in deleted scenes. A sequel, A Very Brady Sequel, was released in 1996.
A second sequel, The Brady Bunch in the White House, aired on Fox in November 2002 as a made-for-television film. In 1997, "Getting Davy Jones" (season three, episode 12) was ranked number 37 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
A second sequel, The Brady Bunch in the White House, aired on Fox in November 2002 as a made-for-television film. In 1997, "Getting Davy Jones" (season three, episode 12) was ranked number 37 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
Another sequel, The Brady Bunch in the White House, was made-for-television and aired on Fox in 2002.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
The series was never a big hit in Britain. ==Home media== Paramount Home Entertainment released all five seasons on DVD in Region 1 from 2005 to 2006, before CBS Home Entertainment took over DVD rights to the Paramount Television library (though CBS DVD releases are still distributed by Paramount).
The series was never a big hit in Britain. ==Home media== Paramount Home Entertainment released all five seasons on DVD in Region 1 from 2005 to 2006, before CBS Home Entertainment took over DVD rights to the Paramount Television library (though CBS DVD releases are still distributed by Paramount).
Paramount/CBS has released the series on DVD in other countries as well. On April 3, 2007, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment released the complete series box set, which includes the TV movies A Very Brady Christmas and "The Brady 500" (an episode of The Bradys), as well as two episodes of The Brady Kids animated series.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
EST/10:30 CST. The show was aired on TBS starting in the 1980s until 1997, Nick at Nite in 1995 (for a special event), and again from 1998 to 2003 (and briefly during the spring of 2012), The N from March to April 2004, on TV Land on and off from 2002 to 2015, Nick Jr.
Beginning in 2017, The TV Ratings Guide began publishing vintage television ratings as they became readily available from old newspaper publishings.
From season two on, the theme was recorded in-house by Paramount musicians. ===The Brady house=== The house, built in 1959 and used in exterior shots, originally bore little relation to the interior layout (until 2018, when the interior of the house was rebuilt to match the soundstage sets) of the Bradys' on screen home, is located in Studio City, within the city limits of Los Angeles.
A false window was attached to the front's A-frame section to give the illusion that it had two full stories (the 2018/2019 renovation installed a real window where the false one was in the TV show footage).
The owner refused to allow Paramount to restore the property to its 1969 look for The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995, so a facade resembling the original home was built around an existing house. The house was put up for sale, for the first time since 1973, in the summer of 2018 with an asking price of $1.885 million.
The six actors who played the TV children, and who also actively participated in the 2018/2019 renovation, posed for a photo in front on November 1, 2018. In the series, the address of the house was given as 4222 Clinton Way (as read aloud by Carol from an arriving package in the first-season episode entitled "Lost Locket, Found Locket", and "Clinton Way" is clearly legible on Marcia's driver permit in the fifth-season episode "The Driver's Seat").
The reunion movie featured the entire original cast; this proved to be the only time the entire cast worked together on a single project following the cancellation of the original series (the complete surviving cast also appeared on 2019's A Very Brady Renovation).
Season 43, episode 4 - "A Very Brady Chopped" featured McCormick, Knight, and Olsen judging meals from "groovy" ingredients of the 70's. ===A Very Brady Musical=== In October 2020, Ogunquit Playhouse did a live stream broadcast of A Very Brady Musical a brand new musical adventure for the stage created by Lloyd J.
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