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| − | '''''The Brady Bunch''''' is a conservative television family show. It ran on [[ABC]] from 1969 to 1974. The show was about a suburban Los Angeles blended family after a widow (Florence Henderson) with three daughters marries a widower (Robert Reed) with three sons and a live-in housekeeper. | + | '''''The Brady Bunch''''' is a classic television family sitcom. It ran on [[ABC]] from 1969 to 1974. The show was about a suburban Los Angeles blended family where a widowed housewife named Carol Martin (Florence Henderson) with three daughters married architect widower Mike Brady (Robert Reed) who had three sons and a live-in housekeeper Alice (Ann B. Davis). |
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| − | The show is very pro-family, and contains many morals. | + | While the show was never a major ratings hit during it's network run, it attained cult status once it went into syndication, achieving highs in popularity, and as a result of the new found popularity, several reunion spinoffs were produced, such as ''The Brady Bunch variety Hour'' (1976-77), ''The Brady Brides'' (1981), and ''The Bradys'' (1990). |
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| | + | Several movies were also made featuring the Brady family, such as the made for TV ''Very Brady Christmas'' (1988 - featuring most of the original cast), the theatrical ''Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995 - produced as a hybrid homage/parody featuring a new cast), the theatrical ''Very Brady Sequel'' (1996), and the made for TV ''Brady Bunch Goes to Washington'' (2002 - made in the style of the 90s movies) |
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| | + | The show is considered to be last of the old style classic family sitcoms, and often featured stories revolving around family life, dealing with people, and learning life lessons/morals. |
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