Changes

'''''The Brady Bunch''''' was the last of the classic television family sitcoms. It ran on [[ABC]] from 1969 to 1974. The show was about a suburban Los Angeles blended family where a formerly-married 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).  The adults are all deceased now but most of the children reunite for television specials, including one for [[Christmas]] 2021 entitled "Blending Christmas."<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/brady-bunch-stars-will-reunite-for-christmas-movie/ar-AAKaPy8</ref>

'''''The Brady Bunch''''' was the last of the classic television family sitcoms. It ran on [[ABC]] from 1969 to 1974. The show was about a suburban Los Angeles blended family where a formerly-married 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).  The adults are all deceased now but most of the children reunite for television specials, including one for [[Christmas]] 2021 entitled "Blending Christmas."<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/brady-bunch-stars-will-reunite-for-christmas-movie/ar-AAKaPy8</ref>

Ranked as the 6th greatest sitcom of the 1970s,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000695283/</ref> it became more popular in [[broadcast syndication|syndicated reruns]] than it had been initially.  But the cast never received royalties from the syndicated success after 1979, because of how acting contracts were written then.  As a result of its enduring and even increasing popularity, several reunion spinoffs were produced, such as ''The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'' (1976–77), ''The Brady Brides'' (1981), and ''The Bradys'' (1990).

 

Ranked as the 6th greatest sitcom of the 1970s,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000695283/</ref> it became more popular in [[broadcast syndication|syndicated reruns]] than it had been initially.  But the cast never received royalties from the syndicated success after 1979, because of how acting contracts were then written.  As a result of its enduring and even increasing popularity, several reunion spinoffs were produced, such as ''The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'' (1976–77), ''The Brady Brides'' (1981), and ''The Bradys'' (1990).

Several successful movies were also made featuring the Brady family, such as the immensely successful 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).  The ''Brady Bunch Movie'' had cameo appearances by many of the original stars and was quite profitable, while its sequel was less so.

Several successful movies were also made featuring the Brady family, such as the immensely successful 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).  The ''Brady Bunch Movie'' had cameo appearances by many of the original stars and was quite profitable, while its sequel was less so.