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'''''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>

The plots were [[conservative]] without the [[liberal]] propaganda that infested rival shows like the offensively stereotypical, media-promoted ''[[All in the Family]]''.  Nearly every episode of ''The Brady Bunch'' had a theme with a conservative lesson about growing up, and the cinematography fully used color along with a pleasant southern California suburban setting.  [[Liberal]]s apparently prevented the show from winning awards commonly given to less creative and influential shows.

The plots were [[conservative]] without the [[liberal]] propaganda that infested rival shows like the offensively stereotypical, media-promoted ''[[All in the Family]]''.  Nearly every episode of ''The Brady Bunch'' had a theme with a conservative lesson about growing up, and the cinematography fully used color along with a pleasant southern California suburban setting.  [[Liberal]]s apparently prevented the show from winning awards commonly given to less creative and influential shows. Ann Davis was ranked 33rd on the list of conservative actresses and entertainers.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002036/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm</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 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).

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).