

In the first season, awkward adjustments, accommodations, gender rivalries, and resentments inherent in blended families dominate the storylines. Fluffy never appears in any other episodes.) The setting is a large two-story house designed by Mike, located in a Los Angeles suburb. (In the pilot episode, the girls also have a pet: a cat named Fluffy. Included in the blended family are Mike's live-in housekeeper, Alice Nelson ( Ann B. Carol and her daughters take the Brady surname. Mike Brady ( Robert Reed), a widowed architect with three sons-Greg ( Barry Williams), Peter ( Christopher Knight), and Bobby ( Mike Lookinland)-marries Carol Martin ( Florence Henderson), who herself has three daughters: Marcia ( Maureen McCormick), Jan ( Eve Plumb), and Cindy ( Susan Olsen). 9.12 Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch.


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 Brady Bunch 's success in syndication led to several television reunion films and spin-off series: The Brady Bunch Hour (1976–77), The Brady Girls Get Married (1981), The Brady Brides (1981), A Very Brady Christmas (1988), and The Bradys (1990). Neither a hit nor a critical success during its original run, the program has since become a popular syndicated staple, especially among children and teenage viewers. Considered one of the last old-style family sitcoms, the show aired for five seasons and, after its cancellation in 1974, went into syndication in September 1975. The series revolves around a large blended family with six children. The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.
