Behind-The-Scenes Secrets of the Brady Bunch: Things You Never Knew About Our Favorite TV Family

We are sure that you are already familiar with how it goes, but let’s take a look back at the story about this “lovely lady” and that “man named Brady.” The lovely couple created one of the most popular TV shows all the way back in 1969. If you are still clueless at this point, the name The Brady Bunch might ring a bell. The show was broadcasted for a total of 5 seasons! We all adored Mike, Carol, Marcia, Greg, Jan, Peter, Bob, Cindy, and everyone’s favorite housekeeper, Alice. Everyone had a blast watching the shenanigans each character got involved in. The show wasn’t just all about laughter and puppy love, however. It also showed the responsibilities, sibling rivalries, and heartaches teenagers went through.

Despite its present-day popularity, The Brady Bunch had not been doing well in terms of ratings. However, when the show went into syndication, their ratings skyrocketed! Because of this, the show earned many reruns and several spin-off series such as The Brady Bunch Hour, The Brady Girls Get Married, The Brady Brides, A Very Brady Christmas, and The Bradys. The successful series led to the big screen debut of their self-titled film called The Brady Bunch. Truly, this fictional family is an American cultural icon.

Sherwood Schwartz already took part in the success of several TV shows including the Gilligan’s Island before he started working on this sitcom. He was still working on the aforementioned show when the idea of the Brady Bunch came to him. At the time, Schwartz had been reading The Los Angeles Times when the idea first came into mind. In particular, this snippet served as inspiration: “30% of marriages [in the United States] have a child or children from a previous marriage.” From there, the Brady family was born. He never could have imagined that this idea would lead to the creation of one of the most beloved TV shows in history!

With five season and 117 episodes, many views watched the life and antics of the Brady family. As mentioned, the show wasn’t a huge hit when it was initially running. However, because of syndication and the younger audience bracket, the show earned its spot in pop culture. Schwartz thinks that the show made an impact on the younger viewers because it was written for them. The situations that only everybody and who are teenagers and children can relate to had been covered by the show: boy troubles, sibling rivalry, and meeting a famous person for a very long time.

As the show went off the air in 1974, the audience had been continually blessed with reruns, reliving the shenanigans of the family. Fans were not only given several spin-offs and movies, but they were also showered with albums and other merchandise for them. With this, we are going to look at some of the behind-the-scenes tidbits about The Brady Bunch that we’re guessing you never knew before. Let’s relive some of the interesting facts about the cast, the crew, and some of the unforgettable moments of the show. Learn about what Marcia did with her life after the show and more on her relationships in real life with her onscreen family! Aside from that, let’s know more about the tricks that the producers of the show used when they were casting the children and many more. Click next to know more about these interesting facts.

Simple Math

Let us start with some simple math. Most people may not know it but the The Brady Bunch had been created with statistics in mind. We know it sounds a bit absurd but this excerpt from a news byte in the paper The Los Angeles Times that was used as inspiration: “30% of marriages [in the United States] have a child or children from a previous marriage.” These lines inspired Sherwood Schwartz to create a story about it, and the rest is history.