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Now that the ubiquity of on-demand entertainment has meant no longer being forced to watch whatever TBS was rerunning when we’re bored, the kids these days mostly know The Brady Bunch in meme form, specifically the clip from 1996’s A Very Brady Sequel in which Marcia Brady responds to her sister Jan’s obvious lies about a new boyfriend with a pithy, “Sure, Jan.”

Thanks to that perfectly encapsulated dismissal, one of the most enduring legacies of the series is the fraught relationship between Marcia and Jan Brady, which was just as real off screen as on. It may not have taken the same form of middle child Jan’s resentment of being outshone by her older sister, but it did get a lot gayer.

We actually don’t know what it was that ignited the feud between Marcia Brady actress Maureen McCormick and Jan Brady actress Eve Plumb,...

The Brady Bunch was groundbreaking in its depiction of divorce, blended families and shared beds, but there was one reality that the series resolutely ignored. In real life, if you throw an equally paired group of mixed-gender, heterosexual kids together in the same household and add puberty, what you get is less Brady Bunch and more Bang Bus. 1996’s A Very Brady Sequel spoofed this obvious blind spot by throwing some sexual tension into Greg and Marcia’s fight over the attic bedroom, but even that was pretty neutered by reality’s standards, because of course, in reality, “we all hooked up,” according to Greg Brady actor Barry Williams.

Possibly the most shocking behind-the-scenes Brady relationship drama was its most Freudian, if also a bit overblown. Maureen McCormick wrote in her memoir of having “a huge crush on Robert Reed,” her TV stepdad, to the point that she “really wanted to marry him,...

Sherwood Schwartz's 1969 sitcom "The Brady Bunch" was progressive and retrogressive at the same time. On the one hand, it vaunted the virtues of remarrying and finding new families, showing that step-siblings and second spouses could produce as harmonious a domestic unit as more traditional nuclear families. On the other hand, the characters were clean-cut and virtuous to a cartoonish degree, only expressing the blandest sorts of domestic turmoil. It's easy to be harmonious when every member of the family is scrupulous and clean. The show was more about mild, silly pet peeves than about legitimately hard-hitting clashes of character. 

Of course, "hard-hitting" was not Schwartz's métier. He was a writer of high-concept, light-hearted comedies. This was, after all, the "Gilligan's Island" guy. He wasn't about to skew into Neil Labute family dramas with "The Brady Bunch." 

And "The Brady Bunch" was huge. It lasted a gangbusters 117 episodes over its five seasons,...

MTV launched on August 1, 1981, famously charging out of the gate with The Buggles' hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star." It was pretty presumptuous and cheeky for the suits at MTV to assume that their new network was instantly ripping apart an old media landscape, but they were eventually proven somewhat right. MTV became, for a prolonged spell, a brand new cultural fulcrum for Gen-x youths. The network didn't just randomly showcase hip music videos — a medium that exploded in popularity thanks to MTV's machinations — but carefully curated them, allowing viewers to appreciate certain genres, labels, or artists they may not have known otherwise. Some early MTV explorers may recall 1983's "I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge." Hosts would introduce blocks of videos and even take requests. The term VJ entered the pop lexicon.

Also, to round out their programming blocks, MTV ran multiple news segments and documentary shows, updating...

While The Brady Bunch has become a nostalgic touchstone for multiple generations of sitcom lovers, it was never cool in real time, says Eve Plumb, the actress who played angsty middle-child Jan.

“You have to remember, The Brady Bunch was really not popular or considered interesting at the time,” she told Yahoo! Entertainment in 2023 while auctioning off some of her Brady memorabilia. “It’s only after the fact that all of these themes and digging into it and discussing and figuring it out has happened.”

The Brady Bunch “was not considered relevant. It was considered saccharine, and the concurrent shows were like Mod Squad and other hard-hitting TV shows, so we were seen as filler,” Plumb explained. “It was considered very safe, and I think that was our lane and we stayed in it.”

So what happened to teenage Plumb when her saccharine sitcom ended after a five-year run? She...

Dalene Young, the screenwriter whose credits included the coming-of-age comedy-drama Little Darlings, featuring Tatum O’Neal and Kristy McNichol, and the Mary Steenburgen-starring drama Cross Creek, has died. She was 85.

Young died May 9 in Portland, Oregon, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, her husband, director Robert Martin Carroll, announced.

Young received a Daytime Emmy nomination for co-writing the 1999 Showtime children’s special Locked in Silence and landed a Christopher Award and a Humanitas Prize nomination for her work on the 1992 NBC telefilm Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted.

She also wrote the films The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) and Baby Luv (2000) and other telefilms, including 1983’s Will There Really Be a Morning? — based on actress Frances Farmer’s autobiography — 2000’s The Last Dance and 2002’s Miss Lettie and Me.

“In her heyday, she was arguably the top writer of made-for-television movies,” her husband noted.

Young had a long career on the stage as well,...

According to one star of the series, a revival of The Brady Bunch came close to happening, only to be squashed before getting to production. Allegedly, this was due in part to Susan Olsen publicly expressing her political opinions.

In the classic sitcom, Olsen played Cindy Brady, the youngest of Carol's (Florence Henderson) three girls. During a recent interview for the "Walk Away Campaign" podcast (per Vanity Fair), Olsen said that CBS Studios had a planned Brady Bunch revival series in the works. The show was said to have followed Cindy and her siblings, now as adults, with Olsen's character portrayed as a libertarian podcaster. However, it's alleged that the network wound up scrapping the project due to Olsen's conservative views, particularly about her support for Donald Trump and criticism of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Related 'I Can't Tell A Joke:' Modern Family Actor Believed She Wasn't Funny Enough To Star...

The blended family from The Brady Bunch were not as popular during their original run on ABC as they are today. The ’70s sitcom became a favorite among children and teenagers, who loved to see the sibling dynamics between the three brothers and three sisters. However, they apparently shared more than sibling love off-screen.

A still poster of The Brady Bunch | Credits: Paramount Television

The Brady Bunch saw Robert Reed’s Mike Brady and Florence Henderson’s Carol Martin marry each other, both having been married earlier with kids. Mike has three sons—Greg, Peter, and Bobby—and Carol has three daughters—Marcia, Jan, and Cindy. The couple adopts each other’s children and the sitcom explores this unconventional big family.

The Cast Of The Brady Bunch: What Are They Doing Now? The cast of The Brady Bunch | Credits: Paramount Television

The Brady Bunch ran for five seasons and a total of 117 episodes.

Susan Sarandon graced the red carpet at a special screening of her latest comedy, The Fabulous Four, at The Whitby Hotel in Manhattan.

The 77-year-old Oscar winner, known for her roles in Thelma & Louise and Dead Man Walking, was joined by a host of stars including Kathy Najimy, Alan Cumming, Eve Plumb and Marlo Thomas, as well as Broadway talents Montego Glover and Orfeh.

During the event, Sarandon opened up about her views on love and relationships. Despite her age, Sarandon made it clear that she remains open to new romantic possibilities. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she expressed her willingness to embrace love and adventure.

“I’m open to love,” she said. “On every level, absolutely. I wouldn’t say I’m looking for a guy to share my medicine cabinet, but I love an adventurer. I’d love to find anybody that’s still curious and passionate.”

Sarandon...

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s can tell you the story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up three very lovely girls, and a man named Brady, who was busy with three boys of his own. Of course, one day, the lady met this fellow, and the rest is TV history. When Carol Martin (Florence Henderson) married Mike Brady (Robert Reed), all six of their children came together, along with their trusty maid Alice (Ann B. Davis), to become the sitcom family known as "The Brady Bunch."

"The Brady Bunch" is one of the most beloved and memorable sitcoms of all time. The adolescent antics of Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher McKnight), Bobby (Mike Lookinland), Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb), and Cindy (Susan Olsen) made for plenty of comedy and drama as the bunch dealt with the trials and tribulations of a blended family, sibling rivalries, growing up,...

HGTV suffered a significant financial loss when the iconic Brady Bunch house sold for $2.3 million less than the original listing price of $5.5 million. The property was ultimately sold for $3.2 million, which the listing agent believed was a more accurate value for a house that is not suitable for living and subject to restrictive Airbnb rental laws. Despite the loss, HGTV invested $1.9 million in renovations to transform the house into a full replica of the famous show, preserving its iconic status in television history.

Back in May, one of television's most iconic homes was put on the market: The Brady Bunch house. It now has new owners, but not without certain financial repercussions for HGTV. According to reports, the house sold for a significant amount under the original listing price, ouch! The network originally listed the home at $5.5 million, and its new owners purchased it for $3.2 million. This is a full...

HGTV has sold The Brady Bunch house and it did so at below the asking price and below the price they paid when they purchased it back in 2018.

The Los Angeles home served as the exterior shot of the popular 1970s sitcom. HGTV bought the home and renovated the interior to replicate the Hollywood sets of the comedy that starred Florence Henderson and Robert Reed.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the home sold for $3.2 million, which the cable network had listed at $5.5 million earlier this year. HGTV bought the home for $3.5 million at the time and documented the renovations with specials like A Very Brady Renovation and A Very Brady Renovation: Holiday Edition.

Tina Trahan, a self-proclaimed fan of the show and the 1995 parody film, bought the home and said she would use the house located in Studio City for charitable events.

Brady Bunch cast: (left to right) Maureen McCormack,...

When Freeform's new animated series Praise Petey premieres this Friday, you won't recognize any of the faces, but you'll certainly recognize the supersized talent behind them.

Prolific actor Stephen Root is among the actors who will use their voices to bring a wide array of characters to life in the new series by creator, writer, and executive producer Anna Drezen, a former head writer on Saturday Night Live.

We had the chance to chat with Root during a recent press day, and the pleasure was all ours. The interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

There's no doubt that you are familiar with many of Root's roles over the years.

He's incredibly talented, and his acting chops tear apart roles in both comedies and dramas, but he leans heavily into the former, even when taking a dramatic turn.

Whether it's a no-pants-wearing judge in Justified, a continuously...

If you've been fantasizing about living in the actual house from The Brady Bunch, as if you had just stepped straight into the sitcom from your living room, you are in luck... as long as you have $5.5 million to spend. The Los Angeles house used for the exterior shots of The Brady Bunch house is back on the market, but with some major changes. Located at 11222 Dilling St., the home was previously up for sale in 2018 when it was purchased by HGTV. The network then invited back the actors who played the Brady Bunch children to help renovate the home's interiors alongside HGTV stars, making the inside look just like the set that was used for the sitcom, complete with the familiar staircase.

The process was documented for the HGTV special A Very Brady Renovation, which drew 28 million viewers when it aired. The special notably brought back cast members Barry Williams...

The Masked Singer season 9's third place finisher was California Roll, who was revealed to be a capella singing group, Pentatonix, and there are several other groups who would also be perfect for the mystery singing competition. Pentatonix is a five-member act, which is the largest in Masked Singer history. They brought their signature harmonies to songs such as "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, "Creep" by Radiohead, and "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson.

The Masked Singer season 9's California Roll was not the first group to compete. That distinction belongs to Hanson, who competed on The Masked Singer season 5 as the Russian Dolls. In season 7, En Vogue appeared as the Queen Cobras, while The Brady Bunch brothers, Barry Williams (Greg), Christopher Knight (Peter), and Mike Lookinland (Bobby) were revealed to be the Mummies in season 8. Wilson Phillips were the season 8 runner-up, impressing everyone with...

Decades after going off the air, the family sitcom, The Brady Bunch, is still remembered for middle sister Jan Brady (Eve Plumb) screaming "Marcia Marcia Marcia!" out of pure jealousy over her seemingly perfect older sister (Maureen McCormick). Even though the line was only said in one episode, over the years, it became known as Jan's catchphrase.

In the game of television shows, a catchphrase is something that sets some players apart from others. It can not only become synonymous with the original character, but it can also create recognizability for the show itself.

"Dy-no-mite!" James "J.J." Evans Jr., (Good Times)

A spinoff of Maude and All In The Family, Good Times brought just that with every episode. One of the most popular characters on the show was James "J.J." Evans Jr. (Jimmie Walker), the oldest child of the Evans family, known for his silly catchphrase, "Dyn-o-mite!".

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It may only be March 1, but the Hallmark Channel is already looking ahead to the end of the year, specifically, the months of October, November, and December, when Christmas movies take over. The network has already announced details for one of its upcoming 2022 “Countdown to Christmas” movies, A Holiday Spectacular. It will star Ginna Claire Mason, Derek Klena, Ann-Margret, and Eve Plumb — and the famous Radio City Rockettes in various performance numbers and speaking roles throughout the film. It was filmed on-location at Radio City Music Hall as well as in Upstate New York. A Holiday Spectacular is set in 1958, with a Philadelphia heiress, Maggie (Mason), putting her plans for her high-society wedding (to a man she doesn’t love) on hold to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Her...

Exclusive: Hallmark Channel has greenlit A Holiday Spectacular, a new Christmas movie starring Academy Award-nominated Ann-Margret, Eve Plumb, Tony Award-nominee Derek Klena, Ginna Claire Mason, and featuring the Radio City Rockettes. The movie will air as part of the 2022 Countdown to Christmas programming.

A Holiday Spectacular was shot on location both in upstate New York and at Radio City Music Hall. The Rockettes were choreographed by their director and choreographer Julie Branam and will be featured throughout the film in various performance numbers and speaking roles.

The story is set in 1958 when a Philadelphia heiress named Maggie (Mason) puts her high-society wedding plans, to a man she doesn’t love, on hold in order to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.

While her family thinks she’s staying in the...

Watching Paramount Plus’ “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch” — a recreation of the 1971 season 2 episode, “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” – audiences could easily think the sets were also faithfully recreated for this “RuPaul’s Drag Race” meets “The Brady Bunch” crossover. But the production was put together with the aid of green screen and the magic of virtual production.

A Variety set visit to L.A Castle Studios in Burbank took place under strict Covid protocols. Masks and face shields were worn for cast press interviews and a negative Covid test was needed before one could even step on set. Additionally, temperatures were taken before being shuttled over to the set.

Crew sat working on laptops, in front of them a giant monitor projecting a scene between Kylie Sonique Love as Jan Brady and Kandy Muse as Cindy acting against a green screen.

Green screen has become an...

A “Brady Bunch” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” crossover, “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch,” premieres Wednesday on Paramount+. And according to the O.G. “Brady Bunch” stars who took part, fans are in for “a real hoot and holler” of an episode.

The special, made in celebration of Pride Month, reunites the original cast of “The Brady Bunch” alongside queens from the Emmy-winning competition series “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Together, they recreated the classic episode “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” complete with a remixed “Brady Bunch” theme song and RuPaul playing a wig attendant.

“I have all sorts of memories from this episode and show and [this special] just seemed like a really fun, new take on it,” Eve Plumb, who played Jan Brady on the beloved family sitcom, told TheWrap. “It ended up being a real hoot and holler.”

Plumb even got the chance to step out of Jan...

Get ready to go watch members of the cast of The Brady Bunch together again. A recreation of an episode of the iconic family comedy is planned by Paramount+ and MTV Entertainment. Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Eve Plumb and Susan Olsen will reunite for the special event and two of the actors will be playing their original roles.

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The casts of The Brady Bunch and RuPaul's Drag Race are uniting to reimagine a classic episode of the famous comedy series. Dubbed Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch, the special is set to premiere on the streaming platform Paramount+ on June 30, just as Pride Month comes to a close. The merger will see the season 2 episode "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?" recreated with many Brady Bunch stars playing different roles.

In the special, Barry Williams (Greg Brady) will play Mike Brady, the father of his character from the original series. Other surviving cast members from The Brady Bunch that will return for new roles include Christopher Knight (Peter Brady), Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady), Eve Plumb (Jan Brady), and Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady). Plumb will play "Lucy" with Olsen playing "Margie," though it's unclear who Knight and Lookinland will portray.

Meanwhile, the RuPaul's Drag Race talent...

As Hollywood returns to normalcy and production returns amid Covid protocols still in place, Variety was invited for an exclusive set visit to “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch.”

The special, which airs June 30 Paramount Plus, was filmed at Castle Studios in Burbank. Audiences will see cultural history as two phenomenons come together: queens from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and original cast members from “The Brady Bunch.” The iconic merger will recreate the famous “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” episode from Season 2.

The Brady Bunch returning cast members include Barry Williams, Christopher Knight (Peter Brady), Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady), Eve Plumb (Jan Brady) and Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady).

In this iteration, Eve Plumb will play “Lucy” and Susan Olsen will play “Margie,” while Drag Race performers Kylie Sonique Love will play Jan, Kandy Muse stars as Cindy, Shea Couleé stars as Marcia, Bianca Del Rio is Carol, BenDeLaCreme is Greg,...

Nope, this is not the result of a game of Mad Libs, some “RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars” favorites will be reenacting the classic “The Brady Bunch” episode, “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” alongside the stars of the iconic 70s sitcom. The crossover event will drop on Paramount+ on June 30.

The special will see original cast members Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Eve Plumb and Susan Olsen will reunite alongside the likes of RuPaul, Michelle Visage and more in honor of Pride Month.

Airing from 1969 to 1974 on ABC, “The Brady Bunch” remains one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Check out which “Drag Race” all-stars are slated to portray which classic characters in the “Dragging the Classics” crossover.

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! The eldest Brady sister, originally played by Maureen McCormick, will be portrayed by Shea Couleé, a “Drag Race” legend known for competing on...

One of the great camp classics of 1970s television is getting a drag makeover.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” producer World of Wonder is mounting “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch,” in which the original stars of the iconic TV series “The Brady Bunch” will recreate a beloved episode of the show alongside several “Drag Race” alumni. The special, produced in partnership with MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Plus, will debut on the streamer on June 30, just in time for the end of Pride Month.

The episode in question — “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” from Season 2 — fits the drag theme perfectly: After receiving a birthday party invitation accidentally addressed to her older sister Marcia, Jan decides that the only way she can make herself stand-out from her two blonde-haired sisters is to buy an ill-fitting brown, curly wig.

From the original “Brady Bunch” series, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland...

Here’s the story of how RuPaul’s Drag Race crossed over with… The Brady Bunch!

Original cast members of the classic family sitcom will team up with fan favorites from the Drag Race franchise for Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch, in which they recreate the iconic Brady Bunch episode “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?”

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In the 1971 sitcom episode,...

The fierce queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race will collide with original cast members of The Brady Bunch for a Pride crossover event from Paramount+ and MTV Entertainment Studios.

Set to drop Wednesday, June 30 exclusively on Paramount+, Dragging The Classics: The Brady Bunch will see Barry Williams, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland play Mike Brady, Peter Brady and Bobby Brady, respectively. Eve Plumb and Susan Olsen will also return as Lucy and Margie, respectively.

Filling the gaps are Drag Race superstars. All Stars 5 winner Shea Couleé will appear as Marcia Brady, Drag Race season six winner Bianca Del Rio as Carol Brady, Ben DeLaCreme as Greg Brady and Kylie Sonique Love as Jan Brady. Additional participating Drag Race queens are Nina West as Alice and Kandy Muse as Cindy Brady.

The special will also feature appearances from RuPaul as Wig Attendant and Michelle Visage as Helen.

Dragging The Classics: The...

Welcome Dan, aka Comic Concierge, back to Nerdly with his new YouTube channel dedicated to all things comics. From weekly new releases to graphic novels. Comics are for everyone but the key is finding the right one. Comic Concierge is here to help with that journey, with a range of videos discussing everything from weekly pick-ups, dollar-bin dives, comic book theory, analysis and more!

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“I’ve gotta say, I love hearing everybody’s stories,” says Eve Plumb, who played Jan on The Brady Bunch, as she and her five fellow child actors-turned-legends from that classic ABC sitcom — Barry Williams, who played Greg; Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia; Christopher Knight, who played Peter; Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby; and Susan Olsen, who played Cindy — convene on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast for a rare reunion. “You know, we’ve known each other our whole lives, but yet I’m finding out really interesting things!”

The Brady Bunch, a show about two families that come together as one, was ...

“I’ve gotta say, I love hearing everybody’s stories,” says Eve Plumb, who played Jan on The Brady Bunch, as she and her five fellow child actors-turned-legends from that classic ABC sitcom — Barry Williams, who played Greg; Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia; Christopher Knight, who played Peter; Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby; and Susan Olsen, who played Cindy — convene on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast for a rare reunion. “You know, we’ve known each other our whole lives, but yet I’m finding out really interesting things!”

The Brady Bunch, a show about two families that come together as one, was ...

In 1974, I was 16 and curious to see ABC try once again with super-heroes. One fine Tuesday night, I sat at and watched Wonder Woman, horrified at the liberties taken in the backdoor pilot. Cathy Lee Crosby didn’t have the looks or the costume and the most interesting thing about this was Ricardo Montalban as the heavy.

The network somehow still saw the potential in the character and commissioned a more faithful pilot, this time with a comics-accurate costume and perfect casting in Lynda Carter. In the hands of former Batman scribe Stanley Ralph Ross, the show felt right. ABC agreed and a series of Wonder Woman shows were filmed, set in World War II.

This was the beginning of the jiggle era of television, as prime time was filled with busty, often braless actors and they pandered to the women’s movement with female-led shows that didn’t fulfill their promise.

Wonder Woman, the beloved 1970s live-action television series starring Lynda Carter, has been remastered and is coming to Blu-ray! Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on July 28, 2020.

Save the world? That’s a man’s job. Then along comes star-spangled Wonder Woman with her bullet-deflecting bracelets and golden lariat to set everyone straight. With Lynda Carter staring as the title character, Season One features adventures in Wonder Woman’s original World War II era, while Seasons Two and Three whoosh forward to the disco-loving ‘70s. Times change. The need to smash evil, calamity and injustice does not.

The Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection Blu-ray box set comes complete with all 59 episodes, plus the treasured pilot movie, across 10 discs. Bonus features include:

Audio commentary of the pilot movie by Lynda Carter & executive producer Douglas S. Cramer Audio commentary by Lynda Carter on the episode, “My Teenage Idol is Missing” Featurette – Beauty,...

Here's the story of two lovely ladies, both of them with hair of gold like their TV mother, who spent their childhood on and then parlayed that sitcom stardom into new careers as TV home décor experts. Maureen McCormick and Eve Plumb, known worldwide as The Brady Bunch's Marcia and Jan, respectively, joined the Hgtv family with A Very Brady Renovation in 2019. The TV siblings, along with Barry Williams, Susan Olsen, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland, teamed up with a variety of Hgtv stars to redo the inside of the home that provided the exterior shots of the Brady compound to look like the TV set. A pilot, Generation Renovation, followed for Plumb, as did a new gig for McCormick hosting...

Walmart has figured out a way to get its goods in front of shoppers – even if the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are keeping them from visiting its stores.

As part of an advertising agreement struck with Discovery, the large retailer will have products and ad messages woven into and around a new Hgtv series that has homeowners record themselves as they make over a room with the help of designers stationed remotely. The “self shot” series, “Design At Your Door,” debuts Thursday at 9 p.m. eastern.

Discovery has launched several so-called “quarantine” concepts featuring Guy Fieri or Amy Schumer with quick-turnaround deadlines to help fill its programming grid as the pandemic has forced normal production to cease. But the fast pivot has spurred the company’s ad-sales teams to work even faster to line up Madison Avenue support.

“Normally, we’d have 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 weeks, but not here,” says Greg Regis,...

Maureen McCormick is returning to Hgtv to co-host her own home-design series with designer Dan Vickery.

Called “Frozen in Time,” the new series was announced Thursday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena.

“Maureen McCormick of ‘Brady Bunch’ fame returns to Hgtv to help overhaul homes that are stuck in a design time-warp in the new series ‘Frozen in Time,'” Hgtv president Jane Latman told reporters.

The series is set to debut in spring 2020.

Here is the official description from Hgtv:

“In Hgtv’s new home renovation series Frozen in Time, designer Dan Vickery and A Very Brady Renovation’s Maureen McCormick will overhaul homes that are stuck in a design time warp. In each episode, Dan will bring the structure up-to-date, while Maureen sources beautiful decade-specific pieces that will give the home a refreshed look and a wink to its original era.”

For “A Very Brady Renovation,...

The cast of The Brady Bunch revealed that Oscar-winner Jodie Foster was almost part of the beloved show when they visited Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Thursday.

Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Barry Williams, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland reunited to reminisce about their time on the classic TV program ahead of the Hgtv/Food Network crossover special A Very Brady Renovation: Holiday Edition.

During the appearance, Olsen revealed one actress who competed against her for her role. "Jodie Foster was up for Cindy," she shared.

The stars were also asked to reveal which castmember let ...

Lifetime's You Light Up My Christmas reunites Tootie, Natalie, Blair, and Jo from The Facts of Life. It's the first time that Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Lisa Whelchel, and Nancy McKeon have all been on screen together since 1988. The hit series started as a spin-off from Diff'rent Strokes in 1979 and ran until 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. Fans of the series have waited over 30 years to see the cast together on screen. You can see them together in the trailer below.

Kim Fields stars in You Light Up My Christmas and is also an executive producer on the project. It was her initial idea to reach out to The Facts of Life cast for a mini reunion and they were all interested in helping out and getting together again, though George Clooney did not take part in the festivities. All it took was few phone calls.

Update: Fresh off the success of their Hgtv series, Discovery Network has confirmed it will air the special A Very Brady Renovation: Holiday Edition on Dec. 16. But there’s a change of venue. Instead of Hgtv, the show moves to The Food Network.

The six Brady Bunch siblings join Ree Drummond, the star of Food Network’s The Pioneer Woman, and Jasmine Roth, star of Hgtv’s Hidden Potential, to create ‘70s-inspired treats and festive decorations. The special airs on Food Network Dec. 22.

Brady Bunch cast members Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) are on board for the special.

“We have remarkable star experts across every area of lifestyle content, so of course we’re inviting Food Network star Ree Drummond to Hgtv’s Brady holiday episode,” said Hgtv president Jane Latman. “Along with Jasmine Roth and the Brady siblings,...

Here’s the story of a lovely lady

Who was bringing up three very lovely girls

All of them had hair of gold, like their mother

The youngest one in curls

Here’s the story of a man named Brady

Who was busy with three boys of his own

They were four men living all together

Yet they were all alone

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow

And they knew that it was much more than a hunch

That this group must somehow form a family

That’s the way we all became the Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch, the Brady Bunch

That’s the way we became the Brady Bunch

Now that the song is going through your head (you’re welcome), what was it about this cheesy little sitcom that has made it endure 50 years? “The Brady Bunch” is celebrating its 50th anniversary ABC...

Here’s the story of a lovely lady

Who was bringing up three very lovely girls

All of them had hair of gold, like their mother

The youngest one in curls

Here’s the story of a man named Brady

Who was busy with three boys of his own

They were four men living all together

Yet they were all alone

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow

And they knew that it was much more than a hunch

That this group must somehow form a family

That’s the way we all became the Brady Bunch

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That’s the way we became the Brady Bunch

Now that the song is going through your head (you’re welcome), what was it about this cheesy little sitcom that has made it endure 50 years? “The Brady Bunch” is celebrating its 50th anniversary ABC...

When we initially posted about A Very Brady Renovation on Hgtv, the article took off.

There are a few times when initial support for a series matches the ratings that result. This Is Us achieved that when their first trailer took off like it was a blockbuster movie.

Well, the Brady Bunch pays dividends, too, both in ratings and with digital performance.

The excitement about renovating such an iconic structure was the real deal.

A Very Brady Renovation on Hgtv Will Blast to the Past for Historic Makeover

With all of the adult Brady children returning and an all-star Hgtv cast of renovators and design artists, fans are ravenous to see the structure brought to life.

When the house went on the market for the first time in 50 years, it sparked a bidding war. Even Lance Bass was interested in buying the famed home.

But Hgtv won the bidding war,...

In August 2018, Hgtv became the proud new owner of 11222 Dilling Street, the split-level home in Studio City, Calif., whose exterior was seen in virtually every episode of The Brady Bunch.

This Monday, Sept. 9 at 9/8c, A Very Brady Renovation gets underway on Hgtv, when Brady Bunch kids Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen reunite to give the aforementioned house a retro makeover.

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In Monday’s extended premiere episode,...

“And that’s the way we remade the Brady House…” chimes the theme song of “A Very Brady Renovation,” the upcoming Hgtv series that follows the recreation of the classic TV set inside the L.A. property which served as the home’s on-camera exterior.

It’s just the latest stop as the nostalgia train keeps on, keeps on, keeps on moving long after “The Brady Bunch” wrapped up its initial five-season run in 1974. The series has spawned spin-off shows, movies, albums, a variety hour and a cartoon, not to mention the millions of dollars of merchandise sold around the series. But this latest update proves far superior to any “Brady Bunch” lunch box.

“This has been a special one because we didn’t have to play Bobby and Cindy — we could be ourselves. And it’s the 50th anniversary [of the premiere],” “Brady Bunch” actor Mike Lookinland explained to reporters at the...

Here's the story of a TV network that bought a house for its famous exterior, assembled a beloved sitcom cast, changed everything about the house's interior and filmed everything. It's the story of A Very Brady Renovation. Hgtv's new home renovation series reunited the Brady kids—Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen aka Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy—from the five-season sitcom The Brady Bunch and put them to work. They teamed up with Hgtv talent such as Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott and Jasmine Roth to recreate the sets from The Brady Bunch inside the house that provided its exterior. It was quite the feat, one Plumb described as...

Starting Monday, viewers of cable outlets like TLC, the Food Network and Discovery Channel may experience the strange sensation of hearing snippets of the theme song from the 1970s sitcom, “The Brady Bunch.”

On TLC, “Long Island Medium” star Theresa Caputo will appear sporting a ‘do that looks much like the one Florence Henderson’s Carol Brady wore in the earlier series. On Food Network, Duff and Valerie Bertinelli will coo over a porkchops-and-applesauce cake from the children in “Kids Baking Championship” that plays off an old “Brady” plotline. And on Travel Channel, “Kindred Spirits” hosts Amy Bruni and Adam Berry will discover a treasure chest filled with 1970s flotsam and jetsam.

The idea is to make viewers from across the Discovery Inc. pantheon of cable networks more aware of the new series, “A Very Brady Renovation.” The program, which debuts on Discovery’s Hgtv Monday, September 9, shows the actors...

Get ready to go back to the Brady House! A premiere date has been set for A Very Brady Renovation, and viewers will see every step that goes into the transformation of the iconic house, starting with a 90 minute premiere in September.

Hgtv announced the release date in a new press release. Check that out below.

“America has passionately followed Hgtv’s Brady Bunch journey—from the network’s purchase of the world-famous North Hollywood house in 2018 to the monumental renovation that made the home a replica of the original TV set design. Now, Hgtv is set to unveil the astonishing transformation in the hugely anticipated series A Very Brady Renovation, premiering Monday, Sept. 9, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.

The six Brady Bunch siblings, Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby)...

If you're a fan of 1970s television, surely you've heard the news that Hgtv won a competitive bidding war for the original Brady Bunch house.

In skillful hands, Hgtv renovated the iconic house, and A Very Brady Renovation will detail the transformation from just another house in the valley to a faithful reproduction of the home of the Bradys.

Premiering on Monday, September 9 at 9/8c, the series will feature faces you know and love.

The six Brady Bunch siblings, Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) will all be on hand.

The teamed up with Hgtv’s biggest renovation star experts Jonathan and Drew Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home), Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine (Good Bones), siblings Leanne and Steve Ford (Restored by the Fords), Jasmine Roth (Hidden Potential) and Lara Spencer (Flea Market Flip), to...

The beloved Brady 6 are back together after more than 15 years thanks to Hgtv’s four-part series, A Very Brady Renovation. During the show’s presentation at the TCA press tour at the Beverly Hilton, The Brady Bunch alums Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) convened onstage to dish on the reunion.

Through the years, there have been a number of Brady revivals and reunions that have involved some of the original cast members, but for this one, it was important that everyone was involved.

“There are so many elements that had to come together to make this thing work. It’s almost unfathomable,” Williams said. “I love these people. We’ve had great relationships our entire lives but not all together at the same time. It was crucial to have every single person on this stage in that show.

All six former child actors from “The Brady Bunch” were on hand Thursday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour to talk about their new Hgtv show, “A Very Brady Renovation.”

“They paid way to much for this house,” Barry Williams, who played Greg on “The Brady Bunch,” joked.

He was joined by his former co-stars Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Eve Plumb (Jan), Susan Olsen (Cindy), Mike Lookinland (Bobby), and Christopher Knight (Peter), who all participated in renovating the famous “Brady Bunch House” in Studio City, California.

But the truth was, the actors never actually filmed a single scene in the famous Brady house — it was only used in establishing shots of the exterior, while the rest of the show was filmed on a set miles away.

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The Brady Bunch is going home on Hgtv.  A Very Brady Renovation is coming to the network, and it's not just any old home renovation show. After the actual house used for exterior shots on The Brady Bunch went up for sale in early 2018, Hgtv managed to outbid Lance Bass for the house and got the actual remaining Brady siblings back together for a show about restoring the home to its former glory and also making the inside look like the set of the house actually did on the show.  Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland, Christopher Knight, and Barry Williams took the stage at the TV Critics Association 2019 summer press tour on Thursday to talk about the new series, which premieres...