"The Bradys" (1990) TV series

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

9 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The further trials and tribulations of the extended Brady family, with the children all grown up and married and with children...

Plot Keywords:

Brady Bunch | Alcoholism | Family Relationships | Television Flop | Paralysis

Cast

Florence Henderson	...	Carol Ann Tyler Martin Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Robert Reed	...	Michael Paul "Mike" Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Eve Plumb	...	Jan Martin Brady Covington (5 episodes, 1990)
Susan Olsen	...	Cynthia "Cindy" Martin Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Leah Ayres	...	Marcia Brady Logan (5 episodes, 1990)
Barry Williams	...	Dr. Greg Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Christopher Knight	...	Peter Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Mike Lookinland	...	Bobby Brady (5 episodes, 1990)
Ann B. Davis	...	Alice Nelson (4 episodes, 1990)
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Mabel / ... (2 episodes, 1990)
Herb Edelman	...	Gene Dickinson (2 episodes, 1990)
Jerry Hauck	...	Borden (2 episodes, 1990)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Brady Productions

Trivia:

The last minute switch by CBS to convert the TV movies to a weekly series prompted Maureen McCormick to bow out of the project. McCormick had just welcomed a daughter and did not want to commit to the weekly grind at that point.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "E! True Hollywood Story: The Brady Bunch" (1999)

They tried

Bless their hearts, they tried. They tried to put a situation comedy family, who is at the cornerstone of American pop culture, in a family drama. But it simply didn't work. It's just like trying to make a Cadillac out of a Volkswagen ... it ain't gonna happen! Assigning major problems to each of the family (e.g., Marcia's alcoholism, Bobby getting paralyzed), along with using a laugh track just didn't work. In hindsight, if the producers had gotten a decent writing staff and flexible directors, "The Bradys" might have worked. Unfortunately, it simply destroyed the Brady franchise. Fortunately, we still have the reruns of the original 1969-1974 ABC series, which will be around for a long time. So will, unfortunately, this show, which is bound to turn up in reruns at some point.