Behind-the-Scenes Facts About ‘The Brady Bunch’

Published on 01/24/2018
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All throughout the series run Florence Henderson kept pestering the producers to allow Carol Brady to get out into the workforce. Henderson believed this would be far more in line with how she was in real life. However the producers kept Carol Brady unemployed, although she frequently participated in volunteer work and fundraising for charity.

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Because of the show’s marginal ratings (it only reached #34 in the Nielsen Ratings), the show was never actually renewed for an entire season until its last season. During the first four seasons, it was only ever renewed for 13 episodes at a time. Many cast members admitted that when filming 13 episodes wrapped up, everyone felt apprehension while waiting to see if ABC would even renew the program.

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