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[[Sherwood Schwartz]] (previously of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' fame) developed and produced the series. He was shopping the show around to networks for a year or so before it was picked up to capitalize on the success of ''Yours Mine And Ours,'' a 1968 feature film about another large blended family. (This was obliquely acknowledged by the makers of ''A Very Brady Sequel'' when they selected one of the stars of ''Yours Mine And Ours,'' Tim Matheson, to play Carol Brady's long-lost first husband...[[Spot the Imposter|sorta]]).
Never a huge hit in its initial network run on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], the show became inexplicably popular (perhaps through its [[Theme Tune]], and the songs they did?) once it [[Vindicated by Reruns|went to daily syndication]] in the late '70s, and a cultural icon (and eventual subject of vast quantities of nostalgia and derision in equal measure) for Gen-Xers. Over the years, the show gained two made-for-TV reunion movies and a couple of spin-offs. Moreover, the actors of the children have appeared in specials and game-shows numerous times.
In the years since the show's cancellation, various tidbits have come to light regarding the show and its cast: like its sister series ''Gilligan's Island'', the concept grated on several of the cast members (several actors were busy most of the time sending angry memos to the producers about the horrible scripts they had to work with). Also, there were behind-the-scenes romance stories between almost every member of the cast. Oh, and Tiger (the dog) was actually ''two'' dogs; the 'original' Tiger wandered off the set one day looking for a place to 'do his business' and was promptly hit by a truck.
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