The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch

1969
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch

6.8 | TV-G | en | Comedy

When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.

View More
AD

WATCH FREEFOR 30 DAYS

All Prime Video
Cancel anytime

Watch Now

Seasons & Episodes

5
4
3
2
1
0
EP22  The Hair-Brained Scheme
Mar. 08,1974
The Hair-Brained Scheme

Bobby, wanting to get rich quick, begins selling bottles of hair tonic and sells a bottle to Greg. However, Bobby runs for his life after the tonic turns Greg's hair orange, just days before his high school graduation.

EP21  The Hustler
Mar. 01,1974
The Hustler

The Brady family tries to figure out who would send them a pool table and later learn that Mike's boss, Mr. Matthews is the one. Meanwhile, Bobby becomes obsessed about the game and begins betting everyone including Mr. Matthews.

EP20  The Snooperstar
Feb. 22,1974
The Snooperstar

Marcia plants a bogus story in her diary to bait Cindy after she gets fed up with Cindy's nonstop snooping. The bait is a story about Marcia contacting a talent scout after submitting a picture of Cindy and the talent scout wants Cindy to be the next Shirley Temple.

EP19  Top Secret
Feb. 15,1974
Top Secret

When an FBI agent makes a visit to check Mike's security clearance, Bobby and Oliver both become convinced that Mike is working on some plans for a top secret project. They later become suspicious of Sam and become convinced that he plans to steal the ""secret plans"" and pass them on to the Russians.

EP18  Two Petes in a Pod
Feb. 08,1974
Two Petes in a Pod

Peter is stunned after he runs into a boy who looks exactly like him at school. His look alike comes in handy when Peter inadvertently makes two dates for the same night, one with Michelle and one that he forgot he promised with the niece of Mike's boss.

EP17  Welcome Aboard
Jan. 25,1974
Welcome Aboard

Carol breaks the news to Mike that she's expecting and an eavesdropping Bobby and Cindy assume that she's pregnant and pass it along to the rest of the family. Unknown to them what she meant was that she's expecting her nephew, Oliver to move in with them over the summer while his parents are in Africa.

EP16  Out of This World
Jan. 18,1974
Out of This World

After meeting an astronaut, Bobby and Peter begin wondering about life on other planets. Their wonder turns to excitement when they claim to have spotted a UFO and camp out in the backyard to get it on film.

EP15  The Driver's Seat
Jan. 11,1974
The Driver's Seat

Greg bets Marcia that she can't beat his score on her driver's test. However all the pressure gets the best of Marcia. Meanwhile, Jan must also deal with the pressure of speaking in front of a large group of people.

EP14  Kelly's Kids
Jan. 04,1974
Kelly's Kids

The Brady's friends, the Kellys are in the middle of adopting one little boy and soon find themselves adopting a total of three boys all of different ethnic backgrounds and they soon find themselves dealing with racist neighbors.

EP13  Miss Popularity
Dec. 21,1973
Miss Popularity

Surprisingly the ""once no talent,"" Jan is competing in a popularity contest at school. With Peter as her campaign manager and the rest of the family pitching in, she's got a great chance of winning. However, she quickly finds herself making promises to her classmates that she can't possibly keep.

EP12  The Elopement
Dec. 07,1973
The Elopement

Marcia and Jan mistakenly overhear Sam and Alice discussing elopement and jump to the conclusion that Sam and Alice are secretly planning to. This leads the Brady family to begin planning a wedding reception.

EP11  The Cincinnati Kids
Nov. 23,1973
The Cincinnati Kids

Mike has to present some plans for an addition at King's Island, an amusement park in Cincinnati, so he invites the whole family along but when a mix-up occurs Mike is left with a Yogi Bear poster while Jan is left with Mike's plans which she loses on one of the many rides in the park.

EP10  Try, Try Again
Nov. 16,1973
Try, Try Again

Jan becomes convinced she is a "no talent loser" after she fails to make it into a ballet recital which follows with her totally dropping out of ballet and on to tap dancing which totally drives the Brady family crazy.

EP9  Quarterback Sneak
Nov. 09,1973
Quarterback Sneak

Marcia becomes involved with Jerry Rogers, a quarterback for the Fairview team. Greg immediately tells Marcia the only reason he's dating her is to get his playbook, a notion Marcia scoffs at, but no one is scoffing when he actually does swipe the playbook.

EP8  My Brother's Keeper
Nov. 02,1973
My Brother's Keeper

After Bobby pushes Peter out of the way of a falling ladder, Peter volunteers to be Bobby's ""slave for life."" However, Bobby begins to take advantage of the situation which yet again leads to discord in the Brady household.

EP7  Marcia Gets Creamed
Oct. 26,1973
Marcia Gets Creamed

Marcia's got a new job working after school at a ice cream parlor. With both school and work, Marcia has little time for her boyfriend who, fed up comes into the parlor with another girl. Meanwhile, Marcia suggests Peter for a job but when he goofs off she is the one who fires him.

EP6  Getting Greg's Goat
Oct. 19,1973
Getting Greg's Goat

Greg becomes the person who has to house Raquel, a goat who happens to be the rival school's mascot, after him and his teammates swipe her in retaliation after the other team swiped their mascot. Things get out of control when Raquel proves to be hard to handle, easy to feed and not easy to catch.

EP5  Peter and the Wolf
Oct. 12,1973
Peter and the Wolf

Greg has finally landed a date with Sandra but he will only be able to go out with her if he can get a date for her visiting cousin, Linda. He turns to the last resort, he gets Peter to wear a fake mustache and act as if he were an older man.

EP4  Never Too Young
Oct. 05,1973
Never Too Young

After Bobby defends Millicent at school she rewards him with a kiss and he immediately sees sky rockets. This leads him to try to kiss her again but after seeing those sky rockets again, she delivers the news that she may have the mumps.

EP3  Snow White and the Seven Bradys
Sep. 28,1973
Snow White and the Seven Bradys

To get enough money for a retirement gift for a teacher, the Brady family puts on a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but a mistake in dates threatens the performance when the Bradys have no theatre to put it on.

EP2  Mail Order Hero
Sep. 21,1973
Mail Order Hero

Joe Nameth guest stars as himself in this episode where Bobby lies to his friends when he tells them that he knows Joe Nameth. This leads Cindy to make up a bogus letter stating that Bobby is dying and his last wish is to meet the football star.

EP1  Adios, Johnny Bravo
Sep. 14,1973
Adios, Johnny Bravo

As the Bradys are auditioning for a TV amateur show, a musical agent spies Greg and offers him the chance of becoming a solo star. This begins to worry Mike and Carol who hoped he would go onto college and angers his siblings for deserting them, since they were a group.

SEE MORE
SEE MORE
SEE MORE
SEE MORE
SEE MORE
SEE MORE
6.8 | TV-G | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 1969-09-26 | Released Producted By: Paramount Television Studios , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.

...... View More
Stream Online

The tv show is currently not available onine

Cast

Robert Reed , Florence Henderson , Ann B. Davis

Director

Lloyd J. Schwartz

Producted By

Paramount Television Studios ,

AD

Watch Free for 30 Days

All Prime Video Movies and TV Shows. Cancel anytime.

Watch Now

Reviews

powermandan The Brady Bunch has always been one of my favourite shows. Being heavily influenced by styles from the 60s and 70s, I don't think I will ever grow out of it. But there are so many other things that can contribute to someone not liking it. Anything bad that this show has is part of its charm.If I'm not mistaken, The Brady Bunch was the first show about a blended family. A man named Mike Brady (Robert Reed) has three sons: Greg, Peter, and Bobby (Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland). He marries a lovely lady named Carol bringing three very lovely girls--who have hair of gold like their mother: Marcia, Jan, and Cindy (Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen). Also moving into the Brady house is Mike's housekeeper Alice Nelson (Ann B. Davis) who has worked for him since his wife died. They are one big happy family.Like any family sitcom, its main area of expertise is sibling rivalry. Six kids are bound to get on each other's nerves. It also deals with other traditional formulas such as smoking, running away, egos, and that's about it in terms of serious issues. The show never really showed any true dangers of serious issues. There have been a few when the family takes vacations, but that doesn't count issues that ordinary kids face. But whatever, the episodes in their place are good enough. And the more serious episodes are like older James Bond and John Wayne stuff. Aside from the lack of social issues, what other problems does this show have? People like to nitpick at its little things, but those are too noticeable not to poke fun at. For instance, the house has only one bathroom for nine people and there is not a toilet. Then there's their dog called Tiger. He was gradually faded out from the show, but his doghouse stayed. I read that the dog was in a car accident and they tried one episode with a replacement dog but the people on set found the switch to be too noticeable. Why not use this in an episode? A death of a pet could have worked well. But perhaps the biggest flack people give this is how happy the family is. They always throw words around like "swell" and "nifty." Nobody is ever really angry. Sometimes the kids get all fired up (especially in the first season which became super annoying) but nothing even Happy Days handled. The perfect family may not be realistic, but it was certainly charming beyond belief. The world is full of misery, so The Brady Bunch provided the perfect getaway for people that didn't have the most loving family in the world. There was so much love that you couldn't NOT rewatch the show. Then there's the groovy styles in fashion and music that are far out. Everybody must remember songs like "Sunshine Day" and "Keep On." It just adds to a wonderful show.The Brady Bunch spawned s few spinoffs and movies. The spinoffs sucked but the movies were good (well, just the first two). The movies poke fun at what fans secretly thought for years. Does that diminish the show's quality? Not at all. It just gives some more things to laugh at.
welshNick This is on my list of worst 5 programs to have ever been made in the US. The list in no particular order are this, The little house on the prairie, The Waltons, champion the wonder horse and perhaps the worst of the lot Joanie loves Chachi.The idea for this was quite good. 3 girls 3 boys and 2 parents growing up together so where did it all go wrong ? The scripts were terrible, the acting equally bad and everything was completely unbelievable and far removed from American life.Added to this was one of the most annoying them tunes ever written for the small screen and we have the complete disaster. Awful, really really bad and a blessing to the current generation that they have not been subjected to this,
Blueghost I never found this show funny. Not ever. I found it bland, stupid, moronic, and completely out of touch with reality on all levels. No, it was not brilliant theatre, but something lurking out on cloud nine with an idealized portrait of how a family should have been during the late 60s and early 70s.And yet, people ate it up. That annoyed me more than anything else in the world. During this shows inception there were great upheavals around the the globe, and this little slice of Americana was just self removed from the Cold War and all the events that conflict had ignited. Domestic issues were ignored. Okay, yes, I realize this was (is) the Brady Bunch, but that's pretty much my whole point regarding this vapid theatre that catered to the mothers and daughters of America.As I watched it, I watched out of frustration that there was nothing better on. It ate up time. It was better than watching Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin, one of the late running soaps, or that horror or horrors, PBS's Sesame Street. Hence, the Brady Bunch took up alleged quality time before the news and much richer shows (Star Trek as an example) could come on.The thing that got to me about this show was that I, as an extremely younger person than I am now, could see through the junk that this show was. And yet the people around me couldn't (mostly women). Just like a book I read commented, when teenagers of the time were experimenting with drugs and sex "The Brady Bunch" was giving an updated Beaver- Clever-like sheen juxtaposed to the counter culture that was in near full swing.I found it insulting. But the blithering idiots that sat next to me ate it up. "Oh, this is the one where Bobby... or Alice... or Marcia... or Greg... (enter mundane circumstance here)". And the laugh tracks added even more insult as rarely anything was genuinely funny in this show. Yet again no one I watched it with made the slightest disapproving comment. That verse some of today's uproarious comedies, shows that are genuinely funny, that touch on edgy subjects but are still quite clean or at least well comported. Shows that need no laugh track, by the way. That verse yesteryears' Brady Bunch which needed canned laughter to let the TV viewing audience know that someone (or a bunch of someones) was laughing at the corny comments.What's worse is that this show thrives today by those with wistful memories. Why. Just why would you even like this show? No wait, don't answer. I might get convinced.Seriously, there's better entertainment out there.Avoid this thing.
MarieGabrielle remember this series, created by Sherwood Schwartz. Yes, it is silly, yes Carol and Mike have the perfect marriage (that no one has) and perfect kids who screw up, but learn a value lesson from their mistakes.I remember as a kid, watching this and my Dad laughing: "How come Mike Brady never works?", (lol); that is so true- no families were like this; BUT that is why people liked watching it.Carol Brady (Florence Henderson) is a bit too plastic, but always comes through for the kids. Jan is annoying, Peter was humorous, Marcia and and Greg as the oldest provided more interesting plot points. People grew up relating to the characters, or they wouldn't have made the 1988 "Very Brady Christmas".One favorite episode is the trip to Hawaii. It was a big trip for the Brady family, and American kids wanted to follow suit, take a trip to Hawaii and get lost in the tiki cave- chased by Vincent Price.It is good clean fun that kids used to watch- for a seven year old, I would rather have them watch this than some reality trash. At least this series was made before the more jaded era we are in now; and young kids still enjoy this show. Notably, Sherwood Schwartz once commented that he created this show with the 1970's American family in mind. Divorce was on the rise, and this show was merely wish-fulfillment. Interesting.