Brady Bunch Cast reunites for Brady house renovation

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HGTV’s new show about renovating the Brady Bunch house may not premiere until 2019, but the network has already released a peek at what’s sure to be one of the show’s most emotional moments.

A Very Brady Renovation brings all six Brady kids together for the first time in fifteen years and pairs them with HGTV designers to help renovate the house that served as the famous facade of their TV home on the series from 1969 to 1974. (All the interior scenes were filmed on a separate soundstage.)

In a teaser shared on Brady Renovation Central and Facebook, Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) arrive at the house, some seeing it for the first time.

The group of actors, now all in their 50s and 60s, tour the home, which doesn’t look anything like their TV home on the inside.

“Going into the house is odd,” says Williams. “We expect to come through the door and see things that are familiar. And this isn’t familiar . . . yet.” The planned renovation will transform the inside of the house to look exactly as it did on the show, requiring additional square footage as well forcing the design team to dig down into the ground to fit the necessary second floor without changing the iconic roofline.

A Very Brady Renovation premieres on HGTV in 2019.

Do you think we should probably also anticipate the redux of the following in the near future?

Love Boat
Fantasy Island
The Greatest American Hero
Dukes of Hazard
Diff'rent Strokes
Family Matters
Blossom
Three's Company
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Cheers
M*A*S*H
Facts of Life
It's a Living
Good Times
All In The Family

I think it says something about the dearth of cultural creativity today that we've had such a number of redux shows from the past. Sad if you ask me.

It is not the Brady Bunch show coming back. It is a HGTV (Home and Garden Television) house renovation show using the original Brady Bunch actors and the house used in the opening to the show. It fits right in with HGTV’s other programming.

But your larger point is correct. There are exceptions but redone shows are usually not as good as the originals. The original worked because it was the right time and place for that particular show or movie and the personal chemistry between the actors and between the actors, directors, producers, writers etc. It is almost impossible to create the exact same conditions and very difficult to smoothly update a show or movie to current times.