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Apr 18, 2021 · ‘The Brady Bunch’ Tried (and Failed) to Turn a Backdoor Pilot into a Groundbreaking Series. Few shows encapsulate an entire television era like The Brady Bunch does. It could have...
- Bradley Geiser
During the final season of The Brady Bunch, the Brady family generously relinquished most of a 30 minute episode in order to introduce their neighbors, Ken and Kathy Kelly (portrayed by Ken...
Mar 27, 2021 · Though it only ran for five seasons in the early 70s, The Brady Bunch still managed to firmly ingratiate itself into the pop culture lexicon. Of course, as the show was on its way out the front door, the producers were trying to sneak in a spin-off through the backdoor.
Without backdoor pilots, we’d never have The Jeffersons, A Different World, The Facts of Life, or 900 Happy Days spin-offs. One show that couldn’t get this off the ground, though, was The...
- THE BRADY BUNCH AND KELLY’S KIDS. A favorite example among television historians came in the Season 5 episode of the hit sitcom The Brady Bunch. Mega-producer Sherwood Schwartz, who along with the blended family classic created Gilligan’s Island, wanted to develop a show that celebrated racial diversity.
- THE NANNY AND THE CHATTERBOX. The Nanny committed a much more egregious instance in its second season, stepping away from the Sheffield household almost entirely to lend focus to the quirky staff members of a local beauty salon called the Chatterbox (for which the episode was named).
- GILMORE GIRLS AND WINDWARD CIRCLE. Smack dab in the middle of Rory Gilmore’s most divisive relationship, Gilmore Girls took a quick jaunt out of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, down to a corner of Southern California torn straight from William Asher’s Beach Party movies.
- SMALLVILLE AND MERCY REEF. A short while later, The WB took another stab at the maneuver on Smallville, introducing DC Comics’s well-known Aquaman character in the superhero series’ Season 5 episode “Aqua.”
Feb 25, 2016 · THE SHOW ATTEMPTED A BACKDOOR PILOT. During the final season of The Brady Bunch, the Brady family generously relinquished most of a 30-minute episode in order to introduce their neighbors,...
Sep 26, 2016 · Season 5 episode “Kelly’s Kids” was a backdoor pilot featuring Ken Berry and Brooke Bundy as the new Brady neighbors who decide to adopt three young boys with different cultural backgrounds....
