"The Brady Bunch" Reboot Produced By Vince Vaughn in Development At CBS
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 31, 2012


America’s most famous blended TV family is eying a comeback. CBS is developing a new take on the cult comedy "The Brady Bunch", co-developed and executive produced by Vince Vaughn. The multi-camera comedy project, which has received a script order, will be produced by CBS TV Studios.

The original sitcom, created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, ran on ABC from 1969-1974. It centered on Mike Brady (Reed), a widowed architect with three sons, Greg, Peter and Bobby, who marries Carol Ann Martin (Henderson), a single mother with three daughters, Marcia, Jan and Cindy.

On the new next-generation "Brady Bunch", written by Mike Mariano ("Raising Hope", "My Name Is Earl"), a divorced Bobby Brady, with children of his own, is remarried to a woman who also has kids, and together they also share a child. In addition, their ex-spouses are still part of their lives.

The new setup reflects the evolution of family dynamics over the past four decades. Back in 1969, Schwartz wanted Carol to be a divorcée but the network refused, so the end of her first marriage was never addressed.







I hear Vaughn came up with the idea for the new "Brady Bunch" and teamed with Mariano. Mariano and Lloyd Schwartz, son of the late Sherwood Schwartz, will executive produce the CBS project along with Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Peter Billingsley through Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show Prods.

CBS TV Studios has the rights to the original series as it was produced by its predecessor Paramount Television. The studio has a lot of experience successfully reviving old series.

There are three reboots now on the air now: CBS’ "Hawaii Five-0" and the CW’s "90210" and "Beauty And The Beast" — all of them produced by CBS TV Studios.







"The Brady Bunch" signals a return to the traditional family comedy arena for CBS, which gradually moved away from it following the end of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The King Of Queens" in favor of buddy/relationship comedies like "Two And A Half Men", "The Big Bang Theory", "How I Met Your Mother" and "2 Broke Girls".

As for classic comedies, the network last year took a stab at remaking another 1960s series, "Bewitched".

If the contemporary remake goes forward, CBS will likely bring back "The Brady Bunch‘s" popular theme song tweaked for the 21st century the way CBS modernized the signature theme music of "Hawaii Five-0" for the reboot.







"The Brady Bunch" has spawned spinoffs, TV movie reunions, a musical and a successful movie parody franchise starring Shelley Long.

One of the TV movies, the 1988 A Very Brady Christmas, led to the short-lived 1990 CBS series "The Bradys", which followed the extended Brady family some 15 years after the events in "The Brady Bunch". It featured most of the original cast.

Wild West Picture Show has stepped TV efforts over the past couple of years — the company has a series on the air, TBS’ Sullivan & Son, which had a solid second-week showing.

Vaughn and Mariano are repped by CAA.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/brady-bunch-tv-series-reboot-cbs-vince-vaughn/

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So are we going to have a fake Bobby now? lol

I just read about this. Lloyd Schwartz is producing the show. (He was the original acting coach for the Brady child actors.)

I wonder if they'll get Mike Lookinland back for this or if they'll recast the actor. This could be interesting.

I would love to see it. I hope they do it right though.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/07/brady-bunch-reboot-last-thing-anybody-needs/55259/

Don't we already have a sitcom about a mixed family — "Modern Family"?

Yeah, but that's Modern family. Not the Brady bunch. I would love to see Brady bunch brought back. If they do justice to the old show and, involve some of the old characters.

I bet it stinks, but I'll probbably check it out if it makes it to TV.

This sounds interesting. I will definitely watch if this comes to tv. I love the Brady Bunch.

I wonder if they'll get Mike Lookinland back for this or if they'll recast the actor. This could be interesting.

While it would be great to see Mike Lookinland cast in the role, I think it would be a bit of a stretch for a man who is now in his 50's to have children as young as the Brady kids were. Of course, people are marrying later these days, so it could work.

I don't think any of the past Bradys would be part of new cast. Maybe available for cameos. Used to be an avid BB fan as a kid but never watch it now. Think I'll have to check this out since Vince Vaugh and a Schwartz is involved.

I'm really getting sick and tired of people remaking TV shows that I grew up with! I wish they'd leave my mrmories alone!! :mad:

I'm really getting sick and tired of people remaking TV shows that I grew up with! I wish they'd leave my mrmories alone!! :mad:


I wish you wouldn't automatically assume. It’s going to be a bad thing. Maybe they will do it right. If they involve old characters and, truly make it like it's what the Brady’s are doing now. I think it could be really cool to see.

So many remakes are bad...about 98% of them. If Mike Lookinland isn't playing Bobby and the other Brady's don't make appearances then I don't see the point. Just call it something else. Step by Step was sort of like the Brady Bunch and was successful. Just don't tarnish the Brady legacy anymore. We still had to overcome the Brady Bunch Variety Hour. lol

So many remakes are bad...about 98% of them. If Mike Lookinland isn't playing Bobby and the other Brady's don't make appearances then I don't see the point. Just call it something else. Step by Step was sort of like the Brady Bunch and was successful. Just don't tarnish the Brady legacy anymore. We still had to overcome the Brady Bunch Variety Hour. lol




A lot are bad I agree with that. But that doesn't mean it's not possible to have a good one. Have a little hope.:lol: I agree with you though, If Mike Lookinland isn't playing Bobby. And the others don't make appearances. I don't really see the point either. I don't by any means want to see the legacy tarnished. But I’d love to see it added too. I enjoyed the movies a lot after the series was ended. Which I thought was very premature.

They should at least include Cindy since she was also young they probably would be close in real life. I'm going to watch and hope they do the original justice. Grandma Carol has got to do a cameo especially if the show becomes a hit, people will want to see them again.

They should at least include Cindy since she was also young they probably would be close in real life. I'm going to watch and hope they do the original justice. Grandma Carol has got to do a cameo especially if the show becomes a hit, people will want to see them again.



My thoughts exactly:)

I think the idea of a "next generation" Brady Bunch would be great. A continuation of the story, rather than a retelling as with "Hawaii 50" or the often deservedly maligned reboot of "Battlestar Galactica".

It would be better with Mike Lookinlad as Bobby. They didn't seem to mention anything about casting, so it remains a possibility.

Wasn't Bobby paralyzed in a race car accident on 'The Bradys'??? Or did he recover??? I can't remember. Anyway, if so, I wonder if they will mention it on the new show.

Also how he and Tracy divorced.

A reboot means starting over from the beginning. No continuation of what has gone before. They may incorporate elements from the old show(s), but it means they are going back to square one.

Whatever happened to developing new ideas? I understand that there's no such thing as an original idea or concept, as they've all been used, but a creative person would find a way to take an idea and put a new spin on it.

Remakes in and of themselves aren't a bad thing, but there's too many of them these days. And it boggles me that someone like Vince Vaughn, who's well-established and can do whatever he wants to, would choose to be behind a remake.

A reboot means starting over from the beginning. No continuation of what has gone before. They may incorporate elements from the old show(s), but it means they are going back to square one.

Whatever happened to developing new ideas? I understand that there's no such thing as an original idea or concept, as they've all been used, but a creative person would find a way to take an idea and put a new spin on it.

Remakes in and of themselves aren't a bad thing, but there's too many of them these days. And it boggles me that someone like Vince Vaughn, who's well-established and can do whatever he wants to, would choose to be behind a remake.




If it's just a remake then I have no interest once so ever. How can you do a show with the character from another show and, it not even be the same person. That doesn't even make any sense. Let's hope you are wrong. And how would a remake make any sense if you didn't continue what it started from. That's what boggles my mind.

If it's just a remake then I have no interest once so ever. How can you do a show with the character from another show and, it not even be the same person. That doesn't even make any sense. Let's hope you are wrong. And how would a remake make any sense if you didn't continue what it started from. That's what boggles my mind.

If they continue from where it started from, then it's not a remake -- it's a continuation or an updated version.

I'm not interested in either option, really -- I think the Brady Bunch has been revived and remade enough already between the spinoffs and the movies. Some things are better left in the past.

It will totally ignore the events of "The Bradys".

Undetermined.

I don't see how they can call it a "traditional family" show given the fact Bobby is divorced. I won't be watching.

I don't see how they can call it a "traditional family" show given the fact Bobby is divorced. I won't be watching.

Do you watch any sitcoms with a divorced parent or is that against your values?

And furthermore, it was NEVER stated that Carol herself was widowed--it was left ambiguous, but we all know Sherwood considered her a divorcee' .

We all know that Carol murdered her first husband.

"The Brady Bunch" Reboot Produced By Vince Vaughn in Development At CBS
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 31, 2012


America’s most famous blended TV family is eying a comeback. CBS is developing a new take on the cult comedy "The Brady Bunch", co-developed and executive produced by Vince Vaughn. The multi-camera comedy project, which has received a script order, will be produced by CBS TV Studios.

The original sitcom, created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, ran on ABC from 1969-1974. It centered on Mike Brady (Reed), a widowed architect with three sons, Greg, Peter and Bobby, who marries Carol Ann Martin (Henderson), a single mother with three daughters, Marcia, Jan and Cindy.

On the new next-generation "Brady Bunch", written by Mike Mariano ("Raising Hope", "My Name Is Earl"), a divorced Bobby Brady, with children of his own, is remarried to a woman who also has kids, and together they also share a child. In addition, their ex-spouses are still part of their lives.

The new setup reflects the evolution of family dynamics over the past four decades. Back in 1969, Schwartz wanted Carol to be a divorcée but the network refused, so the end of her first marriage was never addressed.







I hear Vaughn came up with the idea for the new "Brady Bunch" and teamed with Mariano. Mariano and Lloyd Schwartz, son of the late Sherwood Schwartz, will executive produce the CBS project along with Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Peter Billingsley through Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show Prods.

CBS TV Studios has the rights to the original series as it was produced by its predecessor Paramount Television. The studio has a lot of experience successfully reviving old series.

There are three reboots now on the air now: CBS’ "Hawaii Five-0" and the CW’s "90210" and "Beauty And The Beast" — all of them produced by CBS TV Studios.







"The Brady Bunch" signals a return to the traditional family comedy arena for CBS, which gradually moved away from it following the end of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The King Of Queens" in favor of buddy/relationship comedies like "Two And A Half Men", "The Big Bang Theory", "How I Met Your Mother" and "2 Broke Girls".

As for classic comedies, the network last year took a stab at remaking another 1960s series, "Bewitched".

If the contemporary remake goes forward, CBS will likely bring back "The Brady Bunch‘s" popular theme song tweaked for the 21st century the way CBS modernized the signature theme music of "Hawaii Five-0" for the reboot.







"The Brady Bunch" has spawned spinoffs, TV movie reunions, a musical and a successful movie parody franchise starring Shelley Long.

One of the TV movies, the 1988 A Very Brady Christmas, led to the short-lived 1990 CBS series "The Bradys", which followed the extended Brady family some 15 years after the events in "The Brady Bunch". It featured most of the original cast.

Wild West Picture Show has stepped TV efforts over the past couple of years — the company has a series on the air, TBS’ Sullivan & Son, which had a solid second-week showing.

Vaughn and Mariano are repped by CAA.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/brady-bunch-tv-series-reboot-cbs-vince-vaughn/




Wonder why CBS can't create anything original instead of living in the past

Wonder why CBS can't create anything original instead of living in the past

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Creating a newer version of a show that was not even a hit when it was on ABC:lol:

Do you watch any sitcoms with a divorced parent or is that against your values?

Nope!

I'm excited about it.

I'm really getting sick and tired of people remaking TV shows that I grew up with! I wish they'd leave my mrmories alone!! :mad:

Your so right, this is not much better than reality tv, at least the reality tv era is fake, this remakes, reboots and continuations of great classic tv shows (aside from a few) will be just as bad, because they are simply running out of ideas.

thankfully in 2013 I Will not be watching this trash, vince vaughn will be totally wasted in this.

I don't think it has anything to do with running out of ideas. It has to do with wanting to bring back something that is great I love it and, I hope they do it with more shows provided they do it with respect to the original.

I don't think it has anything to do with running out of ideas. It has to do with wanting to bring back something that is great I love it and, I hope they do it with more shows provided they do it with respect to the original.

Why try to capitalize on a show that was great when you can't improve upon the original? The only updated series that I've seen that were worth watching were Dragnet 1967 and The Twilight Zone. (1985) Dragnet was well-done and remained true to the original except for a few minor changes and The Twilight Zone wasn't anywhere as good as the original but it did have some excellent episodes.

Why try to capitalize on a show that was great when you can't improve upon the original? The only updated series that I've seen that were worth watching were Dragnet 1967 and The Twilight Zone. (1985) Dragnet was well-done and remained true to the original except for a few minor changes and The Twilight Zone wasn't anywhere as good as the original but it did have some excellent episodes.





I don't think it has anything to do with capitalizing on it. I just think it's for fans of The Brady Bunch that miss the show. And wonder what's going on in the Brady world. It's being done by Sherwood’s son so I’m sure he will do it right, also Vince who is a very funny comedian and, talented actor. I hope it succeeds. I know there have been some bad ones though. I like the new 90210. It's nowhere near as good as the old one, but it's alright.

Who will play the kids?:)

Maybe they will explain how he will be able to walk again.

Maybe they will explain how he will be able to walk again.


That's simple enough, just do the same thing when he worshiped Jesse James and thought he was the greatest pool player of all time. :lol:

Exactly.

I don't think it has anything to do with running out of ideas. It has to do with wanting to bring back something that is great I love it and, I hope they do it with more shows provided they do it with respect to the original.

Hollywood is almost completely bankrupt in the field of ideas. I mean really, How many Charlie's Angels reboots have we seen since the original series? Like 3??? Two separate series and a couple of movies. How many times have we seen The Twilight Zone rebooted? Twice! How many times have we seen shows like Star Trek, The Outer Limits, and other series like that rebooted? Now there is a reboot of Dallas out there (although I heard that one is really good). Originality is not lost. Hollywood just needs to seek it out.

Absolutely not!

News of remakes always makes my stomach turn, and 99% of the time for good reason. Boooooo!

Now there is a reboot of Dallas out there (although I heard that one is really good).

According to What I've read, the new Dallas series is actually a continuation of the original series with several stars reprising their original roles.

Supposedly that is only partially true of the new Brady series. We'll see!:rolleyes:

Yeahhh, this is very interesting. If they can follow in the footsteps of shows that have actually done this well recently (aka Dallas), then I'll be excited to check this out. But there's also a very good chance, I hate to say it, that this will be a ridiculous disaster.

The Vince Vaughn connection is interesting to me. I wouldn't have expected his name to ever be on a Brady project, but I guess you gotta expect the unexpected in this industry....

The problem with remaking shows is that you can never get all of the actors to have great chemistry together. It is pretty rare when and if it happens.

I always wondered why though none of the kids in the 70s show wanted to make a more modern Brady Bunch show today. I mean, they would know more than anyone about how the new kids should act. I guess they have no interest any longer in the Brady Bunch.

So is this still happening?


It's been 2 years since we heard of this.


I don't think it would work.



I'd rather see a new series set around the actual Brady House and how it looks today.


It would be so different because the last time we saw the Brady's were in 1990. Almost 25 years have passed since then.


They could do a show about Carol being a widow. Would that work?


There will be no Robert Reed, no Ann B. Davis. It would be sad because they'd have to explain their passings in any new series.

The Brady family was getting bigger and bigger in the late 1980s. Today, it's even bigger I bet.


Carol's grandchildren now must have kids of their own...Mickey, Jessica, Kevin and Patti. They were the oldest and would be around their early 30s now. Did Cindy marry? Did Peter marry? Did Jan and Phillip have any kids other than the adopted Patti?


I think a new series would be interesting to see based on the actual Brady Bunch house, how it looks today, and Carol being a widow and moving on from Mike. Maybe it can open up with Carol getting over Mike's death. The series could have him pass in recent days, unlike back in 1992. Great Grandma Brady would be a good title to it.

That's the only way I could see any form of continuation of a series, and now is the best time to do it. Florence is now 80. I think if they did one last Brady canon thing, it should be sometime soon, while Florence is still up and about.


It would be nice to see what happened to the Brady family since 1990. Maybe Carol would have a new maid helping her out? Maybe she would be watching her great grandchildren? Maybe she'd develop a new relationship? If any Brady series is picked up, it should revolve around her and getting over Mike's death.

If it's done hopefully it would be in the original half hour format. I was kind of intrigued by a Bobby and Cindy show.

I HOPE it's not still being planned!:eek:

i don't believe a word that comes outta Vince Vaughn's mouth - I don't care if its in an interview, press release, or his lines in a movie.

screw that guy.

Don't know what the plans are now, two years later... but it'll never work.

It's not possible to remake a Brady Bunch TV series with any of the original cast members. The show went off the air 40 years ago.

One of the problems with the shows/movies they made in the 80s was the extended families. Who cares about the grand kids? None of us grew up watching the grandkids on TV... we only cared about the Bradys themselves.

Remember how great the cast was in "The Dick Van Dyke Show"? Then they did that horrible reunion movie (2004) almost 40 years after the show went of the air...that was pathetic.

The Brady kids are not kids any more. Robert Reed passed away more than 20 years ago... Alice is also gone... forget it.

If they want to make another theatrical parody movie with an all new cast, fine (won't be as good as the Brady Bunch Movie or a Very Brady Sequel but if they want to try it , have at it).

I do not believe the public would accept and watch a TV show about one of the grown Brady kids, even if they could talk one of the original actors into reprising their role.

I loved the THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW reunion movie and plan to buy it whenever it comes out on DVD. Dick, Mary & the others still had that great chemistry.

I agree. And no news is good news.

I really don't think "today's audience" gives a rip about the Brady Bunch, and I can't imagine a lot of the long-time fans of the series want to see something like a reboot. Like quite a number of shows, The Brady Bunch was great due to the combination of good casting, the chemistry of that cast, the "look" of the show for its time, and the overall atmosphere of the show. It was a product of its time and should be left as such, in my opinion. If you "update" the Brady Bunch, it is no longer "The" Brady Bunch. The theatrical movies sort of worked because they were parodies and adhered to the look of the series. I imagine any reboot would try to portray "modern sensibilities" and it would not be at all the same. Using the same title and characters would just be an attempt at exploiting the name recognition instead of coming up with something unique and original.
I also don't care for the way the vast majority of modern series are made, so I certainly would not want to see any kind of reboot with darkness, angst, edginess, what passes for humor nowadays and all the other things that would be likely to show up in such a production. I can understand wanting more episodes of The original Brady Bunch, but any reboot, in my opinion, would not be the same show at all, so who needs it?

I really don't think "today's audience" gives a rip about the Brady Bunch, and I can't imagine a lot of the long-time fans of the series want to see something like a reboot. Like quite a number of shows, The Brady Bunch was great due to the combination of good casting, the chemistry of that cast, the "look" of the show for its time, and the overall atmosphere of the show. It was a product of its time and should be left as such, in my opinion. If you "update" the Brady Bunch, it is no longer "The" Brady Bunch. The theatrical movies sort of worked because they were parodies and adhered to the look of the series. I imagine any reboot would try to portray "modern sensibilities" and it would not be at all the same. Using the same title and characters would just be an attempt at exploiting the name recognition instead of coming up with something unique and original.
I also don't care for the way the vast majority of modern series are made, so I certainly would not want to see any kind of reboot with darkness, angst, edginess, what passes for humor nowadays and all the other things that would be likely to show up in such a production. I can understand wanting more episodes of The original Brady Bunch, but any reboot, in my opinion, would not be the same show at all, so who needs it?
You really hit the nail there.