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torcan · 05-18-2020, 03:29 PM

The Brady Bunch was repeated on ABC daytime beginning in July 1973 and lasted until August 1975 - at which time it hit syndication. There was a 10-week gap in this run in spring 1975 for the short-lived game show Blankety Blanks.

Since I have extra time on my hands, I've been going through old TVGuides lately. During the entire time ABC reran it on their daytime schedule, they never aired the pilot episode where Mike and Carol got married. They aired every episode except that one.

This episode was seen in the syndication package so it was still in existence, but for some reason the network chose not to repeat it.

rcbrad · 05-18-2020, 08:46 PM

That's interesting. I knew it was rerun on ABC daytime, but I did not know all of those facts. I wonder why the Pilot was skipped over?

Waterston_Fan · 05-20-2020, 07:21 PM

Maybe they just didn't like the idea of a blended family?

05-18-2020, 03:29 PM	#1
torcan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 04, 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 154	ABC daytime reruns oddity The Brady Bunch was repeated on ABC daytime beginning in July 1973 and lasted until August 1975 - at which time it hit syndication. There was a 10-week gap in this run in spring 1975 for the short-lived game show Blankety Blanks. Since I have extra time on my hands, I've been going through old TVGuides lately. During the entire time ABC reran it on their daytime schedule, they never aired the pilot episode where Mike and Carol got married. They aired every episode except that one. This episode was seen in the syndication package so it was still in existence, but for some reason the network chose not to repeat it.

05-18-2020, 08:46 PM	#2
rcbrad Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 479	That's interesting. I knew it was rerun on ABC daytime, but I did not know all of those facts. I wonder why the Pilot was skipped over?

05-20-2020, 07:21 PM	#3
Waterston_Fan Eternal Member Eternal Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 26, 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,195	Maybe they just didn't like the idea of a blended family?