The Brady Bunch Hour

The Brady Bunch Hour is an American variety television series featuring skits and songs produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in association with Paramount Television, which aired on ABC between 1976 to 1977.

The series stars the original cast members of The Brady Bunch, with the exception of Eve Plumb, who was replaced by Geri Reischl (a.k.a. "Fake Jan"). The show began as a 60-minute special titled The Brady Bunch Variety Hour on November 28, 1976. The special garnered high ratings and led to eight additional 60-minute episodes which were produced and aired sporadically under the shorter title The Brady Bunch Hour from January to May 1977.

The show's events are not included or mentioned in the later spinoffs and revivals.

Premise

When the family is chosen to star in a new variety series for ABC, Mike Brady gives up his architectural career and moves his family into a beachside home somewhere in Southern California. In addition to the Brady clan, next-door-neighbor Jack Merrill (Rip Taylor) frequently found his way into the act and was a love interest for the Bradys' maid, Alice (her former boyfriend, Sam the Butcher, was never mentioned). Each episode featured the obligatory variety show song-and-dance numbers and sketches, as well as a show-within-a-show behind-the-scenes story which took place in the Bradys' home.