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through 2003.

However, the revival king of television, classic series or not, has to be The Brady Bunch. This comedy debuted in 1969 and remained on the air until 1974. In 1977, the cast returned with The Brady Bunch Hour. It only lasted the year. In 1981, there was the TV-movie, The Brady Girls Get Married. This was so popular that it bore another TV series called The Brady Brides. It was a good idea, and I actually attended a taping of this show, so I'm partial to it. Unfortunately, it lasted just a single season. Seven years later, another made-for-TV movie aired, and the ratings were sensational. This movie was entitled A Very Brady Christmas. In 1990, The Bradys hit the air. This was a much more reality based show than the lighthearted comedy of the early seventies. Though it was gone in a year, Hollywood wasn't through with the Bradys.

With a new cast, The Brady Bunch Movie was released in 1995, and its sequel, A Very Brady Sequel, followed a year later. A third movie with the some of the cast was made-for-TV in 2002. In addition to these shows, there was a stage play that was hugely popular, a cartoon series called The Brady Kids, and all kinds of other events.

The amazing thing is that until the movie, the original actors were involved in each of the productions, with a replacement or two scattered throughout when either Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, or Susan Olson decided a particular project wasn't on their agenda for the moment. The parents and the Brady boys did them all.

There are no doubt other shows I haven't thought of and perhaps others have a different thought process when thinking about revivals, but ultimately, no matter how you define it, I doubt another show can outdo the eternalness of the Brady family.

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