Too Extreme?
Again, even talking about divorce would have been too much for a show at that time. However, showing widowed parents raising kids was becoming more popular in the 1960’s. Yet, when The Brady Bunch came out, many complained that they were taking that trend way too far.
Too Extreme?
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Fan Mail
Like other popular shows, The Brady Bunch received a good amount of fan mail. A lot of the letters came from kids asking to live with the Brady family because their families were imperfect. So, Sherwood Schwartz replied to those children, telling them The Brady Bunch was only a show but they should make the most of their family life.
Fan Mail