On a recent episode of 'The Real Brady Bros' podcast, Christopher Knight and Barry Williams discussed why the classic sitcom 'The Brady Bunch' omitted details about Carol Brady's first husband. While network executives wished for Carol to be a widow to avoid complications related to divorce, series creator Sherwood Schwartz maintained that she should be a divorcee. This led to an unresolved storyline, resulting in Carol's ex-husband never being introduced in the show. The creators aimed to portray a family dynamic that resonated with conservative values.
There was a whole discrepancy in the basis of the show, in the concept of the show that the network fought Sherwood Schwartz on... The network felt that a divorcee created too many problems for the series.
Sherwood never changed it, but they agreed to disagree, and it was left unhandled, which is why you never see in our pilot episode Carol's ex-husband.
We're playing to a very conservative country. So they wanted Carol to be a widow.
The premise was a widower with three sons and a divorcee with three daughters.
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