In its short run, the show went through three different theme songs based on that of The Brady Bunch, the last featuring revised lyrics sung by Florence Henderson.

The success of the film convinced series creator Sherwood Schwartz that two more TV movies about the Brady family could be a hit, and work began on the show in December 1989.

Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen all returned in their original roles from The Brady Bunch.

While Maureen McCormick had appeared in A Very Brady Christmas McCormick declined to return for this series, having just given birth to her daughter, and thus unwilling to commit to a weekly grind after a last-minute switch at the CBS to convert the TV movies to a weekly series; in addition, having dealt with substance issues in the past, she was not keen to the storyline of Marcia becoming an alcoholic.

An unproduced script had Mike Brady die in a helicopter accident when he went to check out a progress at a fire break and the chopper hit a downdraft due to a wind shear caused by a flame.