The Brady Bunch
Father of the Year
TV Flash files “Father of the Year” as hour 14 of 117 in the TV Flash guide — The Brady Bunch (1969–1974) on ABC, season 1, episode 14, aired 1970-01-02, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E14: listed hour 14 of 117 in the The Brady Bunch guide, hour 14 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1970-01-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Is There a Doctor in the House?” (S01E13). Next is “54-40 and Fight” (S01E15).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After Mike helps her with some tough math homework, Marcia decides to nominate him for the local newspaper's father of the year contest. When Marcia inadvertently breaks curfew to mail it to the newspaper office before the deadline, Mike and Carol ground her when she won't say why she was out past her bedtime, and as a result she'll be missing the family's upcoming ski weekend. However, when Mike discovers Marcia's motive's for breaking curfew, he has a change of heart of the punishment handed down.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Father of the Year sit in the The Brady Bunch guide?
S01E14 is listed hour 14 of 117 — hour 14 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 14.
When did The Brady Bunch S01E14 air?
Father of the Year aired 1970-01-02 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The theme song is the map: three sons, three daughters, Alice, the staircase. Early episodes sell the blend; you do not need later movies to meet the household.
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Why this series still plays
The Brady Bunch arrived in 1969 as Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine — six kids, two parents, Alice, and a staircase that became architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil while the kids turn sibling logistics into syndication folklore. Theme-song world-building, plus the origin of every later stepfamily sitcom's smile.
The staircase is the brand. *The Brady Bunch* arrived in 1969 as Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine — six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil on ABC while Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, and the rest of the brood turn sibling logistics into syndication folklore. Ann B. Davis's Alice is the extra parent. Theme-song world-building did the oral history. Schwartz's second high-concept hit after *Gilligan's Island* premiered…
Filed against
- Robert Reed as Mike Brady
Robert Reed's Mike Brady kept The Brady Bunch civil — Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine arriving in 1969, six kids, Alice, a staircase that became architecture as branding. Florence Henderson across the landing. TV Flash files…
- Florence Henderson as Carol Brady
Florence Henderson kept the staircase civil as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch — Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine, six kids, Alice, architecture as branding. 1969 domestic engineering that syndication never let age out. TV Flash…
- Barry Williams as Greg Brady
Barry Williams’s Greg Brady sat at the top of The Brady Bunch staircase — Sherwood Schwartz’s 1969 blended-family machine, six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding, Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keeping the household…
- Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady
Maureen McCormick owned the staircase as Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch — Sherwood Schwartz’s blended-family machine, six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil…
- Ann B. Davis as Alice Nelson
Ann B. Davis’s Alice Nelson kept The Brady Bunch civil — six kids, two parents, a staircase that became architecture as branding, Florence Henderson and Robert Reed holding the household while sibling logistics turned into syndication…