For The Win
The six children were cast faster than the roles of Mike and Carol Brady! Perhaps the producers were thinking that it would attract younger audience members. Who knows?
The D Word
The network declined to air the show when Sherwood Schwartz told them that Carol Brady was playing a divorced woman. Divorce was taboo back then, so the network flat out refused. However, the producer agreed to make Mike a widower while Carol’s background was kept hidden. Florence Henderson used this to her advantage and joked that she killed her husband whenever she’s asked what happened to him.