[Discrimination...] CBS Studios Killed 'Brady Bunch' Revival Over Cindy Brady Actor's Hate Speech; She Says Her Political Views Made Her 'Too Dangerous'

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/brady-bunch-revival-killed-cbs-susan-
olsen-trump-support-1236189909/

Cindy Brady actor Susan Olsen recently claimed on the “Walk Away Campaign” 
podcast (via Vanity Fair) that CBS killed a revival of “The Brady Bunch” 
due to her support of Donald Trump and her controversial stances on hot 
button issues like Covid vaccines and the LGBTQ+ community — but that’s 
not the whole story, insiders note. For one thing, the show was set up at 
CBS Studios and hadn’t even been pitched to networks or streamers yet. 
More importantly, sources note that it was scrapped due to hate speech by 
Olsen, including homophobic slurs that had previously gotten her fired 
from a radio gig.

The updated Brady project was considered two years ago, but it’s unclear 
whether even a script had been written. The project never got past those 
early stages when Olsen’s behavior stopped it from moving forward. The 
series would have picked up with the Brady Bunch children as adults. 
Olsen’s Cindy, the youngest Brady sibling, was going to be a libertarian 
podcaster, the actor revealed.

“I did have a phone call with my [TV] siblings and my agent,” Olsen said 
on the podcast. “Everybody was saying, ‘We’re sorry, but they just won’t 
budge. They just will not have you in this.’ I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve been 
canceled.’ A role that I’ve played for over 50 years, I can’t play it now 
because I’m too dangerous. I was like ‘Well, okay guys, good luck, I hope 
you can sell it.’”

CBS Studios declined comment. According to Olsen, she was in talks for a 
“Brady Bunch” revival for about a year. She was allegedly questioned 
during the show’s early development about her politics by the revival’s 
showrunner and the son of Sherwood Schwartz, who created the original 
“Brady Bunch.” The actor was previously fired from the “Two Chicks Talkin’ 
Politics” radio show in 2016 after she shared anti-LGBTQ views on social 
media; she reportedly later responded to a guest (who had criticized her 
on social media) by sending him a text message filled with slurs and hate 
speech.

Olsen starred as Cindy Brady for the entire run of “The Brady Bunch,” 
which aired from 1969 to 1974. She also appeared in the animated spinoff 
“The Brady Kids,” as well as 1976’s “The Brady Bunch Variety Hour,” the 
1981 TV movie “The Brady Girls Get Married” and 1990’s “The Bradys.”

Per Vanity Fair’s recap of Olsen’s interview: “According to Olsen, the 
revival was going to thrust the Brady Bunch family into the modern era. 
One of Jan’s children was going to be trans, and one of the Bradys was 
going to have a Black spouse. This, perhaps unsurprisingly, did not sit 
right with Olsen. ‘To that I was like, come on, let’s not be so obvious. 
Let’s make this Black spouse somebody who has a really close relationship 
with another Brady, and that’s how this Brady met them. Give them a 
foundation so this isn’t a token position.'”

Olsen went on to say the “Brady Bunch” revival series is “dead in the 
water” now. Listen to the actor’s full interview on the “Walk Away 
Campaign” podcast here.


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