Eve Plumb Says Brady Bunch Residuals Ended After 10 Reruns as Top Kid Pay Hit $1,100
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Updated · Fox News · May 17
Eve Plumb Says Brady Bunch Residuals Ended After 10 Reruns as Top Kid Pay Hit $1,100
7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 17
Eve Plumb said the six “Brady Bunch” kids were paid residuals for only the first 10 reruns of each episode, and that income dried up before she finished high school.
In her new memoir “Happiness Included,” Plumb said viewers wrongly assume the cast got rich from the sitcom’s heavy replay schedule, but 1970s pay rates and residual rules were far less generous.
Barry Williams has long backed that account, writing in his 1992 memoir that the highest-paid child cast member earned $1,100 a week in the fifth and final season.
That worked out to just over $24,000 for the 22-episode season before taxes, agent fees and family support, underscoring how little long-term wealth the show generated despite its enduring popularity.
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