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Oscar winner Shirley Jones signed on to play the mother after passing on the role of Carol Brady in 'The Brady Bunch': "I didn't want to exclusively be the mother at home doing the domestic stuff. 'The Partridge Family' had the added component of music."
The Partridge Family, which premiered Sept. 25, 1970, was dreamed up by former Bewitched writer Bernard Slade after he saw the family singing group The Cowsills on The Tonight Show.
Screen Gems, the studio behind Bewitched, was looking for a follow-up to The Monkees, which wrapped its NBC run in 1968, and ABC was looking for a wholesome hit to pair with The Brady Bunch on Fridays. Partridge Family, about a Northern California widow who starts a (literal) garage band with her five kids, fit the bill.
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