The recognizable house from The Brady Bunch, restored to match the sitcom's set design on the inside and enlarged to include a second floor, has been put up for sale by Warner Bros. Discovery's HGTV. 

The network overhauled the house in North Hollywood it in 2019 for its series A Very Brady Renovation. The network said it invested $1.9 million in the work and added 2,000 square feet to the property’s original footprint, including a full second story. “Standout features in the completed home include the iconic floating staircase, the burnt orange-and-avocado green kitchen, the kids’ Jack-n-Jill bathroom and a backyard with a swing set, teeter totter and Tiger’s dog house,” HGTV said in a release. The six Brady siblings, Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen, teamed up with HGTV hosts Jonathan and Drew Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home), Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine (Good Bones), siblings Leanne and Steve Ford (Restored by the Fords), Jasmine Roth (Hidden Potential) and Lara Spencer (Flea Market Flip) to pull off the renovation, as Mike Malone reported back then.

The listing price is $5.5 million. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the home would go to Turn Up! Fight Hunger, an initiative that helps kids living with hunger in the U.S. through No Kid Hungry. The home and many of its contents, including customized pieces such as the green floral living room couch and the credenza with a 3-D printed horse sculpture, will be available for sale beginning this month, HGTV said. Danny Brown at Compass has the listing, the network said.

After the swashbuckling success of A Very Brady Renovation, HGTV airs A Very Brady Renovation: Holiday Edition Dec. 16. The six Brady siblings work with Jasmine Roth of Hidden Potential and Ree Drummond of Food Network’s The Pioneer Woman to deck the halls of the Brady house with vintage holiday cheer. A Very Brady Renovation ran for four episodes in September and was HGTV’s highest-rated series ever in several categories. A gaggle of HGTV talent, including Jonathan and Drew Scott, helped turn the North Hollywood house whose exterior was shot in The Brady Bunch back into the Brady house we recall so fondly.

HGTV even makes it snow in Hollywood. “[Maureen McCormick] went running for it like a little kid,” said Loren Ruch, group senior VP, programming and development, HGTV, of the ersatz precip. “Her enthusiasm was contagious.”

Ornaments came from a superfan. They’re mementos from show history, including the vase and the basketball that broke it (“Mom always said … !”), that iconic staircase and the tiki that brought the Bradys bad luck in Hawaii.

One family won a contest to live in the Brady house for a week. On New Year’s Day, HGTV refreshes the Renovation episodes, with the six Bradys offering their viewpoints of the rebuild, and clips from the contest winners in the home.

HGTV paid $3.5 million for the house, and it was worth every penny. “There’s no value you can place on the emotional impact” of putting the Bradys back in their home, said Ruch.

The National Lampoon Radio Hour podcast premieres Dec. 19. National Lampoon Radio Hour debuted in 1973 and featured a few comics who went on to be household names, including John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray.

The podcast will have 11 episodes. National Lampoon president Evan Shapiro thinks the current crop of comics could impact our nation the way the previous crew did. They include Cole Escola, Jo Firestone, Brett Davis and Alex English. “We found what we consider the next class, the rightful torchbearers of that generation of comics,” he said. “They’re as reflective of our times as that group was.”

Guests include Amy Sedaris, Jordan Klepper, Rachel Dratch and Chris Gethard. The National Lampoon Radio Hour won’t touch much on politics, as so many other comedy outlets are doing. The show is a satire of America and Americans, said Shapiro, and our various obsessions. “The target is us,” he added.

Might this lead to a TV series? “We do the work we think is best on the platform we think it’s best for,” said Shapiro. “I think it could conceivably be a television show.”

HGTV begins A Very Brady Renovation, which features a dramatic overhaul of The Brady Bunch house in Los Angeles, on Sept. 9. The show was shot on a Paramount sound stage, and the exterior of a house in Studio City was shown at the start of each episode. But the cast never set foot in the real house.

Until now.

The Studio City domicile’s interior looked nothing like the one in the make-believe Brady house. On the set, that iconic stairway led up to the bedrooms. The real house is a split level, with no true second floor.

The two-bedroom, two-bath house was listed for $1.8 million, and HGTV bucked up a stunning $3.5 million. HGTV also grabbed the house next door to be Brady Command Center.

Over 9,000 hours of the demolition and renovation is caught on film. “It was by far the most difficult renovation I’ve ever worked on,” said Loren Ruch, HGTV senior vice president, programming and development.

The six Brady kids, fully grown now, take part in the renovation. Pitching in are Jonathan and Drew Scott from Property Brothers, Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine from Good Bones, Leanne and Steve Ford from Restored by the Fords and Lara Spencer from Flea Market Flip, among others.

The crew built the bedrooms in the backyard, adding some 2,000 feet to the house, all without comprising the street view we know and love.

The idea came from a weekly HGTV development meeting, when Robert Wimbish, director of original programming and development, shared that the Brady house was for sale. “The entire room had one of those light bulb moments,” Ruch said.

Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby Brady, said he got about 20 texts and emails a day after the house went on sale. He builds concrete countertops, so he was a bit surprised to not be asked to pitch in with the kitchen.

Lookinland worked mostly on the master bedroom. He was happy to be Bobby Brady once again. “HGTV got all six of us for this show, and that makes all the difference,” Lookinland said. “It will make all the difference to fans.”

Eve Plumb, who played Jan, described herself as “a serial home renovator.” That helped her realize “the enormity of the project” HGTV undertook. She worked on the kitchen and family room, among other rooms.

Hanging out with the Bradys, Plumb said, “is like hanging out with great old friends.”

HGTV hasn’t decided what happens to the refurbished Brady house long-term. The plan was to renovate it, and share the rebuild with viewers.

“We tried to preserve a piece of American history,” Ruch said.

Returning series highlight the week’s upcoming premieres as networks prepare for the upcoming fall television season.

HBO’s porn industry-themed series The Deuce (pictured) returns Sept. 9 for its third and final season, while Audience Network’s thriller series Mr. Mercedes makes its third season debut Sept. 10, and FX’s Mr. Inbetween drops the first episode of its sophomore campaign on Sept. 12.

New shows premiering this week include Amazon Prime Video’s animated series Undone and Netflix’s drama series Unbelievable, both debuting Sept. 13.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming services:

Sept. 9 -- A Very Brady Renovation (reality) -- HGTV

Sept. 12 -- The I-Land -- (drama/Sci-fi) -- Netflix

Sept. 13 -- Murder in The Bayou (documentary) -- Showtime

Sept. 13 -- Room 104 (returning series) -- HBO

Sept. 13 -- Top Boy (returning series) -- Netflix

Sept. 14 -- LEGO Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar (animation) -- Nickelodeon

Sept. 15 -- Comedy Central Roast of Alex Baldwin -- Comedy Central