A short-lived 1980s sitcom starring Ke Huy Quan began as a revamped version of an abandoned Brady Bunch spin-off concept. The series, originally titled Together We Stand, aired on CBS in 1986 before being rebranded.
Creator Sherwood Schwartz developed the idea during the final season of The Brady Bunch with a backdoor pilot episode called Kelly's Kids. ABC passed on the project, which Schwartz described as a serious disappointment creatively because he thought it would say something meaningful.
Twelve years later the concept reached CBS as Together We Stand, featuring a white couple adopting additional children including a black girl and an Asian boy played by Quan. By then Quan had already starred as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and as Data in The Goonies.
CBS canceled the show after six episodes. It returned three months later as Nothing Is Easy with Elliott Gould's character written out, but the revamp lasted only seven more episodes before ending permanently.
