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Each of the actors pictured play a character on a sitcom that shares a first name with a character from the Brady Bunch. Matching up these characters to grid in the iconic Brady Bunch opening title sequence and reading these pairs as semaphore gives BEVERLY TODD ON DAYS, who played a character named CELESTE on the television show Days of Our Lives.

Actor 1Character 1Actor 2Character 2Extracted Letter
Kirk CameronMike Seaver on Growing PainsMaggie WheelerJanice Litman-Goralnik née Hosenstein (Jan) on FriendsB
Tony BoothMike Rawlins on Till Death Us Do PartTyler James WilliamsGregory Eddie (Greg) on Abbott ElementaryE
Debbie ReynoldsBobbi Adler (Bobby) on Will & GraceNancy CarellCarol Stills on The OfficeV
Anthony ClarkGreg Warner on Yes, DearAshton KutcherMichael Kelso (Mike) on That '70s ShowE
D'Arcy CardenJanet (Jan) on The Good PlaceMalcolm McFeePeter Craven on Please Sir!R
Natasha MelnickCindy Sanders on Freaks and GeeksThomas GibsonGreg Montgomery on Dharma & GregL
Beatrice ColenMarsha Simms (Marcia) on Happy DaysChristopher Evan WelchPeter Gregory on Silicon ValleyY
Amanda BearseMarcy Rhoades D'Arcy (Marcia) on Married... with ChildrenTracey GoldCarol Seaver on Growing PainsT
Caroline McWilliamsMarcy Hill (Marcia) on BensonMelora HardinJan Levinson on The OfficeO
Matt DamonCarol Burnett on 30 RockSteve CarellMichael Scott (Mike) on The OfficeD
Ralph CarterMichael Evans (Mike) on Good TimesRebecca BaldingCarol David on SoapD
Hiam AbbassMarcia Roy on SuccessionJoyce DewittJanet Wood (Jan) on Three's CompanyO
E. E. BellBob Rooney (Bobby) on Married... with ChildrenJenilee HarrisonCindy Snow on Three's CompanyN
Jane SibbettCarol Willick on FriendsT. K. CarterMike Fulton on Punky BrewsterD
Jason BatemanMichael Bluth (Mike) on Arrested DevelopmentRachel BilsonCindy on How I Met Your MotherA
Darlene HuntMarcia Langman on Parks and RecreationScott AdsitPete Hornberger (Peter) on 30 RockY
Ken JenkinsBob Kelso (Bobby) on ScrubsShae D'lynJane Deaux (Jan) on Dharma & GregS

Authors' Notes

There were no authors on this puzzle. Nevertheless, the authors would like to thank Patrick Xia for the initial idea, Bryan Lee for writing the first draft, Catherine Wu for testsolving and revising the puzzle, Andrew He for assembling the puzzle, and Kevin Sun for factchecking the puzzle.