The Top Ten Wedding Shows on TV in 2009

As you have probably already noticed, the airwaves are getting pretty thick with wedding-related TV shows and we couldn’t be more pleased! 2009 was a great year for wedding-related TV shows and this article lists the top 10.

1 . Bridezillas – Almost everyone has heard of this show and the title basically says it all. This show chronicles the awful behavior displayed by brides who have taken a dive off the deep end. They scream, they curse, they make bridesmaids cry and so much more. By the end of it all, the audience is left wondering why anyone would want to marry this raging psycho. It’s a hilarious show and is thoroughly entertaining. If you like bridezillas, you’ll probably like the wedzillas blog

Show airs Sundays at 9pm/8c on WE

2. My Big Redneck Wedding - Leave it to Country Music Television (CMT) to put together a show like this! My Big Redneck Wedding is a completely hilarious wedding show which follows the nuptials of extremely proud rednecks. With some classic redneck creativity, the show unfolds with some jaw-dropping examples of redneck class. Even the guys don’t mind watching this one. If you like Larry the Cable Guy, you’ll LOVE My Big Redneck Wedding. Visit the show’s webpage here or the blog

Show airs on CMT. Check your local listings for times.

3. Whose Wedding is it Anyway? - If you’re looking for some inspiration for your wedding, you’ll find it on Whose Wedding is it Anyway? This show is about wedding planners and the brides and grooms who hire them. Each episode follows two real weddings and it does a nice job of touching upon all the major aspects from bridal jewelry and gowns to wedding decorations and custom cakes. The show rates especially high because of their attention to a wide variety of wedding styles and trends. Episodes range from uber-modern loft receptions to military weddings and everything in between. Watch full episodes on Hulu.com by clicking here. blog

The show airs on Tuesdays at 10/9c on the Style Network

4. My Fair Wedding – Another great show to watch for people beginning to plan for their weddings is My Fair Wedding. This show revolves around a host celebrity wedding planner who is called in at the last minute to ‘rehab’ a wedding that was (poorly) planned for by the bride. With only weeks to go, the celebrity wedding planner works his magic to change a horrendous and doomed wedding into a chic and spectacular affiar. Get ready to gasp at what the brides were planning! Visit the show’s website here. blog.

Show Airs Sundays at 10pm/9c on WE

5. Platinum Weddings – If you enjoy watching people much wealthier than you drop as much on their weddings as you plan to make in the next 10 years, than this is the show for you. Platinum Weddings chronicles the real-life weddings that you only hear rumors about. These are the types of events where brides drop $70,000 on their wedding jewelry and grooms have been known to give $250,000 supercars as gifts to their newly-minted wives. If you’re ready for some serious eyecandy and diamond-soaked excess, this is the show for you. Visit the show’s website here. blog.

Show airs on Sundays at 10/9C on WE

6. Say Yes To The Dress - Do you LOVE wedding gowns? Is your coffee table littered with bridal gown magazines? If this sounds like you, you’ll be happy to know that a show has been created to satisfy your hunger for everything gown-related. Say Yes to the Dress shows us what happens inside a well-known New York bridal salon. You’ll appreciate the unique perspective of this show as the story unfolds from the perspective of the bridal consultants. You get to see the brides try on all the different dresses and you’ll get to hear the candid comments from her mother and friends. At the very end you even get to know how much they paid. Visit the show’s website here. blog.

Show airs Fridays at 10pm/9c on TLC

7. Bulging Brides – What’s the #1 goal of most brides? Looking like a princess in her wedding dress of course. But for some, fitting into a wedding dress is starting to become a major concern as their wedding day approaches. Bulging Brides documents brides as they fight the “battle of the bulge” and attempt to slim and tone themselves for the big day. Nutritionists and personal trainers are brought in to whip the brides into shape during a grueling 6 week weightloss journey. Visit the show’s website here. blog.

Show airs Sundays at 10/9c on WE

8. Rich Bride Poor Bride – Rich Bride Poor Bride is another wedding show gem from the WE network. This popular show follows real-world brides with entirely different budgets as they each struggle with many of the same issues as they put their weddings together. This show gives some excellent tips and methods to control wedding costs and is a must-see wedding show for anyone who is planning to get married. Visit the show’s website here. blog.

Show airs Sundays at 8/7c on WE

9. Engaged & Underage - MTV is behind this hit reality TV show and it has been created and edited together in a way which will keep the MTV generation enthralled. This half-hour documentary series chronicles some relatively ‘young’ brides and grooms between the ages of 18 and 21 as they near their wedding day. With a mixture of naivety, ignorance, innocence and youthful indiscretion, these soon-to-be brides and grooms are followed down their bumpy road to the altar. Engaged and Underage is the ‘Jerry Springer’ of wedding shows. You’ve been warned =)

Show airs Mondays at 11pm on MTV

10. Wedding SOS – Fine Living Network has entered the wedding tv show market with a high-style, high-quality wedding show which follows wedding expert Jane Dayus Hinch as she saves couples from weddings which had turned to nightmares. The show’s twist is a fairy-godmother ability given to Hinch as she allows brides and grooms to have three wishes. What would you choose if you had three wishes? This thoroughly entertaining show is worth a watch.

Show airs Saturdays at 9pm EST on FLN

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