Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? is an American

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show on the

Style Network Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashio ...

. Season 1 began in 2003, Tuesdays, 10 p.m. Each episode runs 60 minutes and follows two different couples who plan their

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s in different states and sometimes a destination wedding in a foreign country. Each episode begins with the

bride A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bride's future spouse, (if male) is usually referred to as the ''bridegroom'' or just ''groom''. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, brides ...

and

groom A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man an ...

meeting the wedding planner to discuss theme and what plans might already have been made. The episode then chronicles the wedding planner at work, coordinating the details of the pre-wedding festivities, including rehearsal, the actual wedding, and the

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. Each affianced couple have unique requests, from flowers, invitations, placecards, the cake, the wedding venue, and the reception. Some of the wedding planners also specialize in

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weddings. While the brides are followed to bridal boutiques to pick out the perfect

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, some select two dresses, one for the wedding and one for the reception, to honor special cultural

wedding traditions and customs A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vo ...

, or simply for a different reception look. The wedding planners help couples, including

same-sex couples A same-sex relationship is a Romance (love), romantic or Human sexuality, sexual relationship between people of the same sex. ''Same-sex marriage'' refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil ...

, explore and celebrate their individuality and personal style, as well as addressing difficult family circumstances.

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narrators have included Shari Albert and

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. Those couples featured on the show usually receive a few nights paid accommodation at a resort or hotel as a wedding gift from the Style Network. Couples can apply on-line for consideration. The Web site also provides a list of wedding planners and budget tips. The show travels to a variety of vendor meetings: dressmakers, florists, reception sites especially. In Season 4 Episode 3 "Pop Stars and Dictators" the show goes to the Hoboken cake shop. This vendor, Buddy, winds up having his own show, Cake Boss, 2 years later. He appears semi-regularly after that: he saves the day (and pranks the bride a little) in S5:E4 "Born to Be a Bride and Last Minute Loss", helps a gay couple with a dream cake on "Lofty Expectations" (S6:E9), and reins in a control-freak bride in "Alter Images" (S6:E10).

Notable people

Wedding planners

*Ana Cruz *Jung Lee *Donnie Brown *Kevin Covey *Gina Sole *James Tramondo *Jenny Orsini *

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*Julie Conley *Kim Bradford *Linnyette Richardson-Hall *Michelle Lynn Buckley *Samantha Goldberg * Stella Inserra *Tracy French *Sasha Souza *Vicky Johnson * Shawn Rabideau *Susan Southerland *Mark Kingsdorf Mary Dann also appeared on ''Whose Wedding Is It Anyway''
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References

External links

* {{imdb title, 0395910
'Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? - BridesTelevision.com
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