Bridezillas

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Bridezillas is a reality television show produced by September Films. The Announcer Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen. It follows the lives of engaged women, casting their busy schedules in an emphatic and sometimes humorous fashion. The show began production in 2001 and first aired on the United Kingdom's ITV and New York City's MetroTV in 2003. The FOX Network aired a one-hour Bridezillas special culled from Season One in January 2004. In the summer of 2004, the show began airing on WE: Women's Entertainment, which has since aired four seasons. Since the second season, it has been the highest rated original program on the WE Network.^[1]

In the first season, the majority of the subjects were young, white, wealthy residents of New York. In subsequent seasons, the show has included a more diverse range of subjects, including: older, African-American, and working class couples; couples from California, Texas, and Wisconsin; and same-sex couples.

While the first season was in production, the show was tentatively titled "Manhattan Brides". It was only after filming was finished that the name was changed to "Bridezillas" and the footage was edited to emphasize the bad behavior of the subjects. One bride, Julia Swinton-Williamson, sued the producers for misleading her about the nature of the project.^[2]