We're big 'Don't Tell The Bride' watchers in my house.
As noted, the Vegas episode was the best one, because the bride was totally distraught, and questioned whether or not she actually wanted to be with the (idiotic) groom. The sister had a complete fit at the airport too, and refused to get on the plane, in a crap Mr T type way. Oh, the drama!
Every time I watch it, I'm secretly hoping that the groom will fuck up the planning so badly, that it will end in a massive fight, both sides of the families piling in. At the very least, I'd like to see an episode where they don't even get married. Just once!
The biggest issue I have with the show though, is that the couples don't appear to have had any discussions before hand. If I was to go on this show (God forbid), I know that my girlfriend would give me a list of everything she wanted for the day. I mean, at the very least, we'd have mentioned it in passing. This never seems to be the case for the hapless couples though, which is why the blokes end up dressing their brides as Dolly Parton and marrying them at West Brom.
Speaking of the dresses...I don't think I've ever seen an episode where the bride was dissapointed by the dress. They always talk about the sort of dress they'd like, then go off to film them trying some on in a shop, their mums and sisters oohing and ahhhing with each change. Cut to the bloke in some grotty bridal shop, looking at a bright pink puffball, with dragon detailing. 'Ah!' you think. 'She's going to HATE that!!'. Cut to the day however, and she's gushing about how beautiful it is, and how much Darren must really understand her, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE ANY OF THE ONES SHE LIKED.
Wedding fans are well catered for actually. There's Four Weddings USA and UK, and that Wedding House one. There must be more, as I don't think a day goes by in our house without a good solid two hours of wedding themed TV scheduling.
I have to say, I would never watch these things if I were single. I mean, have you seen the porn you can get these days?