The Real Wedding Crashers

The Real Wedding Crashers was an American prank/hidden camera series on NBC, inspired by the 2005 comedy film Wedding Crashers, that premiered on April 23, 2007.[1] Ashton Kutcher, who helped create the concept, has explored a similar idea in Punk'd.

The Real Wedding Crashers
GenreComedy, Reality
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesKatalyst Films
New Line Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseApril 23 (2007-04-23) –
May 28, 2007 (2007-05-28)

The series was produced by the aforementioned Ashton Kutcher, Karey Burke, Rich Meehan, Jon Kroll, Jim Rosenthal, and Jason Goldberg with RDF USA, the production company of shows such as Wife Swap, in association with New Line Television, part of the studio that produced the film.[2] No one among the show's main cast and crew were involved in the original film, nor were the cast and crew of the film involved with the series.

It was announced on May 7, 2007, that the series would be pulled after the final four episodes.[3] NBC subsequently announced the show was defunct on May 28, 2007. NBC announced on July 20, 2007 that the show was not renewed. The last two episodes both aired on NBC and on the Style Network.[4]

Episodes

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Episode number Date Couple Viewers
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1 Apr 23, 2007 Jonnie and Derek 6.7
2 Apr 30, 2007 Jennifer and Jay 5.6
3 May 7, 2007 Melissa and Eric 14.8
4 May 14, 2007 Jina and Christian 18.9 Rescheduled twice from June 25 and July 2, 2007
5 May 21, 2007 Erica and Manoli 15.5 Rescheduled from July 9, 2007
6 May 28, 2007 Denise and Steve 3.9 Rescheduled from July 16, 2007

Series cast

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Notable guest star

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References

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  1. ^ Official Website at NBC.com Archived 2009-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ tvbuddy.com The Real Wedding Crashers related article
  3. ^ tvseriesfinale.com
  4. ^ bridestelevision.com
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