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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Why We Love TV Weddings

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Weddings make great fodder for TV writers. It's wedding season, so today we're breaking down the different types of TV weddings featured on Friends, General Hospital, A Different World, Grey's Anatomy, Cheers, Schitt's Creek and more.

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0:00.0

On the Sunday story from Up First, a whistleblower inside the federal government says Doge employees may have taken sensitive data from government systems and covered their tracks.

0:12.2

There's really no way to tell what or where that data is now.

0:17.2

Listen now to the Sunday story on the Up First podcast from NPR.

0:27.9

Weddings tend to be a huge deal.

0:30.8

They fuel a billion-dollar industry.

0:32.7

They stress people out and bring together a whole lot of strangers who'd never meet otherwise,

0:37.4

which is why they make great fodder for TV writers.

0:40.7

Quicky elopements in Vegas, ceremonies disrupted by exes, nuptials cut off by cold feet.

0:47.5

If your favorite TV character is getting married, you can almost certainly bet it won't go smoothly, but it will be entertaining.

0:55.3

I'm Linda Holmes.

0:56.5

And I'm Aisha Harris, and it's wedding season.

0:59.3

So today we're talking about the comedy and drama of TV weddings on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

1:09.0

At Planet Money, we'll take you from a race to make rum in the Caribbean.

1:13.6

Our rum, from a quality standpoint, is the best in the world.

1:16.3

To the labs streaming up the most advanced microchips.

1:19.9

It's very rare for people to go inside.

1:21.7

To the back rooms of New York's Diamond District.

1:24.9

What, you're looking for the stupid guy here?

1:27.2

They're all smart.

1:28.1

Don't worry about.

1:28.9

Planet Money from NPR.

1:30.2

We go to the story and take you along with us wherever you get your podcasts.

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