ABC executives have peddled "The Bachelor" and its spin-off series, "The Bachelorette," for a whopping total of 27 seasons by promising such hope: of marriage, of true love, of more awkward televised wedding ceremonies.
Done correctly, this televised wedding could've really helped those opposed to marriage equality warm up to the idea.
It was the first time that a royal wedding had been televised, a not surprising fact given that the country had only legalized televisions in 1999.
Couples also receive a free honeymoon and a nationally televised wedding video.
* The first royal wedding to be televised live came when Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.
Their chief target was Kris Humphries, whose tumultuous off-season included a televised wedding to the reality-show star Kim Kardashian, followed by a humiliating separation.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten has sold an apartment above his Chinese restaurant 66, at 66 Leonard Street, to Hiromi Go, a Japanese pop star, whose televised wedding in the mid-1980's was one of the most-watched programs ever in Japan.
How embarrassing would it be to cancel a televised wedding?
There was even a two-part, televised "wedding special" on E! — quite the oxymoron, if you think about it.
SNL recently mocked Kardashian's decision to file for divorce 72 days after her $10 million, televised wedding.
