Why we love TV weddings

By Aisha Harris,

Linda Holmes, Hafsa Fathima, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published April 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM EDT

Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox in Friends. — Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox in *Friends*.

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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Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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Hafsa Fathima

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Jessica Reedy

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