The Wedding Bells
The Wedding Bells is an American television comedy-drama that ran on Fox from March 7 to April 6, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E. Kelley to create the show, and he essentially remade a rejected pilot he created for ABC in 2004 entitled DeMarco Affairs which starred Selma Blair, Lindsay Sloane and Sabrina Lloyd as three sisters who inherit a wedding planner service. Though the show had a moderately strong premiere, it faded in the ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes had been produced and five episodes were aired.
Episodes
For Whom the Bells Toll
The Bell sisters must run their inherited wedding planning business, The Wedding Palace, while also handling their own complicated personal lives and all the implications that come with the business.
Wedding from Hell
The Bell sisters are in for some tough calls when they must convince everyone that the groom in their latest case is indeed not gay, despite the fact that he acts very flamboyantly. Meanwhile, Ralph brings in an additional wedding singer who has a past with Debbie and Amanda catches her new husband cheating and decides to hang around The Wedding Palace to keep herself distracted.
Partly Cloudy, with a Chance of Disaster
The Bells sisters are in for serious stress when runaway bride Dede returns and demands her wedding to be planned again on the same day 60-something Candace is celebrating her wedding to 30-something Robert. To top it all off, an angry Amanda threatens to place a lawsuit against The Wedding Palace for ruining her wedding day.
The Fantasy
Sammy has a hard time discouraging a bride-to-be from wearing an outrageous dress to the ceremony and Jane decides to induce role playing into her and Russell's sex life in order to make it more spicy.
The Most Beautiful Girl
Amanda Pontell begins working as a wedding planner and craftily garners new business for The Wedding Palace. After Amanda uses some slightly unethical tactics to book new clients, Sammy reminds her that money isn't the only thing that matters when planning weddings. Meanwhile, Annie and David rekindle their romance.
The Mother
The Wedding Palace is turned upside-down when Kate Bell, Annie, Jane and Sammy's demanding mother, shows up for a visit with big news. Ralph is touched when Amanda calls in a favor and gets him an audition with a noted music producer. Meanwhile, the marital friction between Russell and Jane grows. Annie discourages bride Maria Connelly, who's planning a "Sound of Music" theme wedding and wants to dress accordingly.
Fools in Love
Jane suspects that a groom, Simon, may not be the doctor he claims to be, since he hesitates to step in and help when his fiancée Skippie's father is in distress at their rehearsal dinner. Meanwhile, The Wedding Palace is threatened with a lawsuit from a father who is opposed to his daughter marrying another woman.
Top Cast
KaDee Strickland
Annie Bell
Teri Polo
Jane Bell
Sarah Jones
Sammy Bell
Michael Landes
David Conlon
Benjamin King
Russell Hawkins
Chris Williams
Ralph Snow
Missi Pyle
Amanda Pontell
Sherri Shepherd
Debbie Quill
