TLC says yes to bigger Dress

David Emanuel in Say Yes to the Dress

Discovery-owned US cablenet TLC is expanding its Say Yes to the Dress franchise with a new 10-part event series.

Say Yes to the Dress America will select a bride-to-be from every state in the US for an all-expenses-paid trip to the Kleinfeld Bridal salon in New York, where they will pick their wedding dress ahead of a two-hour final episode in which all 52 couples will be married in a group ceremony.

The series will premiere in January next year and is being produced by Red Arrow-owned US prodco Half Yard Productions.

The original Say Yes to the Dress series has aired for 15 seasons on the female-skewing lifestyle network since its launch in 2007 and has spawned numerous spin-offs and international versions.