The Real Wedding Crashers was an American prank/hidden camera series on NBC, inspired by the 2005 comedy film Wedding Crashers, that premiered on April 23, 2007.[1] Ashton Kutcher, who helped create the concept, has explored a similar idea in Punk'd.
The series was produced by the aforementioned Ashton Kutcher, Karey Burke, Rich Meehan, Jon Kroll, Jim Rosenthal, and Jason Goldberg with RDF USA, the production company of shows such as Wife Swap, in association with New Line Television, part of the studio that produced the film.[2] No one among the show's main cast and crew were involved in the original film, nor were the cast and crew of the film involved with the series.
It was announced on May 7, 2007, that the series would be pulled after the final four episodes.[3] NBC subsequently announced the show was defunct on May 28, 2007. NBC announced on July 20, 2007 that the show was not renewed. The last two episodes both aired on NBC and on the Style Network.[4]