It chronicles the lives of women engaged to be married, casting their busy schedules in an emphatic and sometimes humorous fashion.

In 2003, filming began on the first season for a show initially entitled Manhattan Brides, with the premise that cameras would follow a majority of young, white, wealthy residents of New York as they prepared for their wedding days.

However, with the completion of filming, the footage was edited to emphasize the women's bad behavior and it was renamed Bridezillas.

In the third season, the show's first male bride was introduced  — referred to as "Gayzilla" - Jon Taylor Carter, who was planning a wedding for himself and his partner, Isaac in Massachusetts (which was the first US state to legalize same sex marriage).

[6] WE tv have officially announced the return of the program for an eleventh season airing on March 2, 2018 and a mid-season premiere on June 1, 2018.

On July 7, 2018, a special edition spinoff called Bridezillas: Scared Fit was aired and hosted by personal trainer Donna Sexton.