--- title: Bride Sues to Prevent Say 'Yes to the Dress' Episode Airing description: She says producers agreed not to show her gown until after May 6 canonical: https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-28T22:22:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:11.721Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bride Sues to Stop 'Say Yes to the Dress' Showing Gown Before Wedding og:description: She says producers agreed not to show her gown until after May 6 og:url: https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bride Sues to Stop 'Say Yes to the Dress' Showing Gown Before Wedding twitter:description: She says producers agreed not to show her gown until after May 6 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bride Sues to Stop _Say Yes to the Dress_ Episode From Airing Before Wedding by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 28, 2016 10:22 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 28, 2016 10:22 PM UTC A bride-to-be [unsuccessfully sued](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/bride-yes-dress-suit-tlc-show-broke-vows-article-1.2576365) to stop the TLC show _Say Yes to the Dress_ from airing an episode featuring her shopping for a gown before her wedding day. Alexandra Godino, 26, was asked by Kleinfeld Bridal to fill in at the last minute for a no-show bride in September and agreed on the condition that the episode wouldn’t air before her May 6 wedding, the New York _Daily News_ reports. She, her mother and her fiancé all say they heard the producer they spoke with verbally agree to this condition, but none could remember the name of the producer who said so. A Manhattan judge ruled in favor of the series on Thursday, noting nothing in the written contract specified this date agreement and pointing out that Godino could simply ask her fiancé, hockey player Jeff May, not to watch the episode. The episode aired on Friday. \[[NYDN](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/bride-yes-dress-suit-tlc-show-broke-vows-article-1.2576365)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Bride Sues to Stop Say Yes to the Dress Episode From Airing Before Wedding","datePublished":"2016-03-28T22:22:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:11.721Z","description":"She says producers agreed not to show her gown until after May 6","url":"https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274426/say-yes-to-the-dress-lawsuit/","name":"Bride Sues to Stop Say Yes to the Dress Episode From Airing Before Wedding"}}]}] ```