TLC Attending Wedding Of World's Heaviest Man

TLC has commissioned a one hour special on the wedding of one of the world's heaviest people, Manuel Uribe of Mexico, according to DCD Media-owned September Films, which is producing the show.

September says it has gotten exclusive access to the wedding. News of Uribe's engagement spread across the internet and news wires last week.

My Big Fat Mexican Wedding will follow Uribe, who reportedly tipped the scales at over 1,200 pounds before beginning a diet, as he and girlfriend Claudia Solis prepare for their wedding. Uribe is still bedridden, but has lost almost 400 pounds, according to September Films.

Also slated for the U.S. cable market from September is another hour documentary, this one for Discovery Health Network, about a couple trying to raise triplets who are both deaf and blind.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.