The Wedding Episode That Ruined ‘I Dream of Jeannie’

The beloved sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, which premiered on September 18, 1965, reached a turning point with a much-anticipated wedding episode in late 1969; however, that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. In the Season 5 episode titled “The Wedding,” Jeannie (Barbara Eden) finally walked down the aisle to marry astronaut Major Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman). It was an epic TV wedding filled with the show’s trademark genie hijinks, but the event immediately created controversy. After four seasons of will-they-won’t-they tension between Jeannie and Tony, the decision to have them tie the knot left both the creative team and viewers divided.