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Judge Judy (1996)

  • Sep 16, 1996
  • 25 seasons · 2,190 episodes
  • TV-G

5.7/10

TMDB user score
100 votes on TMDB

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About This Series

Judge Judy is a crime series created by Judith Sheindlin. Its leading cast includes Judith Sheindlin, Petri Hawkins-Byrd and Jerry Bishop. It premiered on September 16, 1996 on Syndication. TMDB lists 25 seasons and 2,190 episodes so far and has ended.

Synopsis

Judge Judy is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by retired Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set. All parties involved must sign contracts, agreeing to arbitration under Sheindlin. The series is in first-run syndication and distributed by CBS Television Distribution. Judge Judy, which premiered on September 16, 1996, reportedly revitalized the court show genre. Only two other arbitration-based reality court shows preceded it, The People's Court and Jones and Jury. Sheindlin has been credited with introducing the "tough" adjudicating approach into the judicial genre, which has led to several imitators. The two court shows that outnumber Judge Judy's seasons, The People's Court and Divorce Court, have both lasted via multiple lives of production and shifting arbiters, making Sheindlin's span as a television arbiter the longest.

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Time to finish
About 803 hours, based on 2,190 episodes at 22 minutes each
Ending
Finished: all episodes are out
Age rating (US)
TV-G
Language
English
Audience signal
5.7/10 from 100 TMDB votes

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Cast

  • Judith Sheindlin Self - Judge 2,190 episodes
  • Petri Hawkins-Byrd Self - Bailiff 2,190 episodes
  • Jerry Bishop Self - Announcer (voice) 2,054 episodes
  • Michael Stull Self - Announcer (voice) 95 episodes
  • Steven Kamer Self - Announcer (voice) 41 episodes
  • Bea Arthur Self - Defendant's Witness 1 episode
  • David J. McMillan Self - Plaintiff 1 episode
  • Lisa Lange Self - Defendant 1 episode

Seasons

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