Judge Judy

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.

Cast

Judith Sheindlin

Self - Judge

Petri Hawkins-Byrd

Self - Bailiff

S

Steven Kamer

Self - Announcer (voice)

Seasons

Season 1

95 eps · 1996-09-16

Season 2

10 eps

Season 3

2 eps

Season 4

0 eps

Season 5

0 eps

Season 6

186 eps · 2001-09-03

Season 7

6 eps · 2002-09-09

Season 8

0 eps

Season 9

0 eps

Season 10

1 eps

Season 11

0 eps

Season 12

11 eps

Season 13

17 eps

Season 14

10 eps

Season 15

6 eps

Season 16

3 eps

Season 17

260 eps · 2012-09-10

Season 18

260 eps · 2013-09-09

Season 19

260 eps · 2014-09-08

Season 20

121 eps · 2015-09-14

Season 21

260 eps · 2017-09-12

Season 22

260 eps · 2017-09-11

Season 23

260 eps · 2018-09-10

Season 24

121 eps · 2019-09-09

Season 25

41 eps · 2020-09-14

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