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Judge Judy

  • TV series
  • 1996
  • TV-G
  • 25 seasons
  • 2,190 episodes

Created by Judith Sheindlin

5.7

TMDB audience rating
5.7 out of 10 from 100 votes

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Overview

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.

Roughly 803h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 2,190 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 22 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Judith Sheindlin

    Judith SheindlinSelf - Judge
    2,190 episodes

  • Petri Hawkins-Byrd

    Petri Hawkins-ByrdSelf - Bailiff
    2,190 episodes

  • Jerry BishopSelf - Announcer (voice)
    2,054 episodes

  • Michael StullSelf - Announcer (voice)
    95 episodes

  • Steven KamerSelf - Announcer (voice)
    41 episodes

  • Bea Arthur

    Bea ArthurSelf - Defendant's Witness
    1 episode

  • David J. McMillanSelf - Plaintiff
    1 episode

  • Lisa LangeSelf - Defendant
    1 episode

Created by
Judith Sheindlin
Network
Syndication

Seasons and episodes