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Judge Judy

★ 5.8 (90 votes) | 1996 | 0h 22m
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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.

Details
  • Status Ended
  • First Air Date September 16, 1996
  • Last Air Date July 23, 2021
  • Seasons 25
  • Episodes 1994
  • Networks Syndication

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38 episodes

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Season 1
Season 1

95 episodes • 1996

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Season 2
Season 2

10 episodes

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Season 3
Season 3

2 episodes

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Season 4
Season 4

0 episodes

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Season 5
Season 5

0 episodes

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Season 6
Season 6

186 episodes • 2001

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Season 7
Season 7

6 episodes • 2002

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Season 8
Season 8

0 episodes

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Season 9
Season 9

0 episodes

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Season 10
Season 10

1 episodes

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Season 11
Season 11

0 episodes

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Season 12
Season 12

11 episodes

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Season 13
Season 13

17 episodes

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Season 14
Season 14

10 episodes

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Season 15
Season 15

6 episodes

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Season 16
Season 16

3 episodes

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Season 17
Season 17

260 episodes • 2012

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Season 18
Season 18

260 episodes • 2013

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Season 19

260 episodes • 2014

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Season 20

121 episodes • 2015

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Season 21

260 episodes • 2017

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Season 22

260 episodes • 2017

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Season 23

260 episodes • 2018

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Season 24

63 episodes • 2019

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Season 25

41 episodes • 2020

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The People's Court
The People's Court

The People's Court is an American arbitration-based reality court show currently presided over by retired Florida State Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Milian. Milian, the show's longest-reigning arbiter, handles small claims disputes in a simulated courtroom set. The People's Court is the first court show to use binding arbitration, introducing the format into the genre in 1981. The system has been duplicated by most of the show's successors in the judicial genre. Moreover, The People's Court is the first popular, long-running reality in the judicial genre. It was preceded only by a few short-lived realities in the genre; these short-lived predecessors were only loosely related to judicial proceedings, except for one: Parole took footage from real-life courtrooms holding legal proceedings. Prior to The People's Court, the vast majority of TV courtroom shows used actors, and recreated or fictional cases. Among examples of these types of court shows include Famous Jury Trials and Your Witness. The People's Court has had two contrasting lives. The show's first life was presided over solely by former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Wapner. His tenure lasted from the show's debut on September 14, 1981, until May 21, 1993, when the show was cancelled due to low ratings. This left the show with a total of 2,484 ½-hour episodes and 12 seasons. The show was taped in Los Angeles during its first life. After being cancelled, reruns aired until September 9, 1994.