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Judge Judy
Genre Court show
Directed by Randy Douthit[1]
Presented by Judith Sheindlin
Narrated by Jerry Bishop
Opening theme Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig Van
Beethoven
Country of
origin
United States
Original
language(s)
English
No. of seasons 18
No. of episodes 4,375 as of November 2013[2]
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Randy Douthit[1]
Camera setup Multiple
Running time 22 minutes
Production
company(s)
Big Ticket Entertainment
Queen Bee Productions (CBS
Primetime Special)
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original
channel
Syndication
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
(Seasons 116)
1080i (HDTV)
(Season 17present)
Judge Judy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judge Judy is an American arbitration-based reality court
show presided over by retired Manhattan Family Court
Judge Judith Sheindlin.
[3]
The show features Sheindlin
adjudicating real-life small claims disputes within a simulated
courtroom set.
[4]
All parties involved must sign contracts,
agreeing to arbitration under Sheindlin. The series is in first-
run syndication and distributed by CBS Television
Distribution.
[5]
Judge Judy, which premired on September 16, 1996,
reportedly revitalized the court show genre.
[6]
Only two other
arbitration-based reality court shows preceded it, The
People's Court (its first life cancelled in 1993 from low
ratings) and Jones and Jury (lasting only the 199495
season, short-lived from low ratings).
[6]
Sheindlin has been
credited with introducing the "tough" adjudicating approach
into the judicial genre, which has led to several imitators.
[7][8]
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.
[9][10]
By 2011, Judge Judy had been nominated 14 consecutive
years for Daytime Emmy Awards without ever
winning.
[11][12]
On June 14, 2013, however, Judge Judy
won its first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding
Legal/Courtroom Program on its 15th nomination.
[13]
It is the
first long-running, highly rated court show to win an Emmy.
Since its premiere, Judge Judy has gained enormous
popularity and has led the ratings in courtroom
programming.
[14]
The show was also the highest-rated
daytime television program from its 3rd (199899) through
5th (200001) season. After that, the show lost this title, but
regained it by its 14th season (200910) and keeping it
henceforth.
[15][16]
For the 201112 term (the show's 16th
season), it was named not only the highest-rated program in
daytime but also in all of syndication, averaging a 7.0
rating.
[17][18]
The show has been renewed several times, the
Original run September 16, 1996 present
External links
Website (http://www.judgejudy.com/)
most recent of which took place on April 8, 2013, extending
Sheindlin's contract through 201617, which will be the
show's 21st season.
[19]
Season 18 of Judge Judy premiered on September 9, 2013.
On June 18, 2014, it was reported that taping for the show's 19th season was in progress.
[20]
Contents
1 Court show background
1.1 Origins
1.2 On-air format
1.3 Inner workings
1.4 Fake and contrived cases
1.5 Recordings and airings
1.6 Location
1.7 Remodeling
1.8 Episode Specials
2 Judge Judith Sheindlin
3 Reception
3.1 Ratings by season
3.2 Audience makeup
3.3 Criticism - Sheindlin vs. Joseph Wapner
3.4 Acclaim
4 Lawsuits involving Sheindlin, executive producer and Big Ticket
5 References
6 External links
Court show background
Origins
Sheindlin's reputation as one of the toughest family court judges in the country was the topic of a Los Angeles
Times article in February 1993.
[21][22]
On May 21, 1993, Joseph Wapner was released from The People's
Court. Sheindlin called up the program and said, "You know, if he doesn't want to do this show any more, I can do
it." The receptionist snapped, "Are you crazy, lady?" and hung up.
[23]
The Los Angeles Times article on Sheindlin
caught the attention of 60 Minutes, which aired a segment on her on October 24, 1993.
[24]
The segment brought
her national recognition and first led to an offer for her to write her own book. Sheindlin accepted the book offer,
writing Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining.
In 1995 two former People's Court producers, Kaye Switzer and Sandi Spreckman, asked Sheindlin if she'd like
to preside over her own courtroom series,
[25]
and she was interested.
[25]
Sheindlin and her producers originally
wanted the show title to be "Her Honor" but the production company, Big Ticket Television, decided on calling it
"Hot Bench",
[26][27]
even promoting the show as "Hot Bench With Judge Judy" for some time prior to the show's
dbut.
[28]
However, Big Ticket ultimately decided on "Judge Judy".
[29]
Petri Hawkins-Byrd, the court show's bailiff, was also Sheindlin's bailiff throughout her career in the Manhattan
Family Court system. When Byrd found out about Sheindlin's show, he sent her a congratulatory letter, stating, "If
you ever need a bailiff, I still look good in uniform". She phoned Byrd at his home in California to accept his offer
and he has been the show's bailiff since its dbut. Byrd is the longest-running bailiff in courtroom programming
history. Sheindlin has stated that the show's producers desired different individuals for the role, but she refused.
Sheindlin appeared again on 60 Minutes on April 30, 2003. During the interview, Sheindlin stated:
I have a contract with the company to do the program through the 2006 season. At that point, we will
have produced this program for 10 years. Right now, I would be satisfied with a good 10-year run. I
think that would really be phenomenal. It would be lovely if we could end on a high note and for me to
say "10 years and I still had people watching and I had a second career that was a blast".
[26]
On-air format
Each episode of Judge Judy begins with an introductory preview of the main case, sensationalizing various
moments of the case with dramatic music, voice-over commentary, graphics, etc. This is followed by the show's
opening music video. At the beginning of each court proceeding, information regarding who is suing whom and what
for is revealed originally by voice-over artist Michael Stull, who was later replaced by the show's current voice-
over artist Jerry Bishop. Sheindlin typically begins each case by questioning the parties as to dates, times, locations
and other facts central to the lawsuit. Monopolizing the discourse throughout the cases, Sheindlin will sometimes
only listen to bits and pieces of each of the testimonies as she's quick to reply and tends to disallow responses that
aren't concise or made during her desire to speak.
[30]
Sometimes, however, Sheindlin will allow one or both of the
opposing litigants to recount the entirety of their testimony. While delivering their testimony, litigants are not allowed
to hesitate and must maintain fixed eye contact with Sheindlin at all times. Further, litigants are not allowed to speak
out of turn or talk to each other.
Like most modern court shows, cases on Judge Judy imitate small claims court cases in which civil trials (non-
criminal cases) are heard and ruled on. Typically Sheindlin handles cases among former lovers, disputing neighbors,
or family and friend relations.
[31]
Disputes generally revolve around issues such as broken engagements, unpaid
personal loans, contract breaches, minor property damages (e.g., fender benders, carpet stains, etc.), the fate of
jointly purchased household appliances and rightful ownership of property, and the like.
[31]
As is standard practice
in small claims court and most reality court shows alike, Judge Judy proceedings operate in the form of a bench
trial (as opposed to its more common counterpart, the jury trial). Moreover, lawyers are not present and litigants
must defend themselves.
[32]
In the first two commercial breaks, a preview of the remainder of the ongoing case, sometimes along with the
following case, is typically shown. When the show returns from the first two commercial breaks, the voice-over
sounds, stating "Real cases! Real people! Judge Judy!" followed by a verbal recap of the ongoing case. After the
third commercial break, the voice-over sounds again, this time providing the show's telephone number and website
to submit cases.
[4]
Generally each show presents two cases, but infrequently, an episode will present a single long
case, three shorter ones, or even four shorter ones.
After expressing her views of the circumstances and behaviors of the litigants with regards to their testimonies,
Sheindlin renders the judgment either by finding for the plaintiff (typically with the statement, "Judgment for the
plaintiff for the amount of x dollars. That's all."), by dismissing the case, or by dismissing the case specifically
without prejudice. Any counterclaims filed are handled similarly to this. Counterclaims are handled subsequently in
the same segment, though often cursorily by Sheindlin as many counterclaims on the program have been filed out of
vindictiveness as opposed to legitimacy. At the end of a case, the plaintiff(s), the defendant(s), and sometimes their
witnesses express their feelings to the camcorder in a similar format as reality TV confessional. Sometimes,
however, this part of the program is omitted, especially after cases involving resentful litigants, too upset over the
circumstances to remain in the studio and provide comment.
[33]
Inner workings
In order to ensure a full audience, the producers of Judge Judy hire extras from an audience service who compose
the entire gallery. Most of these paid extras are aspiring actors.
[22]
Though tickets are not offered for the show,
arrangements can sometimes be made with Sheindlin's production staff to allow fans of the show into the audience.
The extras must not dress casually, and no logos or brand names may be visible on their clothing. Extras are also
instructed to appear as if they are having discussions with each other before and after each case, so the bailiff may
make such announcements as "Order! All rise."
[34]
They are not to make any noises during the proceedings and,
unlike other court shows, may not applaud the judge or rightful litigant upon praiseworthy remarks; although on
some occasions when Sheindlin delivers a crushing remark for a particularly egregious or ludicrous act, the audience
is seen laughing or applauding without Sheindlin silencing them. For the most part, however, Sheindlin is seen
bringing the audience to order and admonishing them for engaging in any such noise throughout the cases.
To acquire cases, the show generally uses one of the following three options:
its 60 to 65 researchers, spread out across the country, entering small claims courts and photocopying
numerous cases. These photocopied cases are then sent to Judge Judy producers, who review them all in
search of lawsuits they believe will make for good television. According to the show's producers, only 3% of
the photocopied cases are worthy enough for television
[22]
its telephone number posting/announcement presented on each episode for interested individuals to call in
with lawsuits
its website whereby lawsuits can be written out and submitted into the show.
[35]
After one of these three processes, if the producers are interested, their employees will then call both parties and
ask them questions relating to their lawsuit, making sure they're suitable for Judge Judy. If the parties agree to be
on the show and sign a waiver, agreeing that arbitration in Sheindlin's court is final and cannot be pursued elsewhere
(unless Sheindlin dismisses the lawsuit without prejudice), their case will air on Judge Judy.
[36]
The award limit on Judge Judy, as on most "syndi-court" shows (and most small claims courts in the U.S.), is
$5,000. The award for each judgment is paid by the producers of the show from a fund reserved for the
purpose.
[37]
Sheindlin rules by either A.) issuing a verdict of a specific dollar amount (not always in the full amount
of what's requested and rarely if ever in excess of what's requested even if she believes complainants are deserving
of more) or B.) by dismissing the lawsuit altogether. When ruled on in these manners, cases cannot be refiled or
retried elsewhere. However, if Sheindlin specifically dismisses the lawsuit "without prejudice", that lawsuit may be
refiled and retried in another forum. In some instances, Sheindlin has dismissed cases without prejudice deliberately
so that complainants pursue defendants in an actual court of law so that the defendants themselves are held
financially accountable, this as opposed to the show. In such cases, Sheindlin has expressed particular aversion to
the defendants in question.
[38]
Further, Sheindlin has dismissed cases without prejudice when she has suspected
both the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) of conspiring together just to gain monetary rewards from the show.
[38]
Both the plaintiff(s) and the defendant(s) also receive an appearance fee. The appearance fee amount has varied as
between different litigants of the show: certain litigants have reported receiving a $500 appearance fee while others
have reported receiving $100, and others $250.
[39][40]
In addition to the appearance fee amount, litigants are paid
$35 a day by the show.
[40]
The litigants' stay lasts for the number of days that the show does taping for that week,
which is two or three days. In addition, the airfare (or other means of travel) and hotel expenses of the litigants and
their witnesses are covered by the show, and the experience is generally treated as an all-expense-paid vacation
outside of the actual court case.
[40]
If there is an exchange of property, Sheindlin signs an order, and a sheriff or
marshal oversees the exchange.
[41]
Sheindlin sees only a half-page complaint and a defense response prior to the
taping of the cases, sometimes only moments before.
[42]
Most of the cases, not including any footage deleted to
meet the time constraints of the show, usually last anywhere from twelve to forty-five minutes.
[43][44]
Judge Judy, like most court programs, is inexpensive to produce and thus creates considerable income. A budget
for a week's worth of Judge Judy episodes is half the cost of a single network sitcom episode.
[45]
Fake and contrived cases
At least some of the cases on the series, if not many, have been circumstances that were contrived by the litigants
just to receive monetary payment from the program.
In April 2013, former litigants from a 2010 airing of the show revealed they conspired together in fabricating a
lawsuit in which the logical outcome would be to grant payment to the plaintiff. The operation was successful and
Sheindlin awarded the plaintiff $1,250. The litigants involved also walked away with an appearance fee of $250
each and an all expense paid vacation to Hollywood, California. In reality, all the litigants in questionplaintiffs and
defendants alikewere friends who split the earnings up among each other. It was also reported that the show's
producers were in on the sham and knew of the contrivance all along but went along with it. The lawsuit was over
the fictitious death of a cat as a result of a television crushing it.
[46]
While the show's producers have denied such claims, it has been reported that some of the cases are scripted or at
least "semi-scripted,"
[47]
such as noted in a 2005 nonfiction literature piece, a section reading:
I checked out my future fellow audience members on this dayaspiring actors, other people looking
to make easy money. One guy near me had a script for the TV show Judge Judythe show is
scripted!
[48]
Recordings and airings
Three days every other week (two weeks a month), Sheindlin and her producers tape the court show.
[29]
They
usually produce ten to twelve cases for each day they tape the show. This makes for about a week's worth of
episodes, all taped within one day. Anywhere from thirty to thirty-six cases are filmed over the three days they tape
per week. Sheindlin appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 13, 2011. When asked by
Kimmel how many days a month she works, Sheindlin replied, "Five days."
[49]
Sheindlin and her producers
sometimes tape only five cases per day and two days per week.
[14][50]
The show has fifty-two taping days a
year.
[51]
For each season, some 650 claims are brought to the set to be "presided" over by Judge Judy.
[14]
This
means approximately 8,450 claims have been brought to Judith Sheindlin's Hollywood set as of the end of its
thirteenth season (200809).
For the most part, cases are taped all throughout the year except for two breaks Sheindlin and all of the staff
members of her show have for the year. One of the two breaks includes an extra week off in December, as the
show is only taped one week out of that month because of the holidays. The other break is from mid-July (only
taping one week in July) and all through August. According to members of the show, the reason for this break is
that people are more interested in taking vacations than in filing lawsuits around that time.
[52]
Altogether, there are 260 new episodes per season of Judge Judy. There is at least one new episode for every
weekday, with the exception of a few hiatuses during most of the summer and a couple of holidays.
[53]
The cases
are all pre-recorded for editing purposes and will usually air one to three months after being taped. The cases are
mixed up and not shown in order of when they were recorded.
[54]
While the cases taped in March end the seasons,
the cases taped throughout April, May, June, and July start out each season in September and last through
October.
[55]
Throughout the very beginning of each season, two new Judge Judy episodes air per day. After two
weeks, this is reduced to one new airing a day, followed by a repeat. There are also various other moments
throughout the year where two new episodes are shown for a few weeks. This has sometimes included January
when the show returns from its winter hiatus. Two new episodes are also shown daily during the "sweeps" months
of November, February, and May. Unlike other television programs, the Judge Judy season finale does not air in
April or May; rather, it airs in June, July, or August. When the season finale is extended to July or August, most of
the summer episodes preceding it are repeats with new episodes that are few and far in-between.
Two DVDs, featuring "memorable cases," have been released by the show: the first in 2007, "Judge Judy: Justice
Served," and the second in 2008, "Judge Judy: Second To None."
[56]
Location
Judge Judy tapes at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
[57]
In alternating
weeks, Sheindlin, who lives in New York, flies out on her private jet to tape Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday.
[29]
As of June 2013, the Judge Judy set is located directly beside the set of the courtroom series Paternity Court,
both shows filmed within the same studios.
[58]
Previously, the space directly beside Judge Judy's set was used for
its long-running former sister show Judge Joe Brown, that is, until Judge Joe Brown's 2013 cancellation. Like
Judge Judy was and still is, Judge Joe Brown was also produced by Big Ticket Entertainment until its
cancellation.
[43]
The two shows alternated taping weeks. Judge Judy sometimes tapes from the Kaufman Astoria
Studios in Queens, New York.
The show displays various images of New York City upon returning from commercial breaks, including a subway
train that is passing by the camera which reads World Trade Center (which remains the name of the terminal of the
E train), but is only noticeable if the footage is paused. It also features the phrases "State of New York" and
"Family Court" (Sheindlin was previously a New York family court judge)
[59]
within the letterbox-like graphics used
going to and from breaks since the ninth season. The set features a New York State Flag behind Sheindlin's seat.
Remodeling
Over its existence, the show has changed very little from season to season.
[60]
Most modifications to the program
have been done in minute detail, such as to the show's book shelf display seen near the courtroom entrance.
Aesthetically, the show's theme song, graphics, and color scheme are the only aspects that have changed repeatedly
over its past eighteen years.
[61]
The ninth season (200405) is one of few seasons in which the show underwent
major remodeling when music for the show's opening, closing, and to/fro commercial portions were modified. A
modern version of a melody from Beethoven's 5th Symphony was then adopted as the show's opening theme
song.
[62]
For its scenes, Sheindlin is shown in a different courtroom from her own (part of a proposed renovation to
the courtroom that was rejected by Sheindlin for being too dark), approaching the camera, followed by folding her
arms and smiling at the camera. This is followed by showing various scenes of her presiding over different cases. As
part of these modifications, the show's introductory previews, graphics, and images all began showing up in falu red.
Prior to the ninth season, the show used an original tune for its theme song. From the show's debut through its
eighth season, various versions of this original tune were used, the show making moderate modifications to the tune
every few seasons. From seasons four through eight, the opening music video commenced with an approaching
scene towards a computer animated courthouse display up until that scene entered into the courthouse. From there,
several shots of Sheindlin gesticulating from her benchas though presiding over various caseswere displayed in
motion. These motioning images eventually developed into the courthouse logo that represents the program (the
logo always displayed within the letter "D" in "Judy") by the end of this opening music video. The music video in
seasons prior to this used relatively similar music with disparities in scenes, images, instrumental sound type and
theme song length.
Further, early seasons of the show used graphics and images that were sea green and saffron. Blue and saffron then
came to represent multiple seasons of the show before the show's current color scheme. By the show's sixth season
(200102), music and graphics used in the introductory previews no longer resembled the rest of the program as
they had previously, but instead used a high blue color scheme and a different song for each episode/intro preview.
While the introductory preview's inconstant tunes have continued to the present season, the color scheme in the
introductory previews began resembling the color scheme used in the rest of the program (falu red) once again by
the ninth season.
Each opening music video consists of Voice-Over Artist Jerry Bishop stating: "You are about to enter the
courtroom of Judge Judith Sheindlin. The people are real. The cases are real. The rulings are final. This is Judge
Judy."
[63]
Originally between the statements "The rulings are final" and "This is Judge Judy" was the statement, "This
Judge Judith Sheindlin
is her courtroom."
[64]
This was removed in 2004. Beginning in September 2012, the show made a switch to high
definition with its 17th season. The bumpers between commercials are also in HD, although most on-screen
graphics such as plaintiff and defendant descriptions are framed to fit a 4:3 aspect ratio.
[65]
Episode Specials
On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, CBS aired a one hour special called Judge Judy Primetime which aired at 8 p.m.
ET/PT. The special was a combination of reshown clips from the 1993 60 Minutes Special on Sheindlin, as well as
a few never-previously-seen cases. The special marked Judge Judy's first airing in primetime, a landmark for court
shows which are typically limited to daytime or late night hours.
[66][67]
Although the special didn't rank nearly as
high as Dancing with the Stars (14.86 million) and The Voice (11.57 million), it brought in 5.66 million viewers,
enough to make it the night's top rated show on CBS. In addition, the special came in just behind American Idol,
which brought in 6.61 million viewers.
[68]
Judge Judith Sheindlin
Judge Judy was born on October 21, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, to
German-Jewish parents Murray and Ethel Blum. Sheindlin described her
father, a dentist, as "the greatest thing since sliced bread" and her mother as "a
meat-and-potatoes kind of gal." It was reported in October 2012 that
Sheindlin had a $45 million yearly contract with CBS Television Distribution,
in effect until 2015 and up $20 million from 2007.
[69]
It was later reported in
October 2013 that Sheindlin is the highest paid TV star, earning $47 million
per year for Judge Judy, which translates into just over $900,000 per
workday (she works 52 days per year).
[70]
Judy has gained a reputation as a judge in both the family court and on
television as a no-nonsense fact-finder and incisive decision-maker.
[71][72]
In
line with these attributes, her program has been touted as "a show where
justice is dispensed at the speed of light." Moreover, resolute in her rulings,
arguments and excuses are often to no avail under Sheindlin.
[73]
Strict in her management of the proceedings,
[74]
Sheindlin coerces precise compliance of rules and will scold or
even punish disobedience and misbehavior. And as result of her frequent gruff disposition,
[75]
volatile temper,
[76]
and saucy treatment,
[77]
taglines such as "Justice with an Attitude" have been used to characterize the show.
[78]
As
examples of this, Sheindlin has regularly made such remarks as:
"Do I have 'stupid' written over my forehead?",
[79]
"I'm here because I'm smart, not because I'm young and
gorgeous, although I am",
[79]
"If you live to be 100, you will never be as smart as I am, sir",
[79]
"Clearly you are not
wrapped too tight",
[80]
"Where did you think you were coming to today, a tea party?!",
[81]
"I'm speaking!",
[81]
"If
you interrupt again madam, your case is dismissed, and I'm throwing you out. Do we understand each other?",
[81]
"I've been in this business for over 40 years",
[81]
"Do I look like I need help from you?",
[81]
"That's a lot of who
shot John",
[82]
"This is my playpen",
[81]
etc.
Spawning from her "Judge Judy: Justice Served" DVD, Sheindlin's regular locutions on the program have become
known as "Judyisms".
[83]
Some of these Judyisms are intended to provide a lesson, such as "A good deed never
goes unpunished", "Beauty fades, dumb is forever", "If It doesn't make sense, it's not true", "Do you know when
teenagers are lying? When their mouths move",
[81]
etc. Sheindlin has used the position of television arbitrator to
impart guidance, direction, and life lessons not only to her litigants but her viewers and public at large. An example
of guidance often stressed by Sheindlin is to be independent through employment, especially so as to not live off the
government where unwarranted or other people directly where oppression from or friction with the provider may
eventuate. In the former, Sheindlin can often be quoted as stating, "No, you aren't supporting yourself. Byrd and I
are supporting you."
[84][85]
Sheindlin has stated that the main message she wants viewers to take from her program
is that people must take responsibility for their actions and do the right thing.
[53][86]
Reception
Ratings by season
19961998
Judge Judy went on the air in September 1996. By the end of October of that year, the show was averaging only a
1.5 rating, putting it in the mid-rank of the 159 syndicated shows on the air. At that time, it was never expected that
the show's ratings would ever compete with highly successful daytime TV shows of the time, such as The Oprah
Winfrey Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and The Jerry Springer Show.
[53]
According to Biography's
documentary film on Sheindlin, "Judge Judy: Sitting in Judgment" (aired February 21, 2000),
[87]
producers of
Judge Judy were disappointed that the show was barely making it on the radar. However, it didn't take long for the
court show to pick up momentum as Judge Judy rose to a 2.1 rating by the end of that first season. By its 2nd
season (199798), the court show had already risen into the 4 ratings ranges, averaging a 4.3.
[88]
The 3rd season (199899) of Judge Judy was the show's first season as the highest-rated program in daytime
television, having surpassed the highly rated Jerry Springer Show and even then daytime powerhouse The Oprah
Winfrey Show for the first time
[89]
(King World Productions which launched Oprah was a corporate sibling of
CBS Television Studios, which distributed Judge Judy): the program's ratings more than doubled to a 5.6 for that
season, marking Judge Judy as an early success.
[90]
It was due, in part, to this early success that daytime television began to feature more court programming, such as a
revival of The People's Court that re-debuted in fall 1997. In 1999, Judge Judy moved from Worldvision
Enterprises to Paramount Domestic Television, which also distributed her stablemate Judge Joe Brown and
eventually Judge Mills Lane. Many other retired judges were given their own court shows in syndication due in
large part to Sheindlin's popularity. These include Greg Mathis, Glenda Hatchett, Alex Ferrer, Maria Lopez, Karen
Mills-Frances, Cristina Perez, David Young, and many others. In addition, the series helped to spawn various
nontraditional court programs. These include the reality-based revival of Divorce Court, which was originally
presided over by Mablean Ephriam and now helmed by Lynn Toler; the short-lived Power of Attorney, capturing
various high-profile attorneys arguing cases for litigants in front of Andrew Napolitano; Street Court, which took
litigation outside of the courtroom; Jury Duty, featuring an all-celebrity jury hearing cases presided over by Bruce
Cutler; etc. Furthermore, the role of Judge Judy in the rise in popularity of daytime court shows enabled several
other non-judges to preside over courts, such as Nancy Grace, Jeanine Pirro, and Gloria Allred.
Also, partly due to Sheindlin's popularity, the producers of The People's Court decided to replace Ed Koch with
Sheindlin's husband, Jerry Sheindlin, as their presiding judge during The People's Court 's 3rd present life
season/15th overall season (19992000); this meant that husband and wife would be either part of the same
afternoon lineup or competing for ratings against each other. This experiment, however, did not last long as midway
through The People's Court 's fourth season, Sheindlin was replaced by the show's current judge, Marilyn
Milian.
[90][91]
19992006
For its 4th season (199900), Judy's ratings exploded to their highest to date, peaking at a 9.3 rating. At this point,
Sheindlin's courtroom series was still more than ever the highest rated program in daytime. It was also at this point
that Judge Judy held a record of increasing its ratings for each successive season since its debut. Because of the
program's success, Judge Judy began airing at better time periods.
[90]
It was by the show's 5th season (200001) that Judy's streak of growing in ratings from season to season since its
debut had ceased. However, the court show still remained the highest-rated program in daytime that season with a
5.6 rating.
[61]
By the 6th season (200102), Judy was no longer the highest-rated program in daytime, beaten out
by The Oprah Winfrey Show. The court show averaged a 5.0 rating that season.
[61]
Likewise, for her 7th season
(200203), she also averaged a 5.0.
[61]
For her 8th season (200304), Sheindlin finally reversed the season-to-
season downward turn in her ratings by averaging a 7.1.
[92]
Of the seven running court shows during the 200405
season, most of them earned a 3.63 rating; however, Judge Judy pulled in a 7.5 rating for that season (the show's
9th).
[90]
For her 10th season (200506), Judge Judy averaged a 4.8 rating.
[93]
Judge Judy averaged 4.6 rating
for her 11th season (200607). Meanwhile, other programs in the genre were trailing Sheindlin from a vast distance
(as has been the case since the debut of Judge Judy): Judge Joe Brown averaged a 2.9 rating; The People's
Court averaged a 2.7; Judge Mathis averaged a 2.4; Divorce Court averaged a 2.0; Judge Alex averaged 1.9;
Judge Hatchett averaged a 1.5; rookies--Cristina's Court averaged a 1.4, and Judge Maria Lopez came in last,
averaging a 1.0 rating.
[94]
20072011
For its 12th season (200708), Judge Judy averaged a 4.8 rating (4.8 HH AA%/7.4 HH GAA% rating) and 9.9
million average daily viewers.
[56]
Judy was the only first-run syndication program to increase in ratings for that
season from the previous, leading CBS to immediately extend her contract through the 201213 season.
[95]
For its
13th season (200809), the show averaged a 4.2 rating (4.2 HH AA%/6.5 HH GAA% rating) and 9.02 million
average daily viewers.
[96]
Its 14th season (200910) marked the first season in nearly a decade since the 200001
season that any daytime television program had been able to surpass The Oprah Winfrey Show's ratings (Judge
Judy is also the show in question that during the 200001 television season surpassed The Oprah Winfrey Show
in daytime TV ratings): Judy broke Winfrey's near decade-long streak with a 4.4 rating (4.4 HH AA%/6.9 HH
GAA% rating) and 9.6 million average daily viewers.
[97]
It was also at that point that Sheindlin's courtrooom series
became the highest rated show in all of daytime television programming.
[98]
Judy secured this title in its 15th season
(201011) as the program remained ahead of Oprah in her [Oprah] final season and the highest-rated daytime
television offering, averaging a 5.11 rating
[99]
and 9.6 million viewers.
[100]
During this season, Judy also became the
highest rated show in first-run syndication.
[101]
Late that same season in May 2011, as a result of continued high
ratings, CBS again extended Sheindlin's contract, this time through the 201415 season (the show's 19th).
[102]
In the first post-Oprah television season, the court show continued its reign as the most dominant show in daytime
and also became the top-rated show in syndication, its 16th season (201112) racking up a 7.0 rating and 9.29
million average daily viewers.
[103]
As the top-rated show in all of syndication at this point, Sheindlin defeated not
only first-run syndication programs but also off-network syndication programs (rerun episodes of programs off their
original network).
[104]
The title of overall syndication leader was previously held by off-network syndicated
program Two and a Half Men (201011) and before that, first-run syndicated program Wheel of Fortune
(200910).
[105][106]
Judge Judy's ratings boost in its 16th season and late in the show's 15th season was at least partly due to
Nielsen's change in methodology, in April 2011. This variation benefits programs that air multiple, differing
episodes a day. The updated method is totalling ratings points through adding all viewings for each daily
episodeeven if one of those viewings come from an individual already counted in as having watched another
of the show's daily episodes. For example, as Judge Judy airs two different episodes per day, two ratings
points are counted for every one person who has watched both the first and second daily airings. This is as
opposed to one person's viewing of the two daily episodes amounting to only one ratings point. Prior to the
convert, the latest method was only used in GAA numbers, while the previous method was used in average
audience measure. Some court shows air in one hour blocks and thus do not benefit at all from the updated
method.
[18]
Worth noting, however, is that shows airing multiple daily episodes may not directly benefit
monetarily as the rating system that local stations use to sell to advertisers is based upon the prior
method.
[107]
2012present
For its 17th season (201213), Judge Judy once again pulled in a 7.0 household rating.
[101][108]
The series
delivered 9.63 million average daily viewers that season, growing by +32,000 viewers over the prior season.
[109]
Despite this, Judy lost its 1st place spot as the ratings leader in all of syndication that season, descending to 2nd
place, only a tad behind The Big Bang Theory (off-network syndicate) which took home a 7.1 for that season. Still
and all, this was the 3rd season in a row that Judy earned the title of ratings leader in all of first-run syndication.
[101]
Moreover, this was the 4th season in a row that Judy was the ratings leader in all of daytime television
programming.
[110]
On September 9, 2013, Judge Judy entered its 18th season. For the premiere week, the show
came in first place in all of syndication, averaging a 7.1 rating and 9.4 million viewers. This is the show's highest
rated premiere week in 10 years
[111]
and 13% higher than ratings for the premiere week of its previous season.
[112]
Producer Randy Douthit
Judge Judy producer Randy Douthit has stated that "they are guilty of cannibalizing each other. Most of these court
shows are lucky to get above a 1 rating today."
[113]
Audience makeup
Judge Judy's daytime audience is composed of approximately seventy-five percent women and twenty-five
percent men.
[52]
In February 2014, it was reported that Judge Judy's audience is mostly composed of older
women, African Americans, and Latinos.
[114]
Criticism - Sheindlin vs. Joseph Wapner
Despite her widespread popularity, Sheindlin's behavior and treatment of the parties that have appeared before her
has often been the subject of criticism by her detractors. Regular viewers of the program have also been criticized
as sadistic for their delight in watching Sheindlin engage in her typical behaviors.
[115]
One such example of criticism
has come from the first star of arbitration-based reality court shows, Joseph Wapner. Wapner, who presided over
The People's Court from 1981 to 1993, is a long-time critic of Sheindlin. On November 26, 2002, Wapner
criticized Judge Judy's courtroom behavior, stating "She is not portraying a judge as I view a judge should act.
Judge Judy is discourteous, and she's abrasive. She's not slightly insulting. She's insulting in capital letters."
Judge Judy replied through her publicist, stating, "I refuse to engage in similar mud slinging. I don't know where or
by whom Judge Wapner was raised. But my parents taught me when you don't have something nice to say about
someone, say nothing. Clearly, Judge Wapner was absent on the day that lesson was taught."
Since then, Wapner has stated, "She is a disgrace to the profession. She does things I don't think a judge should
do. She tells people to shut up. She's rude. She's arrogant. She demeans people. If she does this on purpose, then
that's even worse. Judges need to observe certain standards of conduct. She just doesn't do it and I resent that.
The public is apt to gain the impression that this is how actual judges conduct themselves. It says 'judge' on the
nameplate on the bench and she's wearing a robe."
[116]
Sheindlin has since stated, "As a young person, when I had watched The People's Court . . . I said you know what,
I could do that. And at least as well because while Joe Wapner is a very good judge, didn't have much of a sense
of humor. And I always knew from a very practical perspective that you have to marry those two things in order to
be successful in entertainment."
[25]
In a November 2013 interview with Larry King, Sheindlin was asked whether or not she enjoyed watching Wapner
on The People's Court. She replied, "Meh! Oatmeal!" Following this, King asked her what if any other television
judges then did she enjoy, to which Sheindlin answered "Mills Lane" of Judge Mills Lane.
[117]
Acclaim
Just prior to the show's 18th season and in celebration of the fact, a flash mob consisting of scores of random
people dressed in judge's robes took to the streets and created a Judge Judy music video dedicated to the
show.
[118][119]
In February 2013, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League, Jim Harbaugh,
was asked about the importance of truthfulness and enthusiastically remarked, "Somebody that's not truthful?
That's big to me. I'm a big fan of the "Judge Judy" show. When you lie in Judge Judy's courtroom, it's over.
Your credibility is completely lost, and you stand no chance of winning that case. So I learned that from her.
It's very powerful and true. If somebody lies to you, how can you trust anything they ever say after
that?"
[120][121]
A couple months later, Harbaugh would even attend tapings of Judge Judy along with his father as audience
members. As part of the experience, Harbaugh and his father had lunch with Sheindlin and visited with her
both before and after tapings. After meeting Sheindlin and seeing cases in person, Harbaugh stated, "I've
never seen Judy adjudicate one improperly. She is so smart. She is so good. I could sit there and watch
those cases all day. I really could. It's fun to watch somebody that does their job well. I could watch Judge
Judy do cases all day. I could watch people play football who do their job really well. People who direct
traffic. I get a real kick out of watching people who direct traffic do it. I've done it for hours. I like football
the most, but Judge Judy is right up there. She's the best."
[122][123]
In December 2013, Harbaugh answered another question by stating In Judge Judys court, hearsay is not
admissible evidence. I think we can all agree that an unnamed source is hearsay. I see unnamed sources
related to many of these topics. And its my point that an unnamed source is hearsay. And in the court of
public opinion, why would you give any of that credibility?"
[124]
On shopping Sheindlin around to producers, Larry Lyttle of Big Ticket Television, stated, "[An agent] rolled
the [60 Minutes] tape before we started the meeting. It was immediately clear that there was a unique
personality there. I've been asked in hundreds of interviews if I knew what I had when I met her. Honestly,
nobody knew, but I knew I would rather fail by taking a chance on her than not taking a shot at all. Court
shows are just talk shows with resolution-that's the secret sauce. And Judy had this uncanny ability to
facilitate conversations. She was decisive and clear, coupled with a distinct personality. All of that made it a
slam dunk."
[125]
Said Brad Adgate, senior vice president of research for Horizon Media, "Judge Judy is the new Oprah of
daytime TV-actually, she was [already] beating Oprah while Oprah was still on."
[16]
Stated president and CEO of CBS, Leslie Moonves, "Over the last few decades, there have been very few
shows that have achieved the remarkable success that she has. Not only has Judy sustained that success year
after year, how many shows grow in their 15th or 16th year in syndication? She started as a fresh voice and
she's been a remarkable presence in daytime television ever since."
[125]
Many regular viewers and supporters of Judge Judy have defended Sheindlin's treatment of the parties that
have appeared before her by describing the parties as an "endless parade of idiots" that Sheindlin has had to
put up with.
[126][127][128]
Lawsuits involving Sheindlin, executive producer and Big Ticket
Judge Judy executive producer Randy Douthit has been served twice by former staff members of the Judge Judy
program for alleged wrongful termination, discriminatory practice, and mismanagement while on the job.
Racism termination lawsuit
In December 2007, Jonathan Sebastien, a former producer of the Judge Judy show of 7 years, filed a lawsuit
against the production company in L.A. County Superior Court for wrongful termination. Sebastien claimed that
when he proposed certain cases for the show involving black litigants, Douthit turned them down with his alleged
reasons being he didn't want to see any more black people; their behaviors were too ghetto and more suited for
African American former television jurist, Joe Brown; and they needed more pretty, upscale white people.
Sebastien claimed that in January 2007, he objected to the alleged discrimination in a meeting and was verbally
abused by Douthit. Three months later on March 30, Sebastien stated he was fired with the reason given that rating
numbers were down. Sebastien claimed that the real reason he was fired was because he opposed his boss's
alleged "discriminatory selection process."
[129][130]
Ageism lawsuit
That same day in December 2007, the show's former associate producer Karen Needle was also fired. She later
sued Douthit, claiming that she was wrongfully terminated because she was too old, 64 at the time. Sheindlin was
not named as a defendant. Needle, who helped book audiences for the program, stated the reason she was given
for being fired was "unspecified conflict from her audience work." Needle said she began suffering from back pain,
sometimes even resorting to lying on the ground in pain, and when she asked her bosses for a new chair, nothing
was done. According to the complaint, two weeks before Needle was fired, she took off four days to assist her
ailing 88-year-old mother. Needle stated, "There is a lot of terrible stuff going on if two people file separate
lawsuits. It's a toxic situation over there. This is supposed to be Judge Judy, the voice of justice, and yet her own
staff isn't treated well. What is she getting paid all that money for if her own staff is treated with such little
decency?"
[130]
Conspiracy/fraud allegations
In March 2013 a lawsuit was filed against Sheindlin by Patric Jones, the estranged wife of Douthit. Jones alleged
Douthit and Sheindlin had conspired to permit Sheindlin to buy Christofle fine china and Marley cutlery owned by
Jones. She said Sheindlin had paid Douthit $50,815 for the items without her knowledge to deprive her of her
valuables,
[131]
and she sought $514,421 from Sheindlin. The suit ended after Sheindlin returned the tableware to
Douthit and Jones agreed to pay him $12,500 and have the tableware handed back to her.
[132]
Lawsuit by production against YouTube user
On October 17, 2013, Big Ticket Television and producers of Judge Judy filed a lawsuit against Ignacio De Los
Angeles. The suit was made against the individual for posting an episode of Judge Judy on YouTube. According to
the suit, Big Ticket directed Ignacio to remove the 2006 episode of Judge Judy that he'd posted. Ignacio ignored
the command.
[133][134]
Lawsuit filed by Judith Sheindlin/countersuit by Haymond
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Sheindlin filed a lawsuit for the first time in her life. The suit was filed against
Hartford, Connecticut personal injury lawyer John Haymond and his law firm. In the lawsuit, Sheindlin accuses
Haymond and his firm of using her television image without consent in advertisements that falsely suggest she
endorses him and his firm. Sheindlin's producer allegedly told the firm that use of her image is not permitted in
March 2013, but ads have allegedly continued. The lawsuit filed in federal court seeks more than $75,000 in
damages. Sheindlin said in her statement that any money she wins through the lawsuit will go toward college
scholarships through the "Her Honor" mentoring program. Sheindlin further stated, "Mr. Haymond is a lawyer and
should know better." The unauthorized use of my name is "outrageous" and requires legal action. The lawsuit reads,
"By trading, without consent or authorization, on Sheindlin's well-known persona, the Haymond Defendants have
irreparably harmed and damaged Sheindlin's hard-earned professional and artistic reputation, dignity, and
prestige."
[135][136][137]
In Haymond's response to Sheindlin's suit, he contended that he wasn't using her image to promote himself but to
promote her. He insisted that local sales department of LIN Media, which owns two stations in the Hartford and
Springfield, Massachusetts markets that air the series (WCTX in Hartford and WWLP in Springfield) asked him to
appear in Judge Judy promos for each station and he obliged, and that they no longer air.
[138]
In June 2014, Haymond filed a countersuit against Sheindlin. Haymond seeks punitive damages, costs, and
attorneys fees. U.S. District Judge Michael Shea will hear the case in November 2014.
[139]
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