Judge Judy

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.

Seasons

Specials

38 episodes

Season 1

95 episodes

Season 2

10 episodes

Season 3

0 episodes

Season 4

0 episodes

Season 5

0 episodes

Season 6

186 episodes

Season 7

6 episodes

Season 8

0 episodes

Season 9

0 episodes

Season 10

1 episodes

Season 11

0 episodes

Season 12

11 episodes

Season 13

17 episodes

Season 14

10 episodes

Season 15

6 episodes

Season 16

3 episodes

Season 17

260 episodes

Season 18

260 episodes

Season 19

260 episodes

Season 20

121 episodes

Season 21

260 episodes

Season 22

220 episodes

Season 23

260 episodes

Season 24

56 episodes

Season 25

41 episodes

Cast

Judith Sheindlin

Self - Judge

Petri Hawkins-Byrd

Self - Bailiff

Steven Kamer

Self - Announcer (voice)