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TV series

Judge Judy

1996 · TV-G · 25 seasons · 2,190 episodes

Created by Judith Sheindlin

5.7

TMDB audience score
100 votes, out of 10

Where to watch

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.

About 803h to watch every episode. An estimate: 2,190 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 22 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Subscription

  • Philo

Free with ads

  • Pluto TV

All options on TMDB

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Main cast

  • Judith Sheindlin
    Self - Judge
    2,190 episodes

  • Petri Hawkins-Byrd
    Self - Bailiff
    2,190 episodes

  • Jerry Bishop
    Self - Announcer (voice)
    2,054 episodes

  • Michael Stull
    Self - Announcer (voice)
    95 episodes

  • Steven Kamer
    Self - Announcer (voice)
    41 episodes

  • Bea Arthur
    Self - Defendant's Witness
    1 episode

  • David J. McMillan
    Self - Plaintiff
    1 episode

  • Lisa Lange
    Self - Defendant
    1 episode

Seasons