producers paid the court awards on judge judy.
producers paid the court awards on judge judy.
who pays the court awards on judge judy?
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"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". according to "biography"s documentary film on sheindlin, "judge judy: sitting in judgment" (aired february 21, 2000), producers of "judge judy" were disappointed that the show was barely making it on the radar. however, it did not 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 (1997–98), the court show had already risen into the 4 ratings ranges, averaging a 4.3.
judge judy
bullet::::- judge judy (syndicated, big ticket entertainment, cbs television distribution, 1996–present) a court show presided over by retired manhattan family court judge, paramount legend and hall of famer judge judy sheindlin. sheindlin pioneered the genre's tough adjudicating approach. big ticket marketed the program to potential buyers as one that offered "justice with an attitude" when it entered first-run syndication in september 1996. her reputation as being tough with a gruff nature and saucy commentary led to an "l.a. times" article in 1993, followed by a "60 minutes" segment, an autobiography in 1996, and then her retirement from the bench and the television show. her saucy "on your best day, you're not as smart as i am on my worst day" approach quickly became popular once on television. sheindlin's court proceedings are very controlled, matter-of-fact, less dramatic and less "springer-like" than other court shows mainly due to sheindlin's strict, no-nonsense approach. this can be exampled in sheindlin's constant coercion of rules, as well as her coercion of the litigants to be concise and relevant. three years into her run, sheindlin was generating us$75 million in revenue for big ticket. her ratings doubled. "judge judy" has dominated the genre's ratings since her debut. moreover, since before "the oprah winfrey show" left the air, "judge judy" has been both the top-rated daytime television program and in the 2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, the top syndicated program. it's also worthy to note that the two court shows that outnumber judge judy's seasons, "divorce court" and "the people's court", have lasted via multiple lives of production and shifting arbitrators. thus, sheindlin also has a record for being the court show genre's longest serving arbitrator, a distinction that earned her a place in the "guinness world records" in september 2015. she is the first arbitrator or judge to preside over a court show for 20 seasons. moreover, "judge judy" holds the longest lasting individual life of any courtroom program due to the cancellation(s) of divorce court and "the people's court" (the only 2 shows in the genre that outnumber "judge judy"s seasons).
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