In the northern hemisphere, the vernal equinox (March) conventionally marks the beginning of spring in most cultures and is considered the New Year in the Persian calendar or Iranian calendars as Nowruz (means new day), while the autumnal equinox (September) marks the beginning of autumn.
despite those new york city scenes on the commercial bumpers, judge judy is taped in california. Sheindlin spends 52 days per year taping her show. She flies to California via private jet every other Monday and hears cases on Tuesday and Wednesday (occasionally Thursday if there are production delays).
I decided to do some research and find out how these judge shows really work. I based my investigation on the most popular of judge shows: Judge Judy. Judith Sheindlin was, in fact, a judge at one point in her life; serving in family courts. She spent most of her career as a lawyer before the Judge Judy show came along. Is Judge Judy a judge? For the purposes of the show she is not. Judge Judy is a character on a TV show. She uses her own name and there is a certain likeness to the actual person. Think of Judge Judy as a personality, like Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, or Nancy Grace on her awful show (wait, she might actually be a nut). Judy not paid like a judge (she does much better than a judge).