Since the success of Sheindlin's courtroom series, she has been interviewed on talk and cable news broadcasts over the course of her career. These talk and cable news programs include "Entertainment Tonight", "The Wendy Williams Show", "Katie" (numerous appearances), "Larry King Live" (numerous appearances), "The View" (numerous appearances), "Donny & Marie", "The Talk", "The Tonight Show", "Dateline NBC", "20/20", etc. On October 17, 1998, Sheindlin made a surprise guest appearance on "Saturday Night Live", comedically interrupting one of Cheri Oteri's regular parodies of her presiding on "Judge Judy." Also as a result of her "Judge Judy" show stardom, she served as a judge for the 1999 Miss America pageant.