Judge Judy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Judge Judy is a courtroom series stars former family court judge Judith Sheindlin. Each episode finds Judge Judy presiding over real small-claims cases inside a televised courtroom. Judge Judy brings her trademark wit and wisdom to the widely successful half-hour series where justice is dispensed at lightning speed.

Series details

• Title: Judge Judy
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Legal
• Premiere date: 1996-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-07-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 28 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 7364
• IMDb ID: tt0115227
• TVDB ID: 71221

Cast and credited roles

• Judy Sheindlin — Judge
• Jerry Bishop — Announcer
• Petri Hawkins-Byrd — Bailiff

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-09-19; final listed air date 1997-09-05.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-09-08; final listed air date 1998-07-06.
• Season 3: premiered 1998-09-14; final listed air date 1999-09-10.
• Season 4: premiered 1999-09-13; final listed air date 2000-08-25.
• Season 5: premiered 2000-09-11; final listed air date 2001-08-17.
• Season 7: premiered 2003-08-01; final listed air date 2003-08-21.
• Season 9: premiered 2005-05-30; final listed air date 2005-08-18.
• Season 15: premiered 2010-09-13; final listed air date 2011-06-17.
• Season 16: premiered 2011-09-12; final listed air date 2012-06-15.
• Season 17: premiered 2012-09-10; final listed air date 2013-06-28.
• Season 18: premiered 2004-02-06; final listed air date 2014-07-04.
• Season 19: premiered 2014-09-08; final listed air date 2015-09-11.
• Season 20: premiered 2014-11-10; final listed air date 2016-09-09.
• Season 21: premiered 2016-09-12; final listed air date 2017-09-08; episode order: 260.
• Season 22: premiered 2017-09-11; final listed air date 2018-09-07.
• Season 23: premiered 2018-09-10; final listed air date 2019-09-06.
• Season 24: premiered 2019-09-09; final listed air date 2020-06-09.
• Season 25: premiered 2020-09-14; final listed air date 2021-07-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Judge Judy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.