Judge Judy (1996): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

Here's the full cast of Judge Judy (1996) — who plays who — plus where to watch and the essential facts about this TV series.

Where to watch

Streaming availability changes by country and date — check TMDB or your local streaming app for current options.

Cast

Judith Sheindlin as Self - Judge; Petri Hawkins-Byrd as Self - Bailiff; Steven Kamer as Self - Announcer (voice)

About Judge Judy

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.

More like Judge Judy

• All Rise
• Night Court
• Silk
• Caso Cerrado
• Burden of Truth
• Rumpole of the Bailey
• Showtrial
• For the People

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.