Is TV Judge Judy a real JUdge?

Answer 1

Yes. She was a family court judge for over twenty years. I believe all of the judges on the court shows are real judges and all were lawyers before that.

Answer 2

Cheri Oteri Judge Judy

Answer 3

yes she is if you listen to the opening statements you will hear that everything in the court room is real, including Judge Judy.

Answer 4

Yes, my sister took her old boyfriend to small claims court and days later, received a letter to appear on Judge Judy's show. (She didn't go)

Answer 5

Yes, she is, but the difference between her show and real court is that she gets to pick and choose her cases and she encourages a lot of drama.

All those court shows are so pathetic, just people wanting to bash their supposed best friends for that $200 they borrowed or that scratch they put in the car.

Answer 6

Yes, she is a real judge.

She practiced in the New York Family Court System for over 25 years.

do a goggle search on her

Answer 7

She is a real Judge

Answer 8

Yes she is. I saw her on Tony Danza's talk show and she was talking about all her credentials and experience before "Judge Judy"

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Judge Judy is an American syndicated judicial show. It was first shown in 1996 and remained the only "courtroom" show on television in the United States since The People's Court ended its first run in 1993, and until that series returned with Ed Koch as judge in 1997. The return of The People's Court, as well as an influx of other judge shows, such as Judge Joe Brown, Judge Alex and Judge Hatchett, are largely seen as a result of Judge Judy 's success. The show's tagline is: "Real cases. Real people. Judge Judy."

It features former family court judge Judith Sheindlin, Esq., as an arbitrator hearing small claims cases with an award limit of $5,000USD which is the maximum in most states. She is notorious for berating litigants for the bad choices they make in their lives. Through "cross-examination", she frequently exposes the lies the litigants tell her and makes a point of publicly humiliating them for lying in her "court". When the litigants interrupt her, she has been known to yell "I'm speaking!", something that is uttered in nearly every episode.

Petri Hawkins-Byrd, Judge Judy's bailiff, with his absolutely sedate composure, is often a foil to the scalding Judy.

Sheindlin operates according to the principles of the American legal system, and takes on real cases. Sheindlin acts in a more inquisitorial fashion in a manner similar to U.S. appellate courts and many international courts, as opposed to the non-interventionist manner of judges in U.S. and most Anglo-Saxon trial courts. There are no lawyers present and participants defend themselves, which is standard in a small claims court. The people who appear on her show sign a waiver beforehand,[1] agreeing that arbitration in her court is final and cannot be pursued elsewhere unless she dismisses the case without prejudice (which does not happen very often, this usually takes place only when pursuing something like return of property is inappropriate for small claims). Additionally, the producers of the show pay participants.

Judge Judy has been parodied on (and once even appeared on) Saturday Night Live, with Cheri Oteri in the role of Sheindlin. Amanda Bynes also parodied Judy on The Amanda Show, in a skit called Judge Trudy. Third Rock from the Sun parodied Sheindlin, placing Sally Solomon in her position in an episode where a dispute in a laundromat occurred. The Simpsons Judge Constance Harm (likely a nod to the term "constant harm") is a humorous parody of Sheindlin, who does not hesitate to hand down severe (and often original) sentences to Bart, such as tethering him to his father Homer, after Juvenile Delinquent hearings, where she finds Homer's alleged lack of supervision as much of a problem as Bart's violations. Looney Tunes also did a parody of Judge Judy called 'Judge Granny.

Sheindlin, with her show now in syndication, has surpassed Oprah Winfrey to become the highest-paid woman in television history. [1]

It was announced in January 2006 that Judge Judy has been renewed through at least the 2009/2010 season.

Judge Judy isn't just famous in the USA. Her show is aired all around the world. In the UK, ITV2 airs three episodes twice a day during weekdays. Judge Judy has a huge following in Great Britain, where the ITV2 network announcers refer to her simply as "the Judge". Additionally, the show has been airing in the middle east on One TV, a satellite channel operating from Dubai, UAE.