Don’t jilt Judge Judy!
Judith Scheindlin — daytime TV’s no-nonsense arbiter of roommate feuds and landlord-tenant clashes for a quarter century — has already filmed the final episode of her iconic courtroom TV series. It will air in Los Angeles on June 8.
Next up: a new venture, possibly titled Judy Justice, for Amazon-owned IMDB-TV.
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Scheindlin, 78, has never minced her words in the courtroom. It is not surprising then that she would throw shade at her former bosses on the way out the door.
“We had a nice marriage,” she told the Wall Street Journal of her twenty five year relationship with CBS Television. “It’s going to be a Bill and Melinda Gates divorce.”
Here’s a little background: Sheindlin is the also the creator of Hot Bench, a spinoff legal series which features a panel of three judges. It launched on many CBS stations in 2014.
Last fall, CBS introduced a new syndicated talk show hosted by Drew Barrymore. To make room, many network-owned stations shifted Hot Bench to a less desirable time slot or dumped it altogether.
The problem is Hot Bench is averaging 2.3 million viewers this season, compared with 719,000 for The Drew Barrymore Show. (Oof!)
“You disrespected my creation,” she said in a message aimed at CBS. “And you were wrong. Not only in disrespecting my creation, but your gamble in what you put in its place.”
Sheindlin began her career as a lawyer before serving 14 years on the bench in New York City Family Court. It was her brash approach to justice there which quickly caught the attention of 60 Minutes veteran Morley Safer — and eventually Hollywood.
Nearly three decades later, she’d rather jump to the new world of streaming content than settle into retirement.
“You’ve got to be in it to win it,” she says. “I don’t play golf. I don’t play tennis. I don’t play mahjong. Why would I want to look for something I want to do when I already know what I like to do?”
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