• Air date: 09 Sep '13 260 episodes
      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. By 2011, Judge Judy had...
  • List of Episodes (260)
    • 1. House Sitter Horror; Bitter Babysitter?

      09 Sep '13
      Moonshine, pit bulls and domestic abuse; when a young boy falls off his bike, mom blames the baby sitter.
    • 2. Teenage Vandals

      09 Sep '13
      Angry parents dispute restitution fees after teens throw rocks at cars from a bridge.
    • 3. Video Game Pile-Up; Child Support Scammer?

      10 Sep '13
      Two young women who attended a video game convention say they had to sleep in their car after seven men showed up in the room they rented; a man says his child's mother lied about the cash support payments he gave her.
    • 4. Housesitting Hijacker?; Drunk, Disorderly, and Half Naked?

      10 Sep '13
      A world traveler says his house sitter stole his property and money; a woman says a drunken partygoer crashed into her TV and destroyed it.
    • 5. Pellet Gun Shootout; Car Security

      11 Sep '13
      A woman accuses a 14-year-old boy of shooting out her car's windshield with a pellet gun; a car's buyer and seller sue each other.
    • 6. Don't Spank My Daughter!; Broken Door, Broken Friendship

      11 Sep '13
      A mother demands $5,000 from her ex-husband for filing charges after she spanked their 9-year-old daughter during a supervised visit; a woman sues a former friend for the cost to replace two broken car-door handles.
    • 7. Honey Delivery Disaster; So Sue Me, Roomie

      12 Sep '13
      A boss sues an employee for taking the company car without permission and wrecking it; a renter says he lost his job and thought he could skip a few months' payment.
    • 8. Trust Fund Raid; Furniture Fight

      12 Sep '13
      A teen and her father accuse each other of stealing; when online friends move in together, disaster ensues.
    • 9. Too Much Vodka; Paternity Test Time

      13 Sep '13
      A former couple accuse each other of assault; a woman sues her child's father for bills and cell-phone costs.
    • 10. Explicit Photos Disputed; Hell Date

      13 Sep '13
      A photographer's ex-lover says he is exploiting her by using photos he took of her on his website; a man says the new girlfriend he met online caused him to lose his job by taking his car without permission and totaling it while intoxicated.
    • 11. Mom Thrown Out of Courtroom!; Ex-Lover's Excuses

      16 Sep '13
      A litigant's mother must be ejected from the courtroom; an ex-boyfriend says a truck loan was a gift.
    • 12. Baby Daddy Drama; Sisters Fight Over a Puppy

      16 Sep '13
      After a mom demands that her child's father leave their shared home, he says she kicked him out illegally; when a dispute over a toy schnauzer becomes heated, a woman storms out of the courtroom.
    • 13. Victim of Racism or a Thief?

      17 Sep '13
      A man accuses a convenience-store owner of attacking him with a baseball bat; the store owner says the man is a panhandler and a thief.
    • 14. Storage Wars; Dog Struck by Car

      17 Sep '13
      A woman says she is holding her ex's furniture as collateral until he pays back a loan; a motorist and the owners of an unleashed dog dispute veterinary bills and car damage.
    • 15. Handicapped and Handcuffed; Don't Tell People I Have Lupus!

      18 Sep '13
      A woman who requires a wheelchair denies being a retaliatory nuisance; a woman cites gossip about her health as a reason she can no longer live with her roommate.
    • 16. Rent Free and Smoking Pot?; Ex-Fiancee Fiasco

      18 Sep '13
      A woman accuses her adult daughter and the boyfriend of smoking pot in her home, and the daughter wants her rent returned; the judge tries to explain deferred payments to a woman being sued for money owed.
    • 17. Break-Up, Break-in?; Heroin Possession?

      19 Sep '13
      A man sues his ex's relative for falsely accusing him of burglarizing her home; a former friend regrets bailing out a woman arrested on drug-possession charges.
    • 18. Money Stolen From a Thief?; Guilty of Domestic Violence

      19 Sep '13
      A con sues his ex for making unauthorized debit-card charges while he was serving time; a young man admits to assaulting his child's mother.
    • 19. Fight Over Troubled Teen's Rehab

      20 Sep '13
      Mother, father and stepmother feud over payment of the $4,000 bill for their troubled teen's behavioral camp.
    • 20. Cat Fight and Crash!

      20 Sep '13
      An altercation in a nightclub parking lot ends in a three-vehicle collision and a security officer's suit for damages to his car.
    • 21. Maltese Attack!; Mother-in-Law Thief?

      23 Sep '13
      After a 10-pound dog bites her on the leg, a woman wants money for the cost to replace her pants and for pain and suffering; a woman accuses her mother-in-law of stealing and totaling her car.
    • 22. $15,000 Property Loss?; Stolen Identity or Bitter Father?

      24 Sep '13
      A landlord says his tenant's unsanitary living conditions caused his property value to plummet; a man says his son illegally used his social-security number to open two accounts and damaged his credit.
    • 23. Teen Volleyball Madness

      25 Sep '13
      A teen cries when her mother defends her behavior on the volleyball court, and the pair sue her coach for causing emotional distress.
    • 24. Assaulted by a Parrot!; Bike and Car Collision

      26 Sep '13
      A teen sues for medical bills and pain and suffering after a friend's parrot attacks her; a motorist and a cyclist debate responsibility for their collision.
    • 25. Dog Bite Baby Shower!; Public Assistance Lost!

      27 Sep '13
      Bitten by a dog, a woman sues for pain and suffering; a woman says her ex-boyfriend caused her to lose housing assistance.