• 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)
    • 101. Niece Fights Aunt; Los Angeles Vacation Gone Wrong

      18 Dec '13
      Relatives feud over rent and belongings; a man sues a former friend for money lent to cover expenses for a California vacation.
    • 102. Mother Daughter Mayhem; Family Fight Over Home

      19 Dec '13
      A woman wants her mother to repay her for a loan; a woman tries to buy a home from her mother and accuses her of owing for rent.
    • 103. Chrysler Custody Battle; Ex-Fiancee Fight; Cousin's Bail Money

      20 Dec '13
      A man sues his ex for the return of a car and a loan; a former couple feud over the return of gifts and an engagement ring; a cousin regrets bailing out a woman arrested for possession of stolen property.
    • 104. Head-Butted!; Coin Collection Thief?

      06 Jan '14
      A man sues a fellow bar patron for head-butting him and finds himself being countersued for defamation of character; ex-lovers feud over a coin collection.
    • 105. Sister Fight; Biting Dalmatian?

      07 Jan '14
      Sisters argue over property, allegations of assault, an unpaid loan and false charges; a teen says she was forced to move from her cousin's home after her dog bit her.
    • 106. Dog Custody; Roommate Dispute; Illegal Driver

      08 Jan '14
      A woman sues her ex for the return of her German shepherd; a broken lease; driving with a suspended license.
    • 107. Pawnshop Payback!

      09 Jan '14
      A pawnshop owner is accused of selling a customer's jewelry prematurely.
    • 108. Girl Fight; Who Scammed Who?; Car Blow Up!

      10 Jan '14
      Ex-roommates feud over destruction of belongings, filing of false charges, and allegations of assault; an online sale may have been a scam; a couple say their vehicle blew up on the way to the mechanic.
    • 109. Widower Waiter's Bailout; Colliding Bike Boy

      13 Jan '14
      Former friends fight over bail money; a 12-year-old boy is accused of crashing his bike into a moving car.
    • 110. Karate Camp Neglect?; Bad House Sitter?; Sister Fight!

      14 Jan '14
      A mother accuses a karate teacher of leaving her sons unsupervised; a house sitter is sued for totaling a vehicle, stealing money and neglecting animals; sisters feud over impound fees and traffic tickets.
    • 111. Dog Blamed for Violent Crash; Roommate Disaster

      15 Jan '14
      A motorcyclist says an unleashed dog ran into traffic and caused a collision in which his wife was injured; former roommates feud over unpaid rent, personal property and storage fees.
    • 112. Good Samaritan Family; Daddy's Girlfriend

      16 Jan '14
      Former roommates argue over living expenses; a woman sues her dad's girlfriend for rent and personal property.
    • 113. House Mayhem; Frenemies; Under the Influence

      17 Jan '14
      A former tenant wants his security deposit back, even though he missed rent payments; ex-friends dispute rehab, a smashed windshield and a loan; a man says his niece's drunken mother totaled his truck.
    • 114. Engagement Ring Custody; Accusations of Murder

      20 Jan '14
      A former couple feud over an engagement ring and a restraining order; a woman says her late fiance's wife vandalized her truck.
    • 115. Home Improvement Hijinks; Fostering Fraud?

      21 Jan '14
      A landlady and her former tenant feud over damages, rent and home improvements; Judge Judy explains what receiving disability means when a woman is accused of stealing checks from her foster child.
    • 116. Stranger Danger; Neighbors and Dogs Drama

      22 Jan '14
      A tenant is sued for house damages and assault; neighbors' feud over a broken fence involves dogs, the police and accusations of harassment.
    • 117. Busted Windows; Wreck at School

      23 Jan '14
      A woman says her ex-lover damaged her home during a heated argument; a mom admits to backing up and ramming into another car in an elementary-school parking lot.
    • 118. Dog Trainer Scam?; Electrocuted Godson

      24 Jan '14
      Owners of a German shepherd and a Rottweiler say an obedience trainer scammed them; a woman sues her godson for repayment of a loan for medical bills after he was electrocuted on the job.
    • 119. Property Problems; Bounty Hunter Payback

      27 Jan '14
      A landlord sues a tenant for damages to a home; a man is dressed down for improper attire; a 62-year-old man sues his 37-year-old girlfriend for a phone, credit-card charges and bail.
    • 120. The Godfather; Slander and Las Vegas Trip!

      28 Jan '14
      A man sues his godson for repayment of loans; former friends sue each other over a plane ticket to Las Vegas and accusations of slander.
    • 121. Woman Picks Dogfight?; Vampire Showgirl

      29 Jan '14
      A dog owner says the animals attacked a woman because she verbally assaulted them; a former friend sues a showgirl pageant contestant for the return of a vampire costume.
    • 122. Kids in Rolling Car Collision; Thieving Cousin?

      30 Jan '14
      After his parked car, with two children inside, rolls and collides with another vehicle, a father asserts that the vehicles never made contact; a teen accuses a friend's cousin of stealing her tablet computer.
    • 123. Pit Bull Attacks Child; Is Ex a Thief?

      30 Jan '14
      A 6-year-old girl tells of being attacked by her mother's tenants' pit bull; a woman accuses her ex of vandalizing her car, smashing her phone and stealing her game console.
    • 124. Mutual Custody Combat?

      31 Jan '14
      A mother is accused of knocking out another woman's teeth and vandalizing her children's father's car during a court-ordered custody exchange.
    • 125. Bottle Assault

      31 Jan '14
      A young man says his former friend entered his home in the middle of the night and hit him in the head with a bottle.