This was later adopted by the vast majority of court shows.

Not all court shows have used the arbitration-based reality format however.

She is the first female judge to preside over the long-running court show.

The vast majority of these court shows were depicted in black-and-white.

(Not to be confused with the 1948-1952 court show of the same name).

Judge Judy has remained the highest rated court show since its debut.

The court show lasted for three seasons, from 1998 to 2001.

Three days every other week (two weeks a month), Sheindlin and her producers tape the court show.

Most of these court shows are lucky to get above a 1 rating today.

The court show had a total of 5 seasons.