Agreed. Your previous post sounded like you were stating is as a fact. I just wanted to offer a different reason for why audiences would tune in to these types of shows.

That's a matter of opinion. I don't think everyone watches court shows for the public humiliation factor. Maybe many do, but not all.

Maybe people see JJ as a cranky rich lady publicly humiliating poor people but I don't think they watch for that reason. People like seeing justice being served. Judy's appeal, IMO, is that she's no bullshit. She cuts through the story, gets to the facts, and makes a ruling. Court shows in general are shows where…

Well, sad people, college kids, moms… I feel like it does a little to educate people. I'm sure people who didn't know what a promissory note was understands the importance of them. They might now know that they should get all agreements in writing. We do select cases that are considered more entertaining. I'd…

Oops. Sorry about that!

Show isn't fake. Please read my response in the comments under Alex's post, the guy who wrote the article for Priceonomics.

It's interesting how people find it odd that TV producers would make people look nice for TV and go over their cases with them. Most of these people would be nervous in a courtroom anyway, much less a set that looks like a courtroom. And again, we want them to look nice in the courtroom. We have to make sure their…

I thought I responded to this earlier, but I know what I'm talking about. I worked for a court show that was produced by the same production company as Judge Judy and the process for finding cases and booking litigants was the same. You're incorrect. And it's not nice to call people names.

Great that you were able to get them officially evicted. That's not easy or fast. Glad you were able to get your place back to yourself!

Case closed. Next case…

I don't work for Judy, but I worked on a show produced by the same company and the process is the same. I'm not an idiot. You're incorrect. And a bit of a tool.

I'm curious, did you win and were you able to collect the judgment?

True, as a genre it's called Court TV and it's not an actual court. But all the cases are cases that were filed in small claims court. As far as enforcing transfer of property, etc., ever show is different. In my experience, it was never enforced but I only had a couple of property exchange cases and I haven't worked…

Nope. You're wrong there.

I have never heard that from any of the researchers I know who have pulled claims from local courts. Also, JJ doesn't have "recruiters."

Yes and no. These are cases that were filed in Small Claims court, not family court or criminal court. Judge can make that suggestion if they feel like they can't make a ruling in Plaintiff's case but that hasn't happened often if at all. If someone is unprepared, the judge either rules for the other party or…

No one said it was a court. It's a binding arbitration. Arbitration is a proceeding in which a dispute is resolved by an impartial adjudicator whose decision the parties to the dispute have agreed, or legislation has decreed, will be final and binding. There are limited rights of review and appeal of arbitration…

Just to clear stuff up.

Interesting, because Judge Judy doesn't hear cases that aren't filed in small claims court. So they had to have filed the case and then contacted the show. Also, it's not much of a vacation because the show flies you in the day before your taping. You usually have part of the day or just the evening to be a tourist.…

Not at all. We actually want people to feel confident in the courtroom. We're not playing up the poverty aspect. We're making people look nice for the courtroom. What's the harm in that? I'm actually not a real piece of work, I'm great. I don't work in that genre anymore. I found it fascinating and funny and at times,…