The dogfight between Judith Sheindlin and CBS with Rebel Entertainment Partners over the $95 million sale of the Judy Judy library is over, but not finished. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kristin S. Escalante has granted a motion by Sheindlin, Big Ticket Pictures and the Paramount Global-owned company to dismiss the two-year old suit from self-described “successor in interest” Rebel over the more than $5 million the latter claims it is owed for the admittedly convoluted 2017 sale. However, Rebel says it intends to appeal.
Paramount Global’s free streaming outlet Pluto TV has launched channels dedicated to syndication mainstays Judge Judy and Let’s Make a Deal and plans to debut Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! channels on Aug. 1. The moves are part of a broader reorganization and expansion of the programming categories offered by Pluto, with five new ones bringing the total to 18.
Four years after Judith Sheindlin, CBS and others were sued by a producer from the early seasons of the Judge Judy series and the estate of another producer over profits from the big bucks sale of the show’s library, the almost lucratively esoteric dispute looks to have come to the end of the legal road, at least for now.
The company hopes a new court show starring the straight-talking judge will help turbocharge its free, ad-supported streaming platform, IMDb TV.
Life felt a lot like TV judicial nonfiction as an appeals court poured ice cold water on efforts to drag the big salary of Judge Judy into the profits dust-up between CBS and Rebel Entertainment Partners over the now shuttered syndicated show. “It’s always gratifying when the correct judgment is affirmed,” Sheindlin said.
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Judge Judy has brought down the gavel on her own $22 million countersuit against talent agent Richard Lawrence and Rebel Entertainment Partners, and it’s because of CBS.
A loss in Los Angeles Superior Court today means Judge Judy may have to dip into her own pocket to deliver a promised $4 million to charity. The famed small screen judicial official saw her $22 million counterclaim suit against talent agent Richard Lawrence and Rebel Entertainment Partners essentially tossed out of court this morning.
Petri Hawkins Byrd, Judge Judy Sheindlin’s trusted baliff, has stood by her side during approximately 12,500 cases. In 1995, after learning that Sheindlin was getting a TV show, Byrd wrote her a congratulatory letter and jokingly added that he was available for work. When the synergy with an actor during a test shoot wasn’t to Sheindlin’s liking, she reached out to Byrd.
Less than six months after CBS and Rebel Entertainment Partners settled their long running legal battle over big bucks in missed contractually obliged payments from the two decade and more running show, a new lawsuit is in the docket. Rebel is now suing the former Manhattan family court judge Judy Sheindlin and the ViacomCBS division for more than $5 million over a seemingly sleight of hand $95 million sale of the show’s rich library.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show will welcome Judge Judy Sheindlin on Monday and in a preview of the episode, Sheindlin will be striking the gavel for the last season of the long-running and wildly popular court series Judge Judy after 25 years — but she’s not hanging up her robe just yet. She already has her new series Judy Justice waiting in the wings.
A 2016 dispute that included a complaint about Judy Sheindlin’s $47 million salary has been resolved by a mediator.
Judge Judy Rules In Favor Of Mike Bloomberg
Joe Ferullo: “Mike Bloomberg just released a new campaign ad featuring the most trusted jurist in America. It’s not the Chief Justice, but — for a billionaire candidate who needs to connect with working class voters — someone much better: Judith Sheindlin, known in most homes as TV’s Judge Judy. Most voters don’t ultimately make choices based on their favorite television characters. Sheindlin could be different.”
In new court papers in an ongoing lawsuit, it’s also argued that Judith Sheindlin’s emails with a long-time CBS attorney are protected under attorney-client privilege.
‘Judge Judy’ Wins The Week And Season
The victory in the session ending Aug. 18 marks a full decade at the top of all first-run programs for Judy and six straight years as syndication’s highest rated show overall.
‘Judge Judy’ Tops Syndies In Strong Session
Judge Judy hit a five-week high, while five of the top six magazine shows also posted stellar results. Dr. Phil continued its 149th-week-in-a-row winning streak among talkers.
For the first year ever, Judy Sheindlin — more commonly known as Judge Judy — reigns supreme not only in her own courtroom, but also across all of television. Pocketing $147 million pretax last year, Sheindlin is the highest-paid television host, outearning all others.
Once again, Judge Judy finds herself on the other side of the bench with a new breach-of-contract complaint filed against the top TV judge and CBS. While the jury-trial seeking suit from Kaye Switzer and the trust of the late Sandi Spreckman doesn’t specify damages, it does state that the plaintiffs are owed $4.75 million from the $95 million sale of Judge Judy to CBS in August.
After shopping her Judge Judy library around the industry for as much as $200 million, Judy Sheindlin’s stable of more than 5,200 episodes has landed back at CBS. The deal also includes several more seasons of future episodes of the No. 1 syndicated series.
In addition to a $47 million CBS salary, Sheindlin also negotiated rights to her repeats, which she’s quietly pitching to potential outlets.
Judy Sheindlin is developing Her Honor, a drama series at CBS, which is inspired by her own life. Law & Order vet and Chicago Justice showrunner Michael Chernuchin is penning the pilot, alongside Sheindlin who is billed as story co-writer.
Judy Sheindlin may have to be the one facing the judge next year because Wednesday the TV host and CBS were handed a trial date in the lawsuit over the profits from her long running show. With the $47 million dollar annual salary of the former family court judge near the heart of the action by Rebel Entertainment, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has set Oct. 23, 2017, as the opening of the jury trial.
Just over a month after CBS was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit over profits from the Judge Judy show and Her Honor’s $47 million salary, the network has struck back. In an answer filed Friday in L.A. Superior Court to Rebel Entertainment Partners complaint of May 14, a somewhat embarrassed CBS said basically “no way” because the parties in question fraudulently misrepresented themselves for decades.
Judge Judy Sheindlin has fired back against a lawsuit claiming that her outsize salary has driven her CBS-syndicated courtroom show into the red. Talent agency Rebel Entertainment Partners claims it has not received contractually obligated payments from CBS since 2010.
Judy Sheindlin has extended her contract with CBS Television Distribution for three more years. The new deal also includes a first-look production deal with Sheindlin’s company Queen Bee Productions Inc., which produces Hot Bench, the top-rated new show in syndication this season.
Judge Judy Primetime, which airs May 20, will chart the 71-year-old Judith Sheindlin’s transition from a New York Family Court judge to the star of her top-rated syndicated courtroom show.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Television’s Judge Judy filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Connecticut personal-injury lawyer, alleging that he used her image without authorization in advertisements that falsely suggested she […]
Judge Judy’s 18th Season Posts Strong Debut
Judge Judy experiences 13% increase over last year’s debut, and was the week’s highest rated syndicated show in the week ending Sept. 15. Talk shows also continued to post strong ratings. Dr. Phil was No. 1 in households with a 12% bump over last year. Live with Kelly & Michael was up 13%.
Judy Sheindlin signed a new deal that will keep TV’s top courtroom in syndication for at least another four years.
CBS Television Distribution’s Judge Judy is such a familiar part of daytime TV that now, in the post-Oprah Winfrey syndication world, it’s easy to overlook how dominant it is. The show averaged 10.1 million viewers each day during the third week of January, a typical week, more than the next three courtroom shows combined.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judge Judy is doing more than holding court on TV. She’s now dishing out advice online. Judy Sheindlin said the goal of her new website, www.WhatWouldJudySay.com, […]
The Hon. Judge Judy Sheindlin, host of the No. 1 show in daytime television, Judge Judy, officially launched her own website today: www.whatwouldjudysay.com. Several times each month, Sheindlin will introduce […]
‘Judy’ Is Tops As Sweep Gets Underway
The No. 1 court show is also syndication’s top performer as the first week of the November sweep comes to a close on Oct. 30. The strong showing came despite competition from World Series baseball, which preempted Judy and other strips in some markets, and an early snowstorm that knocked out power in parts of the Northeast.
Daytime television may have lost Oprah Winfrey, but new entrants — including CNN anchor Anderson Cooper — may have an even bigger competitor to face: Judge Judy. Judge Judy, with tough-talking Judge Judy Sheindlin sitting on the bench, is the most popular syndicated program on television and the most-watched daytime show. Over the last five years, the audience of Judge Judy has ballooned by nearly a third to more than 8 million while The Oprah Winfrey Show fell by the same amount, down to 5.6 million in its final season this year.
