TV stations with rerun rights in the older Judge Judy library expiring in the fall of 2024 that clear the new-to-broadcast series Judy Justice will receive an additional two additional runs of each new Judy Justice episode.
Three years after she ended her landmark show, Judy Sheindlin returns to familiar territory when Freevee original Judy Justice enters syndication later in 2024.
Scott Koondel thinks that the model he’s using to sell Judy Justice – Judge Judy Sheindlin’s next chapter, which streams on Amazon’s Freevee – is one he can apply to many other shows in syndication. “I have a lot of shows that are for streaming and eventually for syndication,” said Koondel, who worked in distribution for CBS from 1997 to 2018, the last six as EVP and chief corporate content licensing officer. He started at Paramount in 1994. “I see a world where I could provide syndicated shows for TV stations and not have to deficit finance.”
The plan for a Judy Justice foray into broadcast syndication is coming into focus. According to sources, the Amazon Freevee court show, created by and starring Judy Sheindlin, is being taken out to stations by Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment, targeting a fall 2024 launch. As Deadline noted in May, when rumors about a potential Judy Justice syndication play first surfaced, the move would make the first original court show on streaming also the first streaming show to sell into broadcast syndication.