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unusual facts about Court show



Judge Jeanine Pirro

Judge Jeanine Pirro (known simply as Judge Pirro since the premiere of its second season) is an American arbitration-based reality court show, presided over by retired Westchester County, New York, District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Lynn Toler

Lynn C. Toler (born October 25, 1959) is the arbitrator on the court series Divorce Court.

Maria Lopez

Maria Lopez (born 1953) is a Cuban-American former judge and a former television jurist on the syndicated court show, Judge Maria Lopez.

Street Court

Street Court is a nontraditional court show syndicated for one season by Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina-based Litton Entertainment and hosted by Michael Mazzariello, also referred to as Judge Mazz.


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Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez

Perez returned to U.S. television following a three-year stint on the three-time Daytime Emmy Award winning, 20th Television-distributed court show, Cristina's Court (2006–09), cancelled due to low ratings.

Kevin A. Ross

In 2005 the Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) removed Judge Ross from office, stating he violated judicial canons pertaining to defendants’ constitutional rights, public comments made on KCET, and his involvement in a television court show pilot.

At a 2009 business meeting with comedian Byron Allen to discuss an online media venture, Allen was so impressed with Ross that he made him a deal right on the spot to host a court show for Entertainment Studios.

People's Court

The People's Court, the first widely popular American "court show" in which actual small claims court cases were heard by a psuedo-judicial arbitrator

Swift Justice with Jackie Glass

In the first season when HLN host Nancy Grace was the adjudicator, the usual "panel/seal/bench" setting of a traditional court show was not used, as the show used a more modern setting, including an open lectern where Grace stood rather than sat, a large projection display in the studio, and a set mainly fitted with brightly colored backgrounds, with no bar separating the audience gallery (who sat in the round along the edges of the set) from the litigants.