Each season of Judge Judy sees about 650 cases presided over by Judge Judy herself. As of 2009 that means there have been over 8,450 cases that have felt the justice of Judge Judy.
It’s 2019; can you imagine how many plaintiffs and defendants have come before Judy in over 20 years on television?
The Great Reward
In any small claims court in America there is an award limit of $5,000. That holds true in Judge Judy's television courtroom as well.
The Judge Judy producers are the ones who shell out the money to winning litigants. There is a special fund reserved for paying the winners of each case.
Dress Down
The Judge is known for offering scathing attacks to litigants who show up looking anything but professional in her courtroom. Don’t' try wearing a casual shirt or a short skirt, she'll notice. But under those fancy black robes? Judy is usually wearing nothing mores than jeans and a t-shirt of her own.
You'll never see it on camera though; such are the tricks of television.
Money Money, Money, Moooney!
Do you know who the highest paid television star is? It happens to be Judge Judy herself. She earns over $47 million a year starring in her own program. That means she earns $900,000 a day, and that's for working only 52 days in a single year.
Being a judge on TV pays quite a bit more than being a judge in real life.
Drama And Fame
Not everyone who appears on Judge Judy is a no one scraped up by researchers. Roz Kelly, old star of "Happy Days," appeared on an episode in 1996 as a plaintiff when she was suing her plastic surgeon. She claimed she was given leaky breast implants that had all but finished her acting career.
It wasn't just actors, but rock stars that appeared on the show. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols acted as defendant against his drummer Robert Williams, who was hired to work during Lydon's solo tour and later sued Lydon for lost wages. More recently, meaning 2017, Amy Schumer even appeared before the Judge.