The People's Court has been cancelled, for the second time. The current incarnation of the daytime courtroom series will end with its current 26th season.
Debuting in first-run syndication in 1981, The People's Court was the first court show to use binding arbitration. It was presided over by former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Wapner. With the help of Rusty Burrell as his bailiff, Wapner's show ran for 12 seasons and 2,484 half-hour episodes.
The series was revived four years later, in 1997, with former lawyer and Mayor of New York Ed Koch as arbiter. After two years, he was succeeded by former New York State Supreme Court Judge Jerry Sheindlin (husband of Judge Judy).
Sheindlin lasted less than two seasons before being replaced by retired Florida Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Milian in 2001. Milian has...
Debuting in first-run syndication in 1981, The People's Court was the first court show to use binding arbitration. It was presided over by former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Wapner. With the help of Rusty Burrell as his bailiff, Wapner's show ran for 12 seasons and 2,484 half-hour episodes.
The series was revived four years later, in 1997, with former lawyer and Mayor of New York Ed Koch as arbiter. After two years, he was succeeded by former New York State Supreme Court Judge Jerry Sheindlin (husband of Judge Judy).
Sheindlin lasted less than two seasons before being replaced by retired Florida Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Milian in 2001. Milian has...
- 2/19/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In honor of his 90th birthday, Judge Joseph A. Wapner is returning to The People's Court for a special episode.
Wapner was the original no-nonsense judge on The People's Court, the first show of its kind to feature real litigants and their civil cases. The retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge decided cases for 12 years, until the show went off the air in 1993.
He was assisted in the courtroom by bailiff Rusty Burrell. Doug Llewelyn interviewed participants after the verdict, encouraging people at home, "Don't take the law into your own hands: you take 'em to court."
The syndicated series return to production in 1997 and has been on the air ever since with different on-screen talent. Judges Ed Koch and Jerry Sheindlin warmed the bench for two seasons each and Marilyn Milian has been deciding...
Wapner was the original no-nonsense judge on The People's Court, the first show of its kind to feature real litigants and their civil cases. The retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge decided cases for 12 years, until the show went off the air in 1993.
He was assisted in the courtroom by bailiff Rusty Burrell. Doug Llewelyn interviewed participants after the verdict, encouraging people at home, "Don't take the law into your own hands: you take 'em to court."
The syndicated series return to production in 1997 and has been on the air ever since with different on-screen talent. Judges Ed Koch and Jerry Sheindlin warmed the bench for two seasons each and Marilyn Milian has been deciding...
- 11/9/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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