Judge Judy has been renewed for three more years by the CBS and Fox owned television stations with Gray and Hearst also signing on for multiple years, CBS Media Ventures senior VP, domestic sales Greg Guenther said Wednesday.
The syndication-leading court show ended original production in 2021, but the show continues to air on TV stations in repeats. In the week ended February 4, Judge Judy averaged a 4.2 live-plus-same-day national household rating, according to Nielsen. That’s far ahead of the second-highest-rated court show, CMV’s Hot Bench, a panel court show created by Judge Judy Sheindlin herself, at a 1.3. This season, Judge Judy has been averaging 6.1 million total viewers, more than all other syndicated court shows combined, CMV said. In the week ended January 14, Judge Judy hit a viewership season high of 6.7 million total viewers.
