Judge Judy
American reality court show
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| 2023 | During the 23rd season, Judge Judy Sheindlin dramatically changed her signature hairstyle, replacing her long-standing bouffant with a pulled-back style featuring a clip-on hair bun, which sparked significant public and media discussion. |
| November 2022 | In an interview, Sheindlin expresses surprise at Judge Judy's continued success, noting it remains the number one show in daytime television during its second year of reruns. |
| September 2022 | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kristin Escalante granted a motion by Sheindlin and ViacomCBS to dismiss Rebel's lawsuit. |
| August 2022 | Despite being out of production for over a year, the Judge Judy show remains one of the highest-rated programs in daytime television and syndication. |
| April 2022 | Analysis reveals Judge Judy reruns significantly outperform Judy Justice's first season in viewership. |
| April 28 2022 | Byrd is announced to return as a bailiff for Tribunal, a new court show created and produced by Sheindlin, which streams on Amazon Freevee and features former Hot Bench judges Tanya Acker and Patricia DiMango, along with Sheindlin's son Adam Levy. |
| 2021 | Judge Judy Justice first season debuts, marking Sheindlin's new court show after concluding the original Judge Judy series. |
| November 2021 | Six Judge Judy staffers confirmed Sebastien's claims of racial discrimination, alleging that Douthit's discriminatory behavior continued through season 25 in 2020-2021. |
| November 2021 | Byrd discusses feeling snubbed at the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards, where he was seated far from Sheindlin and not allowed to present her Lifetime Achievement Award. |
| October 2021 | Bailiff Byrd reveals in a discussion with Judy Sheindlin that he was excluded from the Judy Justice spin-off due to budget constraints, expressing dismay over not being previously informed about the new series. |
| September 14 2021 | The 25th and final season of Judge Judy began, with 200 episodes running until July 23, 2021 |
| July 30 2021 | California Courts of Appeal upheld the 2018 ruling that CBS did not breach its contract with Rebel by increasing Sheindlin's salary. |
| July 23 2021 | Judge Judy concluded its original run after 25 seasons of production. |
| June 2021 | Sheindlin publicly expressed tensions with CBS, citing feeling disrespected by the network since Les Moonves' resignation in 2018 and disagreements over episode library ownership rights. |
| June 12 2021 | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Nieto denied Sheindlin's motion to dismiss Rebel's over $5 million lawsuit through summary judgment. |
| June 8 2021 | The final taped case aired (episode 179 of season 25), notable for Sheindlin wearing a glittery bee-shaped hair clip as a wink to her fans and a nod to her Queen Bee production company. |
| June 8 2021 | The final filmed case of the Judge Judy series was aired. |
| May 21 2021 | Sheindlin discussed her unaired Judge Judy pilot episode in a USA Today interview, criticizing the fictionalized cases and production team's approach to dramatizing her persona. |
| April 15 2021 | Sheindlin taped the final case of the Judge Judy series, a mundane dispute between a general contractor and a customer, without making any farewell remarks. |
| February 2021 | Judge Richard Burdge ruled that Sheindlin must name CBS as a defendant in her countersuit, which she refused, resulting in her counterclaim being dismissed. |
| 2020 | Sheindlin signed a deal with Amazon Studios to stream Judy Justice, securing full ownership rights and a reported annual salary of $25 million. |
| 2020 | For the final 25th season, Judge Judy Sheindlin adapted to COVID-19 precautions by presiding remotely from New York, using a partial makeshift set with a new design and interacting with litigants through a live Internet link. |
| September 9 2020 | Season 24 of Judge Judy premiered, featuring a reduced episode count of 199 episodes and concluding on June 9, 2020 |
| August 2020 | Rebel filed a second lawsuit against ViacomCBS and Sheindlin for over $5 million, related to the show's episode library. Sheindlin countersued for $22 million, promising to donate any winnings to cancer charity. |
| April 21 2020 | Original voice-over announcer Jerry Bishop passed away, and Steve Kamer took over as the new voice-over announcer for the 25th season. |
| March 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic prematurely ended the 24th season of Judge Judy after only 199 episodes, which was 61 episodes fewer than the typical season length of 260. |
| February 2020 | Judy Sheindlin announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that her Judge Judy series would end in the 2020-21 television season after 25 seasons, and that she would create a new spin-off series called Judy Justice. |
| February 2020 | CBS attempted to settle with Rebel Entertainment. |
| November 2018 | Forbes named Sheindlin the highest paid host, with her total earnings reaching $147 million from her $47 million salary and $100 million from selling the show's episode library to CBS. |
| April 2018 | Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O'Donnell ruled that Sheindlin was not overpaid and her salary was justified by the show's success, but also found CBS breached contract by not consulting Rebel before launching Hot Bench. |
| 2017 | Won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. |
| November 26 2017 | Judge Judy Sheindlin appeared in a comedy sketch on Curb Your Enthusiasm, presiding over a mock court case involving Larry David suing a previous house owner over a sick ficus plant. |
| August 2017 | Late in the show's 21st season, Sheindlin signed a final contract renewal extending the show to its 25th season, which included submitting the Judge Judy episode library back to CBS for an alleged additional annual income of $100 million. |
| 2016 | Won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. |
| March 14 2016 | Rebel Entertainment Partners Inc. and its president Richard Lawrence filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against CBS Television Distribution, claiming unpaid contractual profit shares for Judge Judy. |
| September 14 2015 | Sheindlin celebrates her 20th season anniversary and is recognized in the Guinness World Records as television's longest-serving judge. |
| March 2015 | During the 19th season, Sheindlin signed a contract deal worth $47 million annually, which included obtaining ownership of the entire Judge Judy episode library and extending the program to its 24th season. |
| 2014 | Presented with the Mary Pickford Award by the Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation. |
| 2014 | Judge Judy's courtroom set is relocated directly beside the set of Hot Bench, another courtroom series created and produced by Sheindlin. |
| September 2014 | Judge Greg Mathis, during a Rickey Smiley Morning Show interview, lauded Judge Judy as his first choice for a hypothetical meal with court show judges, describing her as 'something else'. |
| August 8 2014 | The lawsuit between Sheindlin and Haymond was settled out of court, with a resolution favoring Sheindlin. Haymond agreed to donate money to Sheindlin's charity, Her Honor Mentoring Program. |
| May 20 2014 | CBS aired a one-hour special called 'Judge Judy Primetime', which was the first primetime airing of the show. The special combined reshown clips from a 1993 60 Minutes Special and previously unseen cases. It attracted 5.66 million viewers, becoming the top-rated show on CBS that night. |
| March 12 2014 | Judge Judy Sheindlin filed a federal lawsuit against John Haymond and his firm for unauthorized use of her television image in advertisements, seeking over $75,000 in damages. |
| February 2014 | Media report revealed the demographic composition of Judge Judy's audience, noting it was primarily older women, African Americans, and Latinos. |
| 2013 | Jim Harbaugh and his father attended Judge Judy show tapings, met with Sheindlin, and had lunch with her, during which Harbaugh expressed his admiration for her judicial skills. |
| November 2013 | During a Larry King interview, Sheindlin dismissively describes Joe Wapner's style as 'Meh! Oatmeal!' and expresses her preference for television judge Mills Lane. |
| October 17 2013 | Big Ticket Television and Judge Judy producers filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube user Ignacio De Los Angeles for posting an episode of the show and failing to remove it after being instructed to do so. |
| June 14 2013 | Judge Judy won its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. |
| May 3 2013 | Addressed Emmy Award 'snub' in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. |
| April 2013 | Elected as vice president of the UCD Law Society. |
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