JUDGE JUDY Courtroom Series Renewed Through 2017

CBS Television Distribution has announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Judge Judy Sheindlin to continue her daytime series through the year 2017.

In a statement, CBS Global Distribution CEO Armando Nunez said, "We are grateful to Judy for her continued unparalleled ratings and her one-of-a-kind style. She is truly the Queen of Daytime and we couldn't be happier that she will continue her trademark sense of justice and humor with CTD and her stellar station line up through 2017."

The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set. Prior to the proceedings, all parties involved must sign contracts, agreeing to arbitration under Sheindlin. The series is in first-run syndication and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, which is the successor company to the show's previous distributors: Worldvision Enterprises, Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Paramount Domestic Television.

Judge Judy, which premiered on September 16, 1996, boasts the feat of successfully revitalizing the court show genre. In February 2006, Sheindlin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame-during the court show's 10th season-making her the first television judge to receive the honor.

By 2011, the Judge Judy program had been nominated 14 consecutive years for Daytime Emmy Awards, though without ever winning. In October 2012, Sheindlin was inducted into Broadcasting & Cable's Hall of Fame.

Since its premiere, Judge Judy has carried a streak as the ratings leader in courtroom-themed programming. Furthermore, Judge Judy has been the highest-rated show in all of daytime television since the 2009-10 television season (the show's 14th season), even surpassing The Oprah Winfrey Show during The Talk show's final two seasons on the air.