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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has lined up another judge for its already robust roster of legal shows. It is launching Justice for the People with Judge Milian.

The new court series starring Judge Marilyn Milian of The People’s Court is a daily one-hour strip for fall 2023, available to broadcast television stations nationwide.

Milian just completed her 22nd season of The People’s Court, making her the longest-presiding judge of this iconic courtroom series. During Milian’s 22 seasons as host and judge, The People’s Court was nominated 15 times for a Daytime Emmy, and won 4 times.

In February, it was revealed that The People’s Court is ending its run after 26 seasons. The original series ran from 1981-93 with Judge Joseph Wapner. The current show was revived in 1997.

Milian, who earned her law degree from Georgetown Law School, replaced Jerry Sheindlin as judge of The People’s Court in 2001.

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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...

Daytime TV is getting another major shake-up, which is a shocker.

Veteran syndication staples Judge Mathis and The People's Court have both been canceled.

The news will not be welcomed by fans, mainly because the shows will end fairly soon.

Variety first reported the news while revealing that the cancellations are "due to the declining nature of the daytime syndication landscape."

TV ratings across the board are shrinking, thanks partly to the increased presence of streaming services.

Viewers are watching TV on their terms.

Warner Bros. Unscripted Television made both shows in association with Telepictures Productions.

The People's Court (in its current iteration) with Judge Marilyn Milian at the helm has aired since 2001.

Ed Koch served as the judge beginning in 1997, succeeded by Jerry Sheindlin.

The series previously aired with judge Joseph Wapner from 1981 to 1993.

Judge Mathis has been on the air since 1999, and with the cancellation, Greg Mathis will...

Judge Mathis and The People’s Court will both end their runs at the end of their current seasons.

The Hollywood Reporter learned Friday that the decision was in part due to the challenging market in the daytime syndication landscape.

Judge Mathis, which has been on the air for 24 seasons, follows Judge Greg Mathis as he lays down the law and gives sentences to those in his courtroom. The show won a Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding legal/courtroom program in 2018.

The program, which began in 1998, is the second longest-running court show with a single production life, behind Judge Judy. Judge Mathis is also the longest-running Black male host on television.

The People’s Court, which premiered in 1997, will wrap after season 26. It has won four Daytime Emmy Awards for outstanding legal/courtroom program – the most wins for a court show in the category.

The show follows former Florida prosecutor...

Court is adjourned: Daytime courtroom shows The People’s Court and Judge Mathis have both been cancelled after more than two decades on the air each, according to our sister site Variety.

The decision came down on Friday from producers Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and Telepictures Productions, who cited “the declining nature of the daytime syndication landscape” in making their decision, per Variety.

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The verdict is in: Syndicated court staples “Judge Mathis” and “The People’s Court” will both end their run at the end of this season, Variety has confirmed. “Judge Mathis” will wrap after 24 seasons, while this most recent iteration of “The People’s Court” wraps after its 26th season. Season 24 and Season 26, respectively.

Both shows come from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Telepictures Productions and are distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. According to insiders, the decision was made due to the declining nature of the daytime syndication landscape. As local TV stations shrink their syndication dollars and the advertising marketplace shrinks for daytime syndication, first-run syndication has become a trickier landscape. At the same time, station groups have been expanding their local news broadcasts, also in a bid to save money.

“Judge Mathis” also comes from And Syndicated Productions, while “The People’s Court” is a Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Production.

Judge Mathis and The People’s Court revival are ending their long TV runs, both victims of challenging market conditions within the daytime syndication landscape.

Judge Mathis has been on the air for 24 seasons, winning a 2018 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. It was the first court show featuring an African American jurist to win.

Judge Greg Mathis is the longest-running Black male host on television and the second-longest-reigning arbitrator in courtroom television history, behind Judith Sheindlin.

The news follows the recent announcement that another daytime staple, Dr. Phil, will be ending its run after 21 seasons. It’s been a transformational year in the increasingly challenging daytime syndication landscape, with stalwarts The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams Show, Maury, Dr. Oz as well as The Real also ending within the past 12 months.

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Stu Billett, a veteran TV producer and creator of the venerable TV show The People’s Court, died Oct. 22 from natural causes in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family. He was 85.

Billett served in the U.S. Marine Corps and later attended New York University. After college, Billett landed a position as a producer’s assistant on a number of shows. He then served as the associate producer of Who Do You Trust? hosted by Johnny Carson and went on to create and produce the game show One in a Million for Merv Griffin Productions.

In 1981, Billett and his producing partner Ralph Edwards launched The People’s Court, starring Judge Joseph Wapner. The groundbreaking program pioneered the reality/court television genre as the first arbitration-based reality court show and the first long-running hit in the space.

The original series ran from 1981 to 1993. The People’s Court returned in 1997 and is still in production today,...

Former judge on The People’s Court, Joseph Wapner, died Sunday in his home in Los Angeles. Wapner’s son, David, confirmed his death. Not just a television judge, Wapner received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1948. After practicing law for nearly a decade, in 1959, Governor Edmund Brown of California appointed him to […]

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A family member says Joseph Wapner, who presided over “The People’s Court” with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, has died. He was 97. David Wapner said his father died Sunday at home in his sleep. He said his father was hospitalized a week ago with breathing problems and had been […]...

Joseph Wapner, the retired judge who starred on The People's Court for 12 years, died on Sunday morning. He was 97.

"As TV's first judge, Judge Wapner blazed the trail for a the genre of court shows still thriving and in the pop culture zeitgeist some three decades later," the show's producers and distributor, Warner Brothers, said in statement to Et. "We mourn his Honor's passing and celebrate his full life."

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David Wapner told The Associated Press that his father was hospitalized a week ago with breathing problems, and was then taken to his home in West Los Angeles where he was under hospice care. It was there that he died in his sleep.

Before becoming a TV judge when The People's Court premiered in September 1981, Wapner served as a L.A. Superior Court judge for 20 years. The People's Court -- which made Wapner an instant celebrity and earned him a star on...

Joseph Wapner, America’s first reality TV judge who rose to fame on The People’s Court, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 97.

The retired judge passed away Sunday morning after being admitted to the hospital last week with breathing issues, according to the Washington Post. He was taken to his West Los Angeles home on Friday under hospice care when his condition worsened, according to TMZ.

Wapner headed the reality court show when it premiered in 1981 and was a fixture of the TV hit for 12 years, reviewing thousands of court cases.

Before heading to television, Wapner served as an L.

Judge Joseph Wapner, who famously presided over The People’s Court, has died. He was 97.

Wapner was first hospitalized last week complaining of breathing problems. He was eventually relocated to his Los Angeles residence on Friday as his condition worsened, where he remained under hospice care until his death on Sunday morning.

The People’s Court first launched in September 1981 and became an instant TV phenomenon, paving the way for a slew of daytime courtroom dramas. Wapner was eventually let go from the series amid a potential revamp in 1993, and the show was ultimately cancelled. It returned in 1997, with former...

Judge Joseph Wapner, retired L.A. County Superior Court Judge and the first judge to preside over “The People’s Court,” died Sunday at age 97, TMZ reports. Wapner served on the bench in Los Angeles for twenty years before signing on to serve as the first host of “The People’s Court” in 1981. Over his twelve years on the show, he helped turn the syndicated daytime show into a cultural phenomenon, which led to the creation of other court shows like “Judge Judy” and helped established reality TV as a lucrative genre. “The People’s Court” still airs today, with Judge.

Joseph Wapner, the retired judge who literally changed television as the judge on "The People's Court," has died ... TMZ has learned. Wapner became an instant sensation when the show debuted in September, 1981.  "The People's Court" was the first TV reality show, and it opened the door to many more, including a slew of TV court shows. He was opinionated, passionate and irascible as he heard thousands of cases during his 12-year run. The show became a touchpoint for pop culture.

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...