The Judge is known for offering scathing attacks to litigants who show up looking anything but professional in her courtroom. Don’t’ try wearing a casual shirt or a short skirt, she’ll notice. But under those fancy black robes? Judy is usually wearing nothing mores than jeans and a t-shirt of her own.
You’ll never see it on camera though; such are the tricks of television.
Judy Claps Back
Of course Judy had more to say for herself after Wapner publicized his latest comments.
As a young person, when I had watched The People’s Court. . . I said ‘you know what, I could do that.’ And at least as well because while Joe Wapner is a very good judge, [he] didn’t have much of a sense of humor. And I always knew from a very practical perspective that you have to marry those two things in order to be successful in entertainment," she said.
The Great Reward
In any small claims court in America there is an award limit of $5,000. That holds true in Judge Judy's television courtroom as well.
The Judge Judy producers are the ones who shell out the money to winning litigants. There is a special fund reserved for paying the winners of each case.
A Number Of Cases
Each season of Judge Judy sees about 650 cases presided over by Judge Judy herself. As of 2009 that means there have been over 8,450 cases that have felt the justice of Judge Judy.
It's 2019; can you imagine how many plaintiffs and defendants have come before Judy in over 20 years on television?
Money Money, Money, Moooney!
Do you know who the highest paid television star is? It happens to be Judge Judy herself. She earns over $47 million a year starring in her own program. That means she earns $900,000 a day, and that's for working only 52 days in a single year.
Being a judge on TV pays quite a bit more than being a judge in real life.