{"id":3429,"date":"2023-10-21T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2023-10-21T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:08:43","slug":"judge-judy-will-end-after-25-years-but-judy-sheindlin-the-highest-paid-daytime-host-has-no-plans-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3429","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Judge Judy\u2019 will end after 25 years, but Judy Sheindlin, the highest-paid daytime host, has no plans to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe cases are real. The rulings are final. This is Judge Judy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For 25 years, Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, has graced US televisions presiding over some of the most clear-cut court cases and others that have left her saying, \u201cI eat morons like you for breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her show, Judge Judy, has won three Emmys and achieved some of the highest ratings among syndicated television. It\u2019s also made her one of the top highest-paid TV show hosts.<\/p>\n<p>But with news that Judge Judy will finally be coming to an end, what does the 79-year-old have in mind for the future?<\/p>\n<p>Fans will be excited to know she has no plans to retire, at least not yet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuHWmeVhb4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuHWmeVhb4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuHWmeVhb4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Petri Hawkins Byrd (@byrdthebailiff)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not tired. I don\u2019t play golf or tennis. I have no desire to learn how to play mahjong, chess or checkers. I know what I like to do,\u201d she told The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Road to the top<br \/>\nJudy Sheindlin was born on October 21, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a father who was a dentist and a mother, who she described as a \u201cmeat-and-potatoes kind of gal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#TBT Judge Sheindlin as a young girl in Brooklyn!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Judge Judy on Thursday, January 9, 2020<br \/>\nShe attended James Madison High School in New York and after graduation went on to American University in Washington, DC where she majored in government. Following her time at American, she went on to pursue a law degree at New York Law School.<\/p>\n<p>She graduated in 1965 and passed the state bar the same year. She was hired shortly after graduation as a corporate lawyer for a cosmetic firm. But within two years she realized the life of a corporate lawyer was not for her and she left her job.<\/p>\n<p>Husband and children<br \/>\nAfter leaving her first job, she spent time raising her two children with her first husband, Ronald Levy.<\/p>\n<p>Judy tied the knot with Levy, a juvenile court prosecutor, in 1964. The couple moved in together in New York and had two children: Jamie and Adam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI was 20, almost 21. So I became a mom \u2026 All my friends were getting married, there was still those pressures even in those years,\u201d Judge Judy told Fox News in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1223496860-768x964-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"964\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1223496860-768x964-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1223496860-768x964-1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\nAaron Rapoport\/Corbis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke highly about her first husband, but there were also some tensions in the relationship. By 1972, she had found a new job as a prosecutor in New York\u2019s family court system.<\/p>\n<p>She divorced her first husband in 1976, after 12 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMy first husband is a lovely, lovely man but he always viewed my job as a hobby and there came a time where I resented that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>By 1976, Judy had a difficult time being there for her children while also handling the sometimes emotional family court cases. However, less than six months later she met Jerry Sheindlin, an attorney.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602264-768x543-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"543\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602264-768x543-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602264-768x543-1-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\nAmanda Edwards\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p>The couple married in 1976 and Judy wasn\u2019t only blessed with a new, loving husband \u2013 she also became a stepmother to Jerry\u2019s three children from a previous relationship; Nicole, Gregory, and Jonathan Sheindlin.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship hit some bumps over the years. In 1990, Judy and Jerry divorced. It was a brief split, however, and they remarried in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Judy and Jerry are now in their 45th year as spouses, and together they have helped raise 5 children. Three of them have also followed in their parents\u2019 footsteps and made a career in the legal profession. Adam, Judy\u2019s son from her first marriage, works as a district attorney in Putnam County, New York.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602288-768x485-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602288-768x485-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-469602288-768x485-1-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\nJudy Sheindlin (C), her husband Jerry Sheindlin (R), and their daughter Nicole Sheindlin (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Judy\u2019s stepchildren, Gregory and Nicole, pursued a career as lawyers and have certainly been inspired by their parents.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, the child-loving Judy also has 13 grandchildren that she likes to treat with a lot of love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI spoil them,\u201d Judge Judy said in 2015. \u201cI\u2019m trying to think of how we don\u2019t, but the answer is we do. We don\u2019t even think we\u2019re doing it, but their parents are very smart. They try to put the skids on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1982 \u2013 Then New York Mayor Edward Koch appointed Judith Sheindlin to the bench in Family Court!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Judge Judy on Wednesday, April 11, 2018<br \/>\nBut let\u2019s head back to her career journey. Sheindlin quickly made a name for herself, and in 1982 New York Mayor Ed Koch appointed her as a criminal court judge.<\/p>\n<p>Within four years she received a promotion as a supervising judge within the Manhattan division of family court.<\/p>\n<p>From the courtroom to television<br \/>\nBy the early 1990s, her no-nonsense attitude in New York began attracting nationwide attention.<\/p>\n<p>She appeared in The Los Angeles Times and was featured on 60 Minutes. From there she connected with an agent and began the journey to becoming one of the most recognizable judges on television.<\/p>\n<p>Following her appearance on 60 Minutes, she accepted a book offer, and the no-nonsense judge wrote about her experience with the court system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Judge Judy Before TV: A Profile of Judith at Work (1993)\" width=\"820\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XruPCV_gGYo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From there she was offered an opportunity to preside over her own courtroom series. At the time The People\u2019s Court was on the air, a show she had previously tried and failed to host.<\/p>\n<p>But, in the end it worked out for her because she was given her own show on CBS. Sheindlin wanted to call her show, Her Honor, but the production company wanted to call it Hot Bench.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, they settled on the name we\u2019ve all come to recognize for the past two decades, Judge Judy.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Judy<br \/>\nSince the beginning, Sheindlin\u2019s courtroom series has remained among the top rated courtroom shows. There was a time her show began to beat The Oprah Winfrey Show, and then it continuously led the ratings over Oprah Winfrey\u2018s show for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Currently her show, which is syndicated to local TV stations, is watched by an average of 8 million viewers a day.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s just something about her tell-it-like-it attitude that constantly draws people in day after day.<\/p>\n<p>Exciting news! Both Judge Judy and Hot Bench were nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for &#8220;Outstanding Legal\/Courtroom\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Judge Judy on Friday, May 22, 2020<br \/>\nAnd that\u2019s led her to quite the hefty compensation, which she said \u201chas not been a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes, it\u2019s estimated that Sheindlin is worth $445 million, and that\u2019s largely due to the $47 million salary she\u2019s been earning since 2012. And that\u2019s with filming only 52 days of the year!<\/p>\n<p>While she hasn\u2019t said what Amazon is paying for her upcoming show, she said, \u201cthe folks at Amazon understood what the parameters were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She ranks as one of the US\u2019s richest self-made women. In comparison, Ellen DeGeneres was worth $370 million in 2020 while Oprah Winfrey, who previously competed with Sheindlin during daytime television, but now runs a media and business empire, was worth $2.7 billion as of May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Next Chapter<br \/>\nIn March 2020, Sheindlin announced the end of her iconic show.<\/p>\n<p>She shared the news that CBS \u201cwanted to optimally utilize the repeats of my program, because now they have 25 years of reruns\u201d during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.<\/p>\n<p>While some fans may want more, and they will just not in the same format, Sheindlin believes it\u2019s time to say goodbye to the show that\u2019s been on the air for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to see things tied up in a bow. Perhaps that\u2019s the reason for ending the show after 25 years,\u201d she told The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cNobody says, \u201cOh, they did that show 27 years.\u201d That\u2019s not a number! Plus, it\u2019s always good to leave everybody wanting a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss brand new cases all week!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Judge Judy on Tuesday, January 8, 2019<br \/>\nShe also announced that while Judge Judy would be coming to an end, she was not ready to retire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy, at my stage in life, would I try to find something else when I already know what I like?\u201d she said. \u201cAnd this isn\u2019t a 9-to-5 job. I\u2019ve still got the time to see the children I love, the grandchildren who are growing up very fast and the cute mate who I still get a kick out of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the late summer, Sheindlin will begin production on a new show, Judy Justice. It\u2019s expected to be a similar format as Judge Judy, an arbitration-style reality show, except this one will premiere on Amazon\u2019s IMDb TV.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s expected to deliver a certain number of episodes to Amazon by the end of the year, and then it will be determined when the show will air.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite &#8220;Judyism&#8221;???<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Judge Judy on Tuesday, October 13, 2020<br \/>\n\u201cGive me a robe and a case, and I\u2019ll do my job. I had wonderful people producing and directing the Judge Judy program, and a couple of them will be following me to Amazon. That will keep my life on a steady keel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I love Judge Judy and while I\u2019m sad to see her show of 25 years end, I\u2019m excited for her new show!<\/p>\n<p>Share this on Facebook if you\u2019re a fan of the legendary Judge Judy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe cases are real. The rulings are final. 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