Judy Justice Season 2 Release Date, Cast, And More Information
Out with the old, in with the new! Television personality Judge Judy, née Judith Sheindlin, stunned the masses when she announced she was bidding adieu to her famous reality courtroom show "Judge Judy" after a whopping 25 seasons. "Next year will be our 25th season: silver anniversary. And CBS, I think, sort of felt they wanted to optimally use the repeats of my program because now they have 25 years of reruns. So what they decided to do was to sell a couple of years' worth of reruns," Sheindlin revealed during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." But there was only one problem. "I'm not tired," she declared. "So 'Judy Justice' will be coming out a year later. ... If you're not tired, you're not supposed to stop."
Sheindlin's new baby "Judy Justice" premiered on November 1, 2021, on Amazon's IMDb TV platform and was met with mixed reviews. "'Judge Judy' viewers should find plenty to love about 'Judy Justice' because it so closely follows the tried-and-true Judge Judy formula," one critic penned in a review on the review-aggregation website, Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, another critic wasn't so sure. "It's familiar enough — with the point that Sheindlin cannot suffer fools having been very amply made at this point — that Judy Justice's existence on streaming comes to feel deeply strange," they wrote.
But with less than stellar reviews, can viewers of the show expect a second season? The answer just might surprise you...
When will Judy Justice Season 2 drop?
Unfortunately, the future of "Judy Justice" remains uncertain.
According to Premiere Date, a second season of the unscripted drama has yet to be announced. Still, all hope is not lost. Per Deadline, Sheindlin struck a deal with Amazon to produce a staggering 100 episodes. To date, the show has only aired 45 of the promised 100. Aside from that fact, however, prior to the first season premiering, the big wigs at IMDb TV were seemingly ecstatic with the new show. "Judge Judy Sheindlin is a TV icon and visionary who has entertained millions of fans for decades. As we build the IMDb TV slate of high-quality, ambitious Amazon Studios Originals, we are delighted to deliver customers a court program from the legendary Judge Sheindlin who, without a doubt, is the very best in the business," the Co-Heads of Content and Programming for IMDb TV, Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, said about the partnership. So in that case, your guess is as good as ours.
What will the cast of Judy Justice Season 2 look like?
New show. Who dis?
Along with an entirely new show brought a new wave of cast members. As revealed in a trailer for the show, the new gang for Season 1 of "Judy Justice" included bailiff Kevin Rasco, court stenographer Whitney Kumar, and taking on the role of law clerk was none other than Sheindlin's very own granddaughter, Sarah Rose. "Sarah is wired like I am. She's a little snarky. I like that," Sheindlin said about her pick. Meanwhile, Sarah seemed to understand the assignment right off the bat. When asked what a law clerk does, Sarah's answer was simple: "Whatever the judge asks them to do."
As to whether or not Sheindlin believes she's got a winning team on her hands, the answer is clear. "To have them help me create this new show is really giving me a third act, or a fourth act," she explained. "We are upping the game." Still, should "Judy Justice" get a second season, only time will tell whether or not Sheindlin opts to bring the new courtroom crew with her. TBD we suppose...
Whatever happened to the Judge Judy bailiff
Speaking of cast members...
Following the premiere of "Judy Justice," many fans of Judy Sheindlin's OG courtroom show "Judge Judy" were shocked to find that her longtime bailiff, Petri Hawkins Byrd, was missing from her new venture. Perhaps among the most shocked, however, was Byrd himself. "My assumption is if you were going on to do something else, that you were at least going to ask me if I wanted to have the opportunity to audition for the role," Byrd exclusively told Entertainment Weekly. Alas, that was not the case. "It wasn't until July that I called the judge and asked, 'Hey, should I look for something else or am I included in the 'Judy Justice' project?'" Byrd recalled. "She informed me I was not being asked to come along on the project. I didn't inquire as to why, that's her choice. But she did inform me that fundamentally, I was priced out as the new bailiff on her new show. My salary would have been too much," Byrd explained. Still, he had questions. "I was curious: How would she know? She didn't ask me. She didn't give me an opportunity to have accepted a lower salary." YIKES.