I use to watch Judge Judy .But I don't like her .She acts like she can read people minds. And if your poor on a low of fixed income forget about winning your case . She puts down anyone who's poor and tells them to get a job. And some times she does not let people explain there case.

I also found it entertaining at first. When she got famous & wrote books to capitalize on her fame / notoriety, she then became unpleasant & a bully more often than not. Perhaps she thinks she's an invincible entertainer. Her show has little redeeming quality, should be avoided, & is predictably boring (referring to her same old belligerent antics). However, given today's in-your-face culture, many do enjoy watching others being humiliated in public, whether there's merit or not, by her. She's supposed to be a professional judge but often behaves like a bitching shrewd instead. Can't believe she gets filthy rich for badgering the litigants day in & day out.There are better courtroom shows that are both enlightening & entertaining.

When someone is in the wrong, she is very good about handling them and 'shaming' them. However, she handles everyone this way even the innocent which becomes a problemSeveral cases of ignoring evidence just because they don't like the litigant or it doesn't match their predetermined rulings they have in their mind before the case even began.When litigants will tell their testimony, then the judges assume that just because something doesn't sound like 'common sense' or it's not the action they personally would have done, then the person must be lying. This is another cognitive bias they need to learn to get rid of.She also interrupts them excessively when they are trying to give their testimony. Refuses to listen to testimony and says 'I've already heard enough I've made up my mind' when the litigant has only said a sentence or two and clearly has more to say and more evidence to show. She cuts them off constantly and then wonders why 'everyones' stories sound shady to her because she won't listen to anyone for more than 10 seconds before interrupting.Several times she ended the case early when the litigants had further evidence which she didn't even look at because she was too busy talking, and then she has to stop and listen (but usually ignores it anyways) because clearly she rather would be doing something else.Edit: I also find the positive reviews on here giving it 10 stars are pretty hilarious, if you think Judy actually treats litigants reasonably you haven't been paying attention, although I'm sure her ridiculous behavior is for show, if it wasn't a show she would have gotten let go for malpractice for ignoring evidence and arbitrary decisions a long time ago.

I remember when I was younger, and didn't understand anything about how a courtroom worked, and I thought that Judge Judy was the coolest judge ever. However looking at it in retrospect, and the occasional episode I see here and there, I've come to notice that there's no way she should still be a judge.A judge isn't supposed to have a bias, yet it seems that from the moment she sees the litigants, that she's already decided how she will rule.If you have a legal issue, and one of the parties involved happens to be male, I suggest you find literally anywhere else to have this issue settled, because gender seems to play a huge role in how likely she is to believe you.That being said, from time to time watching Judge Judy verbally beat down people who decide they'd rather party than parent, or rather buy a new car than pay back their loans is amusing if you're in the right mood.