Judge Judy 4yr deal

borosp1

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Man I never thought some stupid TV judge who probably does single digits in the ratings gets 30 million a year! :( I'm in the wrong field.

"Abstract: In a deal believed to be worth $30 million-$35 million annually, Paramount Domestic Television Thursday extended Judge Judy's term on the bench for another four years through the 2009-2010 season."
 

borosp1

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Originally posted by: laurenlex
I would have guessed 500K to a mil a year.


I'm thinking they get good numbers in sydicationion and thats where the huge salary comes from... but I have no idea.
 

axelfox

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Originally posted by: borosp1
Man I never thought some stupid TV judge who probably does single digits in the ratings gets 30 million a year! :( I'm in the wrong field.

"Abstract: In a deal believed to be worth $30 million-$35 million annually, Paramount Domestic Television Thursday extended Judge Judy's term on the bench for another four years through the 2009-2010 season."

Not so stupid, eh?
 

TommyVercetti

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Is she a judge for life or something? I thought Judges were elected by local elections. Or is the show just make believe and she isn't really a judge?
 

ruffilb

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Originally posted by: axelfox
Originally posted by: borosp1
Man I never thought some stupid TV judge who probably does single digits in the ratings gets 30 million a year! :( I'm in the wrong field.

"Abstract: In a deal believed to be worth $30 million-$35 million annually, Paramount Domestic Television Thursday extended Judge Judy's term on the bench for another four years through the 2009-2010 season."

Not so stupid, eh?

 

jdub1107

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Whoa, I would've never guessed that much for a show during noon time. I wonder how much the other tv judges make.
 

Koing

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Originally posted by: axelfox
Originally posted by: borosp1
Man I never thought some stupid TV judge who probably does single digits in the ratings gets 30 million a year! :( I'm in the wrong field.

"Abstract: In a deal believed to be worth $30 million-$35 million annually, Paramount Domestic Television Thursday extended Judge Judy's term on the bench for another four years through the 2009-2010 season."

Not so stupid, eh?

Indeed.

'People' may think he/she is but COME ON how 'lucky' can a 'stupid' person be to make that kind of money? That person has to have some serious popularity/ money drawing powers.

Koing
 

sonz70

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Is she a judge for life or something? I thought Judges were elected by local elections. Or is the show just make believe and she isn't really a judge?


Anyone know the answer>?
 

BooGiMaN

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is that show still on?!

i thought all those judge shows were a passing fad and the ones shown were reruns....i wonder what judge whapner is saying since he starting the biz
 

Pabster

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Originally posted by: sonz70
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Is she a judge for life or something? I thought Judges were elected by local elections. Or is the show just make believe and she isn't really a judge?


Anyone know the answer>?

Scheindlin is a real bonafide judge. Amazing, ain't it?
 

insaneanna

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Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
is that show still on?!

i thought all those judge shows were a passing fad and the ones shown were reruns....i wonder what judge whapner is saying since he starting the biz


I think the judge shows have a huge target audience, the same ones that watch Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, etc
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: sonz70
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Is she a judge for life or something? I thought Judges were elected by local elections. Or is the show just make believe and she isn't really a judge?


Anyone know the answer>?

She was a family court judge and started out as a prosecutor. According to the piece on her on 60 Minutes and everything I have read she was pretty much the same in real court as she is on her TV show.
 

PoPPeR

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judge judy gives a nice little description... including some pretty astound facts that will show you were this money is coming from

The facts

* This show is BIG, so much so that in its third year it finished No. 1 amongst the first-run talk or court shows, which means it beat "The Jerry Springer Show" and "Oprah". That's an average of over 8,000,000 viewers.