During a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the 77-year-old Emmy winner dropped two major bombshells — one, that her syndicated arbitration-based reality court show, Judge Judy ...

Her tough reputation earned her media buzz, first in a 1993 Los Angeles Times profile and later that year in a 60 Minutes segment that caught the attention of a CBS production company. Judge Judy ...

Together, Judge Judy and Hot Bench, the #1 and #2 syndicated court shows, account for 67% of all minutes watched in the nationally syndicated court genre, CBS Media Ventures said. That may change ...