The Truth Behind TV Court Shows

Are the cases we see on TV court shows real? Are the participants paid? Are these even real judges? Insider visited the set of "The People's Court" and spoke to Judge Marilyn Milian to find out how these shows actually work.

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The Truth Behind TV Court Shows

[cavimom]

I was on the People's Court and my boss lost! They fly you in and sit you in a warehouse and lunch means "cold pizza" then you are told to push the doors open like your mad when you walk in. They edit the heck out of it (all the good stuff) and you completely lose the real meat of the cases. Our case was about Red Sox play off tickets that my boss decided not to buy, the ticket agents SOLD HIS tickets because the ones they brought to court were for a different game!! They didn;t show that on TV, There are tons of people in the lobby to be in the audience lol

[thwilbury]

You know you're getting old when a narrator talks about watching The People's Court "as a kid, " and the clip shows Judge Milian and NOT Judge Wapner.

[a-wanderingcloud-]

The hot dog 🌭 part at the end was so random?? What the hell?!? 😂

[NachoTV]

At least we know it's real ridiculous cases

[indyrue]

I’ve always wondered why people would go on national TV to make fools of themselves but if the show pays the settlement then that makes sense lol

[lynnettecapobianco]

Shows like these have taught me better life lessons than any teacher would also, I have applied these life lessons to real life and put most teachers back in their place

[blahblah-jsux]

I was in an episode of Hot Bench in 2017. Tenant was suing me in a court in Southern California. I got a call from a producer telling me that through the freedom of information act they got a hold of the case and what they offered me is this; the case gets dropped legally from record, meaning it doesn't show up at all. Now, he was suing me for $350 and she said they'd pay that to the guy and they'd compensate me for my time at the rate of $500. I said no. We kept going back and forth so we settled on $800 plus transportation from my home to the studios which are in downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the Netflix studios. All in all, I was there for 2 1/2 hours. Lost the case but it was an interesting experience. They don't tell you the air date. I spoke with the guy who was suing me and he told me all he got was $350 and a meal voucher.oh and I forgot to mention, they tell you not to disclose what the verdict is or talk about it or share pics on social media or any other sources or they'll sue you. I didn't.

[PRDRprince]

I was asked to be on people’s court one time due to a law suit i had against someone. They really do go to every court house and send you letters.

[kimcusicanqui]

The peoples court is real, I don’t know if all of them are real. But I know my episode was, I got paid my settlement and extra money for being on the show. Nothing was staged I didn’t have a script or any of that. How it happened was I submitted my case to small claims court and randomly got a call from someone from peoples court asking if I wanted my case on the show. Previously watching the show I definitely wanted my case on there, I love judge milian. My episode was called “losing it on his sister” it was taken off YouTube and privated but it still plays on tv.

[nateromanowski]

basically; they are all paid, its all for entertainment and Judge Judy is hands down the boss of the lot..

[knucklehoagies]

Between this and judge judy, I like Judge Judy better as a judge. Judge Judy doesn't let her emotions get out of control and sticks with the facts and subject at hand regardless of who she's dealing with whereas I've seen Judge Milian get all wound up and firey when she deals with smug idiots and tends to get sidetracked when something appeals to her emotions. I get more of a talk-showey all-about-entertainment vibe with Milian. I get more of a true no-nonsense courtroom vibe with JJ.

[involuntarilycelebrate]

Judge Judy is a mediator. I submitted to sue someone and I got an offer in the mail from her show to have her mediate rather than go to court.

[halfnelson]

Anyone else remember watching Judge Wapner? That was the og court show.

[futurestoryteller]

I love people coming in here with this notion that Judge Judy "never lets her emotions get the better of her" a woman who is literally angry at all times, and sometimes decides cases against people because she "doesn't like" them, or their attitude. Just more proof that the internet arbitrarily disregards anger as an emotion. As if the only thing that could fuel anger is pure logic.

[tamariapeters]

Judge mathis for me! Watching it now btw lol

[TracyAllen]

I’m like a lot of people here… Love me some Judge Judy but I would not want to go on her show unless I knew I was right and had my stuff together😆

[Daleylife]

Hey INSIDER, just wanted to thank you for your editing style. You allow for a pause in between sentences. So many youtubers do not do this and it's hard to focus on speech when 'the natural pause' is removed 100% of the time.

[djw]

I've seen when judge milian call people sweetheart, but freaks out when someone calls her that. Respect is for everyone.

[jerseybred]

I was on People's Court. The only reason I went was because the show pays the ruling. It was fun though. The judge was cool.

[dexterslaboratory]

I never purposely watched these shows. These daytime shows and drama shows like springer and Maury shows remind me that I’m poor