Word: sheindlin
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...that may explain the success of Judy Sheindlin, a former New York City family-court judge and the resident scourge on Judge Judy, which as of this month is the eighth most popular show in syndication. The appeal of TV-judge shows is that they are little more than highly structured versions of Jerry Springer, in which the feuding idiots are silenced by a decisive moral authority instead of a bald bouncer. Judge Judy developed this formula in September 1996, and was followed a season later by a revival of the '80s show The People's Court, currently presided over...