Judge Judy hangs up her afternoon-TV gavel after 25 years

The people were real. The cases were real. The rulings were final. But who was the €40m-per-year TV personality that gave TV3 a daytime boost when it launched?
Judge Judy hangs up her afternoon-TV gavel after 25 years

Judge Judy: by her own reasoning, a firm but fair judge, both of character and case.

Who was Judge Judy?

A quick-talking, hard-nosed litigator that presided over small-claims cases in front of television cameras, including CBS in the States and Ireland's TV3/Virgin Media, Judge Judith Sheindlin went from litigating in family courts to laying down the law before cameras in inimitable style for over 25 years, becoming a staple of afternoon television.

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