Judge Judy Retires From TV Bench

Judge Judy is getting ready to leave the bench—at least the televised one—but she's not exactly riding off into the sunset, People reports. Judith Sheindlin, 83, will wrap her Prime Video series Judy Justice in October and says she's done with hair, makeup, and being on camera, but not with delivering her trademark message. Her original syndicated show, Judge Judy, ran for 25 seasons and her Amazon series started in 2021, the LA Times reports. Next up: naps, family time, an adult animated series called Judyverse, and a new show she's producing that keeps the courtroom in the family.

That show is Adam's Law, a syndicated half-hour series built around her son, Adam Levy, a former New York prosecutor and county district attorney. Debuting Sept. 14, almost exactly 30 years after Judge Judy first aired, it puts Levy—who also appeared on Tribunal Justice—behind the bench on small-claims cases, with Sheindlin convinced "he has what it takes" to carry the show alone. (For more on her family, Parade offers a rundown—and notes that three of her five children and stepchildren are lawyers, and one of her 13 grandchildren also went into law.) Sheindlin, who'll also be honored in an upcoming CBS special, Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable, says she's entering this phase satisfied: "I don't have to prove anything else. I did it."