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Sassy TV Judges Finally Acknowledged By The Daytime Emmys
Posted by Seth at 2:46 AM on March 27, 2008
Until now, court shows went mostly unheralded by the TV producing establishment, despite their appellates delighting millions via the meting out of their own brand of sassy justice ladled with a generous helping of snappy catchphrases. But even in the realm of after-school, syndie-strip law, rights can be wronged, as organizers of the Daytime Emmys have just announced that court shows will finally be getting their own category:
[W]ith the number of gavel skeins in double digits, the National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences has finally come to the realisation that Judges Judy, Mathis, Alex, Hatchett and their ilk aren't going anywhere. [...]
"For a long time, people didn't really know what to do with courtshows," says Michael Rourke, who exec produces "Judge David Young" and "Judge Maria Lopez" for Sony Pictures TV."It wasn't really a talkshow or a reality show or a soap opera," he says. "It had elements of all of those things. The genre was an orphan. It's great they're acknowledging it as its own category."
The instant frontrunner is the deeply tanned, trapjawed grandma widely credited with the current genre glut, Judge Judy, who can turn a deadbeat, welfare-collecting ex-boyfriend who refuses to return a borrowed lawnmower into a pile a smoking ash with one lasery stare and the utterance of copyrighted dictum, "Don't rape my chicken and tell me you're taking it for a walk!" (We're already looking forward to her moving acceptance speech--"Bup bup bup! I'm TALKING here. Pipe down, Maestro!") Still, don't rule out darkhorse candidate Judge David "Justice with a Snap" Young, who'll appeal to the Academy's slightly younger, Sweeney Todd-quoting demographic.
- Daytime Emmys add court category [Variety]
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jackvinyl
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@jackvinyl: Although i do like thinking that maybe there was once a really annoying animal named Peeve that somebody made a pet of and then, that animal bugged the shit out of said pet-owner and his contemporaries...
I have more stories like this one. They are in my head. My ugly, reared head.
jackvinyl
jackvinyl
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@switchbladesister: @Little Mintz Sunshine: screw that.
it is = it's --- got it
it (Possesive) = its --- this is off-putting to me. do not accept. will not use. do not like.
You two are OK though, I understand it is (it's) some people's pet peeve. BTW pet peeve is my pet peeve -- what a fucking lame phrase meaning thing that annoys.
jackvinyl
switchbladesister
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
rears its ugly head
switchbladesister
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@jackvinyl: ...not to mention the "it's/its" conundrum...
Little Mintz Sunshine
Nomi Malone
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@jackvinyl: god bless you.
Nomi Malone
jackvinyl
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@switchbladesister: "Ma'am do you have the receipt?...Ma'am, ma'am...!" -- that was the punchline for me and my brother on just about any disagreement based off of one very influential People's Court in the summer of '85....
jackvinyl
jackvinyl
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@switchbladesister: ah, the interminable BALD-face/BOLD-face lie controversy rears it's ugly head again....
jackvinyl
switchbladesister
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
@jackvinyl: omg, rusty the baliff ruled. And i was just nostalgic thinking of Judge Wapner's super cranky-ruling twilight years. One of my favorites was this moron who sued a baby pageant because her baby didn't win, and offered a photo of the winning baby as evidence that its ugliness supported her charge of fraud. Wapner held the picture up and scolded, "M'am, this is a lovely baby!" Mercy, there is nothing like a court show!
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NoGrumpys
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
I had the biggest crush on Rusty the baliff - the strong silent type. We're talking old-school Peoples Court here
NoGrumpys
switchbladesister
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
I think Judge Milian finally stopped saying "that is a BOLD-faced lie," which annoyed the ever-lovin crap out of me.
switchbladesister
jackvinyl
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
I want to see a lifetime achievemnet for judge-show godfather, Judge Joseph Wapner... and supporting Emmy's for Doug Lewellyn and Rusty.
jackvinyl
SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
My Nana will be so pleased.
SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley
MsMuffinMcGuffin
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
The Emmy's must be timing out short this year. I mean how many "Erica Kane fighting off a bear" clips can we watch?
MsMuffinMcGuffin
Nomi Malone
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
it's all about judge milian of "the people's court." that bitch is bad.
Nomi Malone
switchbladesister
Posted 5:27 AM 27/3/08
This is the best news ever.
switchbladesister
Pomalina
Posted 8:25 AM 27/3/08
@jackvinyl: So,does my 9 year old self have you to thank for the "Be alert. The world needs more lerts," poster from the 70's?
Pomalina