‘Judge Judy’ Extends Daytime Reign As CBS Media Ventures Renews Repeat Package And ‘Hot Bench’ Through 2026

Both daytime strips have been renewed through the end of the 2025-26 season on stations covering 95% of U.S. TV households. Judge Judy has been a daytime syndication stalwart since 1996 and that hasn’t changed even after she stopped producing new episodes of the series in 2021, after the show logged its 25th year. Judge Judy reruns at present average about 6 million viewers a week and the show still commands top daytime time slots around the country. Hot Bench, which features a panel of judges, is still actively delivering new episodes and is produced for CBS Media Ventures by Sheindlin and the Judge Judy team