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Judge Mathis and The People’s Court revival will soon end their long TV runs after 24 & 26 seasons, respectively.
According to Deadline, both shows are victims of challenging market conditions within the daytime syndication landscape.
Judge Mathis won a 2018 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program and was the first court show featuring an African American jurist to win.
Judge Greg Mathis is the longest-running Black male host on television and the second-longest-reigning arbitrator in courtroom television history, behind Judge Judy (Judith Sheindlin).
The news follows the recent announcement that another daytime staple, Dr. Phil, will be ending its run after 21 seasons.
Over the past 12 months, shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams Show, Maury, Dr. Oz as well as The Real have announced they are ending, pointing to a shift in the daytime syndication scope.
The People’s Court won four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program in 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021, which is the most wins for a court show in this category, and received 12 nominations.
The People’s Court is the first court show to use binding arbitration, introducing the format into the genre in 1981, and it is the first popular, long-running reality series in the judicial genre.
The show ranks as the longest-running traditional court show and second-longest running court show in general, only behind Divorce Court by one season, having a total of 39 overall seasons as of the 2022-23 television year.
Judge Marilyn Milian is the show’s longest-running arbiter, presiding for 22 years beginning in 2001 on the revival that began in 1997. The original series ran from 1981-93 with Judge Joseph Wapner.
