EXCLUSIVE: After launching the first original court show on streaming with Judy Justice on Amazon Freevee, Judy Sheindlin could make history again with the first streaming show to sell in broadcast syndication.
Former CBS executive Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment, which distributes Judy Justice, is actively exploring selling the show’s library — approximate 260 episodes — to TV stations for fall 2023 or fall 2024, sources tell Deadline.
Additionally, cable syndication also is a possibility, I hear. The news comes amid an unprecedented upheaval in the broadcast syndication marketplace as well as surprising resilience of Judge Judy repeats two years after Sheindlin’s show ended its original run.
Four long-running syndicated shows are ending this year, CBS Media Ventures’ Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray and Warner Bros.’ Judge Mathis and The People’s Court, opening up real estate on stations’ schedules.
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