Judge Joe Brown is leaving the bench — at least for now. After 15 years on the air, Judge Joe Brown has been cancelled because a new contract agreement couldn’t be reached, reports B&C.
According to Brown, he and CBS Television Distribution (CTD) have had a profit split over the past seven years. CTD says that profit margins have become slimmer since they made the deal because viewership has dropped. With the exception of Judge Judy, all of the court shows are down this year, sometimes by as much as 20%.
After not being able to work out a new contract with Brown, CTD tried to shop a new judge — Judge Geoffrey Gaither of Marion County, Indiana — but Fox (which licenses Brown in the biggest markets) wasn’t interested.
As a result, CTD has cancelled the show and affiliates are left to figure out how to replace it.
Brown said, “It was time to move out on my own since I had some ideas that I had been having to pull teeth with no novocaine to get adopted.” He feels that CTD “difficult to deal with” and “applied zero public relations and zero advertisement” to his show.
The judge is launching his own production company and is already shopping ideas to distributors. They include a three hour radio show starring Brown and that’s already been cleared in 30 markets. This program may lead to a TV series. He also plans to produce at least one new court show, one featuring retired California Judge Deann Salcido.
Judge Joe Brown launched in September 1998 and has consistently been the second-highest rated court show, behind Judge Judy. It will continue to air until September 2013.
What do you think? Will you miss watching Judge Joe Brown? Would you watch a new program featuring Brown?
Judge Joe Brown is back on he is on bounce weekdays 9:00/9:30AM
Would love to see Joe Brown reaching a larger audience again. You can still catch him occasionally on YouTube but I believe the world can benefit from his presence regularly.
Judge Alex is back NOW let’s have Judge Joe Brown, the no nonsense and fair judge. All will be well
I absolutely loved Judge Joe Browm‼️
In fact my whole entire family did… He deserves another show‼️
Please bring him back because court television just isn’t the same without him
I miss watching Judge Joe Brown and will definitely watch any program(s) that will feature him in the future. These type of decisions should have been made available to the viewers prior to going final. Work out the details and
BRING HIM BACK NOW!!!!!
Judge Joe brown did amazing things before the court tv show! He had a youth program! He believed in second and third chances. He himself is only human! But I loved the way he made those men man up and called out the females.
He was fair and stern. I’m sure he saved a few lives. Bring him back! There is only one Jo Brown. He made court TV famous!!!!l love him!
Yes I miss judge joe brown, he gave the patrons good advice, a very knowledgeable, hope he returns, I learned alot from judge joe brown.
I really miss Judge Joe and Judge Alex. Judge Joe isn’t garbage – he just doesn’t take any garbage from anyone. He tells it like it is. He is a no nonsense Judge and doesn’t play games. Sure he is tough but he also has compassion for people. Please bring his show back!!!!!!!!!! Love Judge Joe Brown!!!!!!!