It’s the end of an era of daytime television. The Judge Mathis TV show has been cancelled after 24 seasons in first-run syndication.
Debuting in September 1999, the Judge Mathis TV series follows Judge Greg Mathis as he adjudicates small claims disputes from his studio courtroom at the NBC Tower in Chicago. Mathis is a former judge of Michigan’s 36th District Court and is the second-longest reigning judge in television court show history. He trails only Judy Sheindlin of Judge Judy and Judy Justice by three years.
Mathis is the longest-running Black male host on television and won a 2018 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. Mathis tweeted that he had finished production on season 24 in November and has presided over more than 13,000 cases.
The news of the Judge Mathis series cancellation comes as the result of changing and challenging conditions in the daytime syndication market. Last month, it was announced that Dr. Phil is ending after a 21-year run. Many other syndicated informational series ended in 2022, including Dr. Oz, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Good Dish, Maury, The Real, and The Wendy Williams Show.
Judge Mathis is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with AND Syndicated Productions and Telepictures Productions, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
The current incarnation of The People’s Court, which is also distributed by Warner Bros., has also been cancelled, after 26 seasons.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed watching the Judge Mathis series over the years? Will you miss seeing this program on the schedule?
I always thought he is a bully who resorts to name calling which is very unprofessional to me. Calling people crackheads is atrocious behavior. He also won’t let litigants state their cases fully before interjecting with his own life experiences which don’t interest me at all. Good riddance! Glad he’s gone!
I will definitely miss Judge mathis ..I loved the show and wish it was not cancelled.
I was beginning to tire of his interjecting with stories of his own life over and over . A bit preachy. I stopped watching
Loved this show and Judge Mathis’ wisdom and tough love approach. Hate that it is being taken off the air.
I’m shocked that Judge Mathis is canceled. Judge Mathis is so funny when I age of 13 years old.
“Changing and challenging conditions in the daytime syndication market” to which they’re unable to adjust. I don’t trust the reasoning behind either of these cancellations.
Judge Mathis best Judge on television period! The only question why?
I don’t understand why you have discontinued the best judge ever. Ugh I can not stand Judge Judy. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, but you keep her!? She is 78 years old.
Yes
I will miss Judge Mathis. He has made me laugh, he made me cry (happy tears). I will truly miss Judge Mathis.
Didn’t catch him all the time, but I preferred him to a lot of the other tv judges out there.
Meanwhile, Judy Judy still gets to pollute the airwaves with her racism, sterotyping and utter lawless approach to law – why is she on the tv? I mean come on people, she is simply dire. I’d like to see a mud wrestle between her and all those vile kardashians/jenners, and hope they all go under, for a long long long long time.
Loved this show. Loved his straight forward way of dealing with people. Loved his tough love attitude.