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Judge Judy Sheindlin steps back from television, passes courtroom franchise to son Adam Levy

9/12/2026

The half-hour unscripted format is syndicated television's most talent-constrained slot.

Judy Sheindlin, 83, built 25 seasons on it, and now she is stepping back: after "Judy Justice," her Prime Video series, concludes in October, she plans to exit television, with her son Adam Levy carrying the franchise forward in "Adam's Law," a courtroom program she created and executive-produces, premiering in national syndication on Sept.

Her representative confirmed the arrangement to Fox News Digital and chose the vocabulary carefully, calling it a rewiring rather than a retirement.

Sheindlin told People she still wants her message to reach an audience, but she is finished with the production demands of daily on-camera work. The succession stack Levy's path to the format runs the full pipeline.

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