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The People's Court Cast:

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The People's Court Trivia:

The People's Court is a bi-coastal series. The original version was taped in Los Angeles, California and the latter version is taped in New York City.

The court cases on The People's Court are not sanctioned by any government agency so the verdicts are handed down via binding arbitration. That's a legal term that simply means that the litigants have legally sworn to obey the Judge's decision.

You might be thinking that Judge Jerry Sheindlin's last name sounds familiar even if you never saw The People's Court when he presided over it. That's because he's the husband of Judge Judith Sheindlin, better known as "Judge Judy".

There were other courtroom shows on television prior to The People's Court including "Traffic Court" in 1957 and "People's Court of Small Claims" in 1959 but they were either fictional or recreated cases with actors. Even before that there were radio shows including "Mr. District Attorney" and "Perry Mason". The People's court was the first courtroom series however that showed real-life people pleading real-life cases.

The creator of The People's Court, "John Masterson" first pitched the idea to "Monty Hall", best known as the host of the game show, "Let's Make a Deal". Hall was also a producer and tried to sell the idea to the networks but they all turned it down. It eventually became a huge success in syndication and the network executives are now crying themselves to sleep!