Superior Court (TV series)

Superior Court
Genredramatized court show/Reality legal programming[1][2]
JudgesWilliam D. Burns Jr. (1986-87)
Jill Jakes and Louis Welsh (1987-88)
Raymond St. Jacques as Judge Clayton C. Thomas (1988-89)
No. of seasons4
No. of episodesApproximately 760
Production
Executive producerStu Billett
Running time22 minutes
Production companyStu Billett Productions
Ralph Edwards Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) –
1989 (1989)
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Superior Court is a dramatized court show that aired in syndication from 1986 to 1989, and featuring fictionalized re-enactments of actual court cases.

William D. Burns, Jr., a former municipal court commissioner for the city of Beverly Hills, presided for the first season. He was replaced for the second season by Jill Jakes, a former judge of that court, and Louis M. Welsh, a retired San Diego Superior Court judge. In the final season, actor Raymond St. Jacques portrayed Judge Clayton C. Thomas.

Reruns were later aired on the USA Network during the early 1990s.

  1. ^ "Reality Courtroom Series: 1949–2005" (PDF). tarlton.law.utexas.edu. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Style Court (Entertainment Television, 8/03-1/04)
  2. ^ Chun, Wendy Hui Kyong; Keenan, Thomas (June 2004). New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203643839.