Judge Joe Brown

*Judge Joe Brown*
Judge Joe Brown
Genre	Reality court show
Starring	Judge Joe Brown; Holly Evans (1998–2006); Jacque Kessler (1998–2010); Sonia Montejano (2006–2013); Jeanne Zelasko (2010–2013)
Narrated by	Ben Patrick Johnson (1998–2005); Rolanda Watts (2005–2013)
Theme music composer	John Nordstrom
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	3,000+
Production
Production locations	Sunset Bronson Studios; Hollywood, California
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Big Ticket Television
Original release
Network	First-run syndication
Release	September 14, 1998 –; May 22, 2013
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Judge Joe Brown is an American arbitration-based reality court show starring former Shelby County, Tennessee criminal court judge Joseph B. Brown. The series premiered on September 14, 1998 and ran through the 2012–13 television season for a total of fifteen seasons. Joe Brown was the second highest paid daytime television personality behind Judge Judy during the time the show was running.

During the entirety of its series run, Brown was the longest serving African American television arbitrator; this record is now held by Greg Mathis of Judge Mathis, which premiered the year after Brown's program in 1998 and ran for 24 seasons through 2023. Judge Joe Brown ran in first-run syndication and entered into its 15th and final season on September 10, 2012, also regularly airing in high-definition for the first time beginning in that same season as well.

^ "Syndication Bible: Judge Joe Brown 2002/03 Basic Information". synbible.cbstvd.com. CBS Television Distribution. Archived from the original on January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[1] "Syndication Bible: Judge Joe Brown 2002/03 Basic Information". synbible.cbstvd.com. CBS Television Distribution. Archived from the original on January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

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