Why are there always 6 hours worth of judge shows on TV in the daytime?

[Comfort Eagle]

Anyone else get that? In the morning/afternoon there's nothing but Judge Judy/Joe Brown/Alex/The Peoples Court/Cristina's Court/Judge Hatchett. Is it just me?

I miss Maury Goddammit. 🙁

 

[Dave Pavet]

Women love watching these things. Especially older women. Nosey!

 

[Bugman]

Why? Because crap sells.

 

[Backstep]

Isn't The Price is Right on at some point? Lots of cable channels have daytime marathons and so forth. Or you could start watching soap operas...

 

[ndj101982]

Mainly because shows like that appeal to people who sit around doing nothing all day long. It's "drama" and appeals to extremely low educated crowds, which also tend to be the higher percentage of those who sit around all afternoon doing nothing because they don't work. My ex-gf's mother and sister-in-law were perfect examples of this particular demographic. Lazy, irresponsible, unemployed, and Extremely low educated, and you could ALWAYS count on them watching these shows all afternoon long.

 

[ChaosEdge]

My guess is that those 6 hours of judge tv effectively garner high ratings so that's why they keep those shows there. As for me, I say it is uninteresting tv and would rather be on the internet than watching that.

 

[NonConRon]

i like the old game shows from the 70's

 

[Adam]

There are definitely way too many of them, the majority of which suck. But Judge Joe Brown is the man. I (roughly) recall the following conversation from his show one time that made me lolz...

Judge: "Had he been drinking?"
Defendant: "Just a little."
Judge: "How much is just a little?"
Defendant: "He had one 40 ounce of Molson."
Judge: "See, now I know you're lyin' right there. I know for a fact that Molson don't come in no 40 ounce."

 

[Angel77]

And I hate every single one of them...........

 

[leafstk]

Ugh... its almost as bad as reality tv

 

[Bugman]

Ugh... its almost as bad as reality tv

"Reality TV". Don't get me started on how mind numbing it is. Novocaine for the brain. Just my opinion. 🙂

 

[TonyInMyThroat]

i like the old game shows from the 70's

Now those were the days of riveting daytime television weren’t they ...

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[Libertine]

This rubbish exists because it's infinitely cheaper for a producer to have a bunch of unpaid low-lives provide entertainment rather than hiring a scriptwriter, actors, and all the other necessities requred to rehearse and film a TV drama/comedy/musical/variety show/you name it.

In 18th century London, for a fine day's entertainment, people used to go to Our Lady of Bethlehem Hospital (the very first place specifically built to house the insane- the name was corrupted in popular usage to 'Bedlam'; this is the derivation/origin of that term) to watch the lunatics. For a penny one could peer into their cells, view the freaks of the "show of Bethlehem" and laugh at their antics. Entry was free on the first Tuesday of the month. In 1814 alone, there were 96,000 such visits.

Its modern counterpart is called 'Reality Television', and it debases both those who participate and those who watch it, and eliminates jobs for real actors.

 

[MrTicklefeet]

Afternoon TV is made to punish the unemployed

 

[Knox The Hatter]

Mainly because shows like that appeal to people who sit around doing nothing all day long. It's "drama" and appeals to extremely low educated crowds, which also tend to be the higher percentage of those who sit around all afternoon doing nothing because they don't work. My ex-gf's mother and sister-in-law were perfect examples of this particular demographic. Lazy, irresponsible, unemployed, and Extremely low educated, and you could ALWAYS count on them watching these shows all afternoon long.

Yes!

The target market's changed, but the idea's still the same- the demographic for daytime television is clearly skewed female. However, back in the '60s, when I was a captive audience in the home of a housebound housewife with one TV set, the demographic targeted was the one said housebound housewife belonged to- housewives- with commercials for Biz and Duz and Tide and Duncan Hines and Jello and Waldbaum's. Nowadays, nine out of ten commercials you see, in the midst of the courtroom minstrelsies and the Springermauryesque nonsense, and the loud and annoying Wendy Williams, are for shyster/ambulance chasing lawyers and for votechs. The previous generation of housewives would now be working, while the demographic has become, well, I don't have to say what they are. You already know.

 

[gilmourwaters]

it was great when the only judge show was judge wapners back in the day.Now all those judge shows seem to be as fake and cheap as an episode of jerry springer! Now if i want to catch a trial i watch court tv...the real deal