User:Dgies/Court show

A court show is a type of television program which shows the proceedings of a real legal dispute. The first court show was Divorce Court which used actors portraying dramatizations of proceedings based on real cases. Modern court shows feature the actual litigants who have selected the court show as a venue for binding arbitration.

History
thumb|Judge [[Joseph Wapner presided over The People's Court, the first widely popular court show]]
 * Were earlier 1949 courtroom dramas including Famous Jury Trials on the DuMont Television Network and They Stand Accused on CBS
 * Divorce Court originally used actors working from court transcripts
 * First to use actual litigants was The People's Court