The message is a simple one: It’s your life, take responsibility for it, say you’re sorry and ‘fess up when you do something wrong. That has to be delivered in an entertaining way and, fortunately, I don’t have to act. I don’t have a script. It is what it is.
— Judge Judy Sheindlin, better known by most as Judge Judy, commenting on why she thinks her courtroom reality TV show continues to draw such large audiences (approximately 10 million viewers per day) after a 20-year run.