Unlike BET's Black Gold, CBS Reality Won't Be Able To Wrap Up Judge Judy When It Goes Dark On DStv

A few years ago, Judith Sheindlin announced that her court show Judge Judy currently seen on e.tv and CBS Reality would be hanging up its gloves after the 25th season. The problem part is that Africa is still behind as CBS Reality is on its 21st season with e.tv on its 22nd season.

This means e.tv has yet another 3 years worth of court room drama to wrap up while CBS Reality won't be able to air the remaining 4 years of episodes.

Paramount had already confirmed that it's joint venture with AMC Networks International for both CBS Reality and CBS Justice would be ending soon. This would bring about the end of Judge Judy which served as one of the longest running primetime shows on the brand.

None of DStv's other channels such as Investigation Discovery, Curiosity Channel or even Real Time will be adding Judge Judy when CBS Reality goes dark. Judge Judy had been cancelled by 2020-2021 and these brands likely won't hover around old content.

This means while the rest of Africa are being shut out from Judge Judy, DStv consumers in South Africa have to rely on a free-to-air broadcaster. The problem is that consumers would have to purchase an Openview or watch it weekday mornings on e.tv at 11:00.

CBS Reality had been airing a lot of reruns to the show and it's run on eMedia's platforms are very minimal or below average.