Divorce Court

Divorce Court is a judge show about cases which only involve divorcing couples. Out of the shows currently airing in the court-themed genre, Divorce Court is the oldest. The series has lived three lives in syndication, from 1957 to 1969, from 1985 to 1992 and currently since 1999. The earliest version had a total of twelve seasons, running from 1957 to 1969, with Judge Voltaire Perkins presiding and Colin Male as the courtroom announcer. A second version debuted in the spring of 1985, with Judge William B. Keene deciding cases and former game show host Jim Peck as the courtroom reporter and announcer; this version ran for eight seasons until 1992, with reruns airing on the USA Network during the early 1990s. Judge Keene was the...