“Judge Judy Is Still Judging You: For More Than 20 Years, Judith Sheindlin Has Dominated Daytime Ratings—By Making Justice in a Complicated World Look Easy”, Jazmine Hughes2019-06-20 (economics, law)⁠:

[Profile of Judy Sheindlin, star of the long-running (>23 years) daytime television show Judge Judy where, as an arbitrator, she berates and resolves an endless line of small-claims courts.

This article covers her biography as she evolved from an ambitious young Jew in NYC who entered corporate law but left to become a stay-at-home mom and ultimately a reality show star running, after >5000 episodes, a finely-tuned machine for dragnetting cases from across the country, making a fortune from royalties and renewals: her net worth is anywhere up to $400 million.]