# For those of you who like "Judge Shows" on TV who is your favorite Judge? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200 "2004-08-30T08:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/1 "2004-08-30T08:13:38Z")
I like a few but Judge Hatchett is my favorite I even taped the episodes of the show that I couldn’t see I will miss her when school starts again. Atleast I have a VCR. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/2 "2004-08-30T12:47:15Z")
Hmmm, either Mathis or Judy. Mathis is funny as hell, and Judy is a straight up bitch. I also hate the Texas justice guy, he’s totally lame. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/3 "2004-08-30T13:07:05Z")
Judge Crater ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/4 "2004-08-30T13:37:41Z")
Judge Mills Lane! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/5 "2004-08-30T13:59:49Z")
Marilyn, without a doubt. She can get as outraged as Judy or Joe, but she’s not nearly as full of it. And she’s a babe. What I really want to know is what all those judges think of each other. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/6 "2004-08-30T16:18:27Z")
Judge Joe Brown - I just love it when he gets all indignant, and he can really rip people a new one when he gets going. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/7 "2004-08-30T16:59:37Z")
I wish Judge Wapner were still on. He was my favorite of them all. Judge Judy is okay, too. Since I am rarely home to watch TV in the daytime now that I’ve had a regular weekday job for four years, I hardly ever see the current lineup. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/8 "2004-08-30T21:08:25Z")
Judy is good, but every now and then she gets too shrill and annoying. I guess I have to be in the right frame of mind. Joe Brown is too cool. He never gets upset, but he sure can handle his courtroom. When I’m home sick from work I look forward to a day of trashy talk shows and even trashier judge shows! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-like-judge-shows-on-tv-who-is-your-favorite-judge/262200/9 "2004-08-30T21:42:03Z")
Judge Judy is a kick just to see who she’s going to tear apart on any given episode. Judge Hatchett frightens me, because she doesn’t do normal disputes, she fancies herself some kind of relationship counselor/psychologist/preacher/intervention specialist, and I think she goes well beyond the scope of her education and training in almost everything she does. I don’t dig that. But the hands down winner for mindless watching is Marilyn Milian, because she’s beautiful, fiesty and bilingual, my favorite characteristics in a person. 🙂