I've been watching Judge Judy's productions for a long time. Hot Bench is best. This one is terrible. Her son, Judge Levy is arrogant and belittles the parties. However he's brilliant.
Then there's Judge Acker. She can be extremely rude to the litigants and oftentimes doesn't let them speak bc she's on a tirade.
I find those two judges come down very heavy on the litigants for their own purposes.
I'll be returning to Hot Bench!