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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Judge Judy Is Retiring From TV, But Not From Creative Pursuits · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: After 30 years of laying down the law for small
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  Speaker 2: claims cases, Judge Judy has announced she'll be hanging up
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  Speaker 2: the gavel while not retiring entirely.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, she announced on GMA her current show, Judy Justice,
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  Speaker 3: will wrap up next month and at least for now
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  Speaker 3: mark the end of her on-screen career, but she'll continue
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  Speaker 3: to produce and promises to still be a creative force.
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  Speaker 4: And she's actually Actually passing the torch to her son,
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  Speaker 4: Adam Levy, who's also a real judge and former D.A.
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  Speaker 4: with a new show that she's producing called Adam's Law.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: I'll never forget riding an elevator with Judge Judy. And
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  Speaker 2: she said to me, get in. You get in. I
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  Speaker 2: got in fast. She feels her son is more than
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  Speaker 2: ready to inherit the role of daytime's answer to justice.
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  Speaker 2: And Judy has certainly proven herself to be one of
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  Speaker 2: the all time highest paid TV hosts. The forty seven
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  Speaker 2: million dollar annual base salary she earned on Judge Judy
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  Speaker 2: at her peak. still stands as the largest in TV history.
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  Speaker 2: And that includes Prime Time. Her final episode of Judy
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  Speaker 2: Justice airs October 22nd on Prime.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.