About this season
The People's Court is an American arbitration-based reality court show currently presided over by retired Florida State Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Milian. Milian, the show's longest-reigning arbiter, handles small claims disputes in a simulated courtroom set. The People's Court is the first court show to use binding arbitration, introducing the format into the genre in 1981. The system has been duplicated by most of the show's successors in the judicial genre. Moreover, The People's Court is the first popular, long-running reality in the judicial genre. It was preceded only by a few short-lived realities in the genre; these short-lived predecessors were only loosely related to judicial proceedings, except for one: Parole took footage from real-life courtrooms holding legal proceedings. Prior to The People's Court, the vast majority of TV courtroom shows used actors, and recreated or fictional cases. Among examples of these types of court shows include Famous Jury Trials and Your Witness. The People's Court has had two contrasting lives. The show's first life was presided over solely by former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Wapner. His tenure lasted from the show's debut on September 14, 1981, until May 21, 1993, when the show was cancelled due to low ratings. This left the show with a total of 2,484 ½-hour episodes and 12 seasons. The show was taped in Los Angeles during its first life. After being cancelled, reruns aired until September 9, 1994.
Episodes (126)
10. Room Rental With Fringe Benefits
Aired 19 September 2014 • 44 min
Kicking A Guy To the Curb Spoiling A Guy's Day A Film-Flam Pool Man
11. Caught Stealing From a Friend
Aired 22 September 2014 • 44 min
Stop! Thief! Kicking Up A Dust Storm Keeping It All
12. Wedding Dress Rental Ruckus
Aired 23 September 2014 • 44 min
Rotten Returning Skipping Out In The Middle Of The Night Letting One Get Away
13. A Fast Loan Fiasco
Aired 24 September 2014 • 44 min
Leading A Guy On Low-Blow-Tow Failing To Pay A Fee
14. Lover Loan Crisis
Aired 25 September 2014 • 44 min
Being A One Night Stand Selling A Sick Kitty U-Haulin' It Into court
15. Classmates Become Courtmates
Aired 26 September 2014 • 44 min
Ruining A Beautiful Friendship Taking It Out On A TV Shuffle Off To Buffalo
16. A Cheating Spouse Takes His Ex to Court!
Aired 29 September 2014 • 44 min
Home Unhappy Home Being Sticky Fingered Letting A Long Time Friend Down
17. Concert Ticket Castastrophe
Aired 30 September 2014 • 44 min
Having The Worst Behavior Talking Way Too Much Breaking A Buyers Heart
18. Denial Disaster
Aired 1 October 2014 • 44 min
A Denati Dilemma Not Getting The Job Done Driving A Woman Mad
19. You Killed My Dog on Christmas Eve
Aired 2 October 2014 • 44 min
My Poor Dog Cody Is Gone Waiting Too Long Being A Real Phony-Baloney
20. You Have a Terrible Temper, Now Get Out of My House!
Aired 3 October 2014 • 44 min
Kicking A Tenant To The Curb Shirting The Issue Crummy Chroming
21. Online Dating Disaster
Aired 6 October 2014 • 44 min
Leading A Guy Astray Not Fixing It Right Grinding To A Halt
22. Hit and Run Dilemma
Aired 7 October 2014 • 44 min
Dinging & Dashing You Owe...It's Off To Court You Go! Showing No Green
23. Landlord/Tenant Confrontation
Aired 8 October 2014 • 44 min
Tossing A Guy's Stuff Being A Little Too Green Not Getting It Right
24. My Wedding Videographer Missed the Ceremony!
Aired 9 October 2014 • 44 min
Not Getting The Picture Not Going Tow To Tow Unloading A Crummy Car
25. Boat Repair Botch-Up
Aired 10 October 2014 • 44 min
Blowing An Engine A Subpar Tar Standing His Ground
26. Dumped After 19 Years!
Aired 13 October 2014 • 44 min
Not Treating A Woman Right Stop Stealing! Being Full Of Static
27. Concert Loan Catastrophe
Aired 14 October 2014 • 44 min
Singing The Blues Rotten Rooming Giving A Customer The Cold Shoulder
28. Cleaning Disaster
Aired 15 October 2014 • 44 min
Not Cleaning Up Asking For Money & More Money Compromising A Cooktop
29. Car Loan Mess
Aired 16 October 2014 • 44 min
Take Back That Crummy Car That's One Dangerous Neighborhood Not Computing
30. Cancer Patient Wig Debacle
Aired 17 October 2014 • 44 min
Wigging Out A Customer Banging Up A Guy's Truck Not Being Chipper Over The Chipper
31. Lifetime Membership Mayhem
Aired 27 October 2014 • 44 min
Saying One Thing & Doing Another Going Down Too Fast Burning A Customer
32. Family Drama Over a Crashed Motorcycle
Aired 28 October 2014 • 44 min
Tapping A Nephew The Wrong Way Control Your Dog Decking A Woman
33. Air Conditioning Disaster
Aired 29 October 2014 • 44 min
An H20 Cover Up Bailing On A Bonneville Let Me In Or Else
34. Scorned Lover Looking for Payback
Aired 30 October 2014 • 44 min
Leading A Lady On Taking Off With A Guy's Dough Jumping Through Hoops
35. Car Sale Catastrophe
Aired 31 October 2014 • 44 min
Unloading A Piece Of Junk Rotten Renting Holding On Tight
36. College Prank Gone Too Far
Aired 3 November 2014 • 44 min
Fouling Up A Friendship Running Out On Rent Fouling Up A Friendship
37. Contractor Gets Stiffed and the Cops Are Called
Aired 4 November 2014 • 44 min
Spreading Lies Cracking A Woman Up Letting A Roommate Down
38. You're Not Welcome Here Anymore!
Aired 5 November 2014 • 44 min
Shortchanging A Club Member Being Dim-Witted Fouling Up A Friendship
39. Party Nightmare
Aired 6 November 2014 • 44 min
You Ruined My Birthday Being All Wet Swinging It
40. You Vandalized My Car!
Aired 7 November 2014 • 44 min
Making His Mark Dissing The Music Man It Does Note Compute
41. Family Drama When a Daughter Sues Her Mother
Aired 10 November 2014 • 44 min
Dodging A Daughter Having No Horse Sense
42. Bee Rampage Kills a Beloved Dog
Aired 11 November 2014 • 44 min
Stinging A Neighbor Being A Boob Over The Tube Trucking It Up
43. A Scorned Woman Squares Off Against Her Ex
Aired 12 November 2014 • 44 min
Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth Not Seeing Too Clearly Causing Doggie Damage
44. Engagement Ring Scam
Aired 13 November 2014 • 44 min
Firing Up An Ex A Terrible Tow Illegally Sneaking In Another Tenant
45. Teens in Trouble
Aired 14 November 2014 • 44 min
A Phony-Baloney Phone Caper Being Sticky-Fingered Burning Up A Customer
46. Diamond Ring Disaster
Aired 17 November 2014 • 44 min
Diamond's Are Not A Guy's Best Friend Being Creaky Being A Real Phony
47. Birthday Party Catastrophe
Aired 18 November 2014 • 44 min
Being A Party Crasher Faking It Not Seeing Things Too Clearly
48. A Doggone Doggie Dilemma
Aired 19 November 2014 • 44 min
Doggy Dilemma Acting Squirrely Over A Bill Letting It Fly
49. Waging War Over Lack of Water
Aired 20 November 2014 • 44 min
Disappearing In The Middle Of The Night Taking His Sweet Time Being A Lazy Boy
50. Caught Cashing Stolen Checks!
Aired 21 November 2014 • 44 min
Giving A Friend A Rubber Check Jailbirds Backing Up And Cracking Up
51. Phony Car Crash Witness
Aired 24 November 2014 • 44 min
Backing Out Into A Lawsuit Sticking It To An Ex Causing A Lot Of Stress
52. You Ruined My Name Over Social Media
Aired 25 November 2014 • 44 min
Being A Defamatory Guy - A person takes their friend to court for dragging their name through the mud on a social media website. Robbing A Guy Blind Sick As A Dog
53. You Painted the Wrong House!
Aired 26 November 2014 • 44 min
Painting Himself Into A Corner Smacking Down A Car
54. Parking Lot Crash
Aired 27 November 2014 • 44 min
Causing A Fender Bender Not Paying His Dues Bothering A Boater
55. A Soiled Sofa Ruined Our Friendship
Aired 28 November 2014 • 44 min
Making A Mess Of Things Banging A Guy In The Rear Holding On Tight
66. Ex Loan Fiasco
Aired 26 January 2015 • 44 min
My Ex Is A Jerk Misrepresenting Rubbing A Friend The Wrong Way
67. Car Rental Ruckus
Aired 27 January 2015 • 44 min
Renting A Rotten Car Pulling Out Too Soon Boxing In An Ex
68. Sax Return Chaos
Aired 28 January 2015 • 44 min
Refusing A Return Lying About A Car Holding On Tight
69. Car Crash Catastrophe
Aired 29 January 2015 • 44 min
Cracking Up Being A Boat Thief Collecting Twice
70. Stiffing an Ex
Aired 30 January 2015 • 44 min
Stiffing An Ex Pulling A Fast One Bad-Brokering
71. Jet Skiing Jerk!
Aired 2 February 2015 • 44 min
Banging In A Boat Selling A Musty Couch Cutting Ties
72. Car Crash Catastrophe
Aired 3 February 2015 • 44 min
Denying Everything Breaking A Bride's Heart Laying Low With The Lawn Guy
73. Friendship Destroyed After a Wedding Disaster
Aired 4 February 2015 • 44 min
Leaving A Bride High & Dry Sinking A Guy's Income Fix It Forever & Ever
74. You Broke My Heart When You Stole My Dog
Aired 5 February 2015 • 44 min
Kidnapping Kobi. Phoning It In.
75. Renter Scam Revealed
Aired 6 February 2015 • 44 min
Lackadaisical Landlording Wilting A Wedding Panting Over A Pair Of Pants
76. Cruise Crisis
Aired 9 February 2015 • 44 min
Causing Rough Seas Not Getting It To Compute Being All Wet
77. Auction Con Artist
Aired 10 February 2015 • 44 min
Faking Out A Customer Monkeying Around Being A Hot Landlord
78. Worst Tenant Ever
Aired 11 February 2015 • 44 min
Making Too Much Noise Selling A Poor Poor Puppy Delivering A Few Lemons
79. Car Paint Catastrophe
Aired 12 February 2015 • 44 min
Not Landing The Eagle Going Doggone Crazy Of Moving It Along
80. Horse Stable Scandal
Aired 13 February 2015 • 44 min
Horsing Around A Camaro Con Not Delivering
81. Magician Mishap
Aired 16 February 2015 • 44 min
Going Poof & Disappearing Holding On Very Tight
82. Fender Bender Fiasco
Aired 17 February 2015 • 44 min
Hotting A Lady & Running Pulling A Switcheroo Electrifying A Fence
83. You Beat My Dog With a Machete
Aired 18 February 2015 • 44 min
Causing A Doggone Confrontation Renting A Crummy Cottage Being Cagey About Cabinets
84. Motorcycle Sale Scam Exposes a Liar
Aired 19 February 2015 • 44 min
Bilking A Guy Out Of A Bike Being A Nasty Neighbor Being Full Of Soot
85. Dog Run Debacle
Aired 20 February 2015 • 44 min
Causing A Fight Watch Where You're Going Move It Man!
86. Nasty Neighbors Battle It Out
Aired 23 February 2015 • 44 min
Nasty Neighbors Family Feud
92. Exes Square Off in Court
Aired 3 March 2015 • 44 min
Letting His Lady Friend Down Running Out Ripping Off His Ex-Mother-In-Law To Be
93. Business Deal Disaster
Aired 4 March 2015 • 44 min
Taking Advantage Of A Friend Cracking Up A Neighbor Copping Out On A Cousin
94. Pet Groomer Accused of Stealing Clients
Aired 5 March 2015 • 44 min
Clipping A Former Boss Lackadaisical Landlording Botching Up A Book
95. Flooding Fiasco
Aired 6 March 2015 • 44 min
A Commotion Over A Commode Creating A Crummy Cake Rubbing A Tenant The Wrong Way
96. Messy Tenant Mayhem
Aired 16 March 2015 • 44 min
Wrecking The Joint Letting A Life Long Friend Down Shooting A Foul
97. Nasty Neighbors
Aired 17 March 2015 • 44 min
Cutting It Up Hitting It In The Rear Running Out On The Rent
98. Dog Stud Service Disaster
Aired 18 March 2015 • 44 min
Creating A Doggone Loss Blowing Hot Air A Rotten Repair
99. Daycare Dilemma
Aired 19 March 2015 • 44 min
Scratching It Up Being Too Persnickety Keep Your Pitbull On A Leash
100. Lusty Landlord
Aired 20 March 2015 • 44 min
Skipping Out Painting Yourself Into A Corner Doing No Work
101. Shady Fundraiser
Aired 13 April 2015 • 44 min
You Are One Phoney Baloney Being Heavy-Handed You Are A Notpicker
102. Bedbug Infestation
Aired 14 April 2015 • 44 min
Bugging His Tenants Not Phoning It In Crushing On An Ex
103. Fashion Fiasco
Aired 15 April 2015 • 44 min
Not Being A Model Designer Getting Rid Of Scraps Not Getting The Picture
104. Roommate Rule Ruckus
Aired 16 April 2015 • 44 min
Ticking Off A Tenant Messing Up A Move Unloading A Lemon
105. Ex-Sister-in-Law Overstayed Her Welcome
Aired 17 April 2015 • 44 min
Dissing An Ex-Sister In Law Pulling A Woody Overheating A Customer
106. The Only Thing You Ever Gave Me Was Your Abusive Son!
Aired 20 April 2015 • 44 min
Dissing An Ex Tooling Around Trashing A Tennant
107. Ceiling Crisis
Aired 21 April 2015 • 44 min
Trashing The Joint Holding A Horse Hostage Nice Guys Finish Last
108. Living Large Loan
Aired 22 April 2015 • 44 min
Being Lax On A Loan Getting Painted Into A Corner Haulin' It
109. Concert Crowd Surfing Chaos
Aired 23 April 2015 • 44 min
Crowd Suring Your Way Into Court Uncle Sam Always Wins Running A Shoddy Laundromat
110. Wedding Style Mess
Aired 24 April 2015 • 44 min
Not Making It Up Jailbird Jewelry Heist Fouling Up On a Fix Up
111. You Punched My Car and Dented It
Aired 27 April 2015 • 44 min
Being A Sucker Puncher Messing With A Musician Being Full Of Soot
112. Dumping Disaster
Aired 28 April 2015 • 44 min
Making An Illegal Dump Flushing Away A Payment A Testy Test Drive
113. Bankruptcy Scam
Aired 29 April 2015 • 44 min
Stealing From An Ex Being A Little Dinghy Disposing Of Personal Property
114. Pet Sale Ends in Tragedy
Aired 30 April 2015 • 44 min
Selling A Bad Bulldog Caving In On A Tenant Riding Off Into The Sunset
115. Drunk Driving Dilemma
Aired 1 May 2015 • 44 min
Who was really driving? Being A Deadbeat Designer Going Poof In The Middle Of The Night
116. Pooch Problems
Aired 4 May 2015 • 44 min
Causing Doggie Damages Strumming A Woman Along Copping An Attitude
117. Nasty Neighbor
Aired 5 May 2015 • 44 min
Getting Nasty With A Neighbor Turning On A Twin
118. Roadside Wreck Leads to a Racist Rant
Aired 6 May 2015 • 44 min
Ceering off Course Exasperating An Ex Pooping Out On A Refund
119. Who's Crazy: The Landlord or the Tenant?
Aired 7 May 2015 • 44 min
Get Out Of My House Ending Things Early A Pea Coat Problem
120. College Coeds Clash
Aired 8 May 2015 • 44 min
Freezing Out A Roommate Making His Ex Very Mad Flooring A Customer
121. TBA
Aired 11 May 2015 • 44 min
Two-Timing Running Out On A Wedding
122. TBA
Aired 12 May 2015 • 44 min
Being Cheap Over A Jeep Being A Randy Roofer You Dognapper You
123. TBA
Aired 13 May 2015 • 44 min
Unloading A Crummy Buggy Control That Dang Dawg Not Treating A Tenant Right
124. TBA
Aired 14 May 2015 • 44 min
Wigging Out At A Wedding Ignoring A Tenant Ticking Off A Friend
125. TBA
Aired 15 May 2015 • 44 min
Poor Chooch Letting A Lady Friend Down Smelting A Guy's Heart
126. TBA
Aired 18 May 2015 • 44 min
Leaving An Ex In The Lurch Leaving A Girl High & Dry Sending A Son On His Merry Way
127. TBA
Aired 19 May 2015 • 44 min
Making Mom Mad Driving A Neighbor Nuts Sticking It To An Ex
128. TBA
Aired 20 May 2015 • 44 min
Being Lax On A Loan Not Seeing Things Clearly Refusing A Refund
129. TBA
Aired 21 May 2015 • 44 min
Going On A Demolition Derby A Crummy Car Repair Being A Money Moocher
130. TBA
Aired 22 May 2015 • 44 min
Flaming Out Taking, But Not Giving Changing His Mind
131. TBA
Aired 25 May 2015 • 44 min
Dissing Her Ex-Husband Trucking It Up Taunting A Tenant
132. TBA
Aired 26 May 2015 • 44 min
Being Doggone Careless Walking Out Take Back Your Water Soaked Hunk O' Junk
133. TBA
Aired 27 May 2015 • 44 min
Stiffing His Employee Taking Terrible Advantage Of A Tenant A Snow Job
134. TBA
Aired 28 May 2015 • 44 min
Running Out On A Bill Backing Out Keeping The Cash
135. TBA
Aired 29 May 2015 • 44 min
Not Returning Five Large Taking Advantage Of A Tenant The Day The Music Died
136. TBA
Aired 8 June 2015 • 44 min
Having Vicious Propensities Being Nosy Landlords Botching Up A Book
137. TBA
Aired 9 June 2015 • 44 min
Mauling A Guy Over A Mower Freezing A Tenant's Money Getting Painted Into A Corner
138. TBA
Aired 10 June 2015 • 44 min
Fanning The Flames Carting The Issue Ski Dooin' A Customer
139. TBA
Aired 11 June 2015 • 44 min
Being A Sap Manhandling A Tenant Trucking A Guy Up
140. TBA
Aired 12 June 2015 • 44 min
Skipping A Few Years Towing The Line Hitting A Sour Note
141. TBA
Aired 15 June 2015 • 44 min
Denying A Brother Not Phoning A Friend A Wheely Big Problem
142. TBA
Aired 16 June 2015 • 44 min
Losing It With A Ex Failing The Family Being A Real Busy Body
143. TBA
Aired 17 June 2015 • 44 min
Licking A Mom To The Curb Staining His Reputation Lousy Laundering
144. TBA
Aired 18 June 2015 • 44 min
Being A Spoil Sport Being Rock Solid Hair, Hair Everywhere
145. TBA
Aired 19 June 2015 • 44 min
Departing Daycare Leaving Too Soon Causing A Fight
146. TBA
Aired 22 June 2015 • 44 min
Double-Timing Banging It, But Good Finishing A Job
147. TBA
Aired 23 June 2015 • 44 min
Un-Friending A Friend Ruining A Rental Elevating A Customer's Blood Pressure
148. TBA
Aired 24 June 2015 • 44 min
Getting Into Deep Water With An Ex Being A Real Two-Timer Water-Water Everywhere
149. TBA
Aired 25 June 2015 • 44 min
Giving An Ex The Ring Around Generating A Big Lawsuit Upsetting An Uncle
150. TBA
Aired 26 June 2015 • 44 min
Conning A Cousin Tranny Troubles Failing A Friend