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Jon Lovitz to mock real-life court shows

Posted Oct 14th 2006 1:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Celebrities

Jon Lovitz is set to star as the judge in a new unscripted series for NBC called Bad Judge. The series will use the same format of real people trying to solve real grievances that made shows like The People's Court and Judge Judy so popular, but Lovitz will act more as comic relief, and his decisions will have little or no bearing on the actual law. The new series was conceived by Josh Lieb, who has written scripts for NewsRadio and The Simpsons, as well as the upcoming Big Stan with Rob Schneider. I think this new series could actually be really funny, since it's allowing Lovitz to improv in his own way, which I think always results in his best stuff.

Tags: bad judge, court room, funny, jon lovitz, judge, nbc, reality

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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10-14-2006 @ 1:07PM

MW said...

So...it's basically "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold," then?

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10-14-2006 @ 1:54PM

keith trenchard said...

not to sure if this is good tv or another side of comedy that may tickle some ,my view if it counts ,not the best format to pull in the ratings.

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10-14-2006 @ 3:49PM

GiveMeAStar! said...

keith trenchard is a retard

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10-14-2006 @ 7:07PM

Bob Jones said...

Reminds me of something my kids used to watch, I think it was Judge Trudy on Nickelodeon.

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10-16-2006 @ 12:57PM

Mark said...

Ha, I was thinking the same thing MW (I love arrested development, and I can't beleive how much this sounds like the Judge Reinhold joke).

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