First, the segment started off by being focused on Judy Sheindlin’s ponytail, with Greta Garbo and Elizabeth Taylor references made.
After an untold numbers of episodes – each season reportedly provides 250+ installments – Judge Judy will slam her gavel down one final time whenever Season 25 wraps in 2021.
As such, it didn’t seem like anyone was about to make announcements about huge changes on the way for her TV show.
Alas, execs at CBS Television Distribution (and presumably others at CBS) felt that 25 years was a meaningful enough time to pull the plug on this endeavor in particular.