Has anyone ever been to a taping?
If so, how much is edited out from what is shown on TV? Also how long is each case? how many cases do they do in a day? Do they tell you when each case will be shown on TV?
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I have been to many tapings. Not a whole lot is edited out, unless the judge makes a mistake, or the case is extremely long. Cases vary in length...some are short, some are long. Ususally there are around 7 cases per day. The cases you see will air a few months after. Hope that helps.
I have a belief that each case is on some type of "shot clock." Every once in a while you can see a timer at her bench. It's like they want each one to be wrapped up in a certain amount of time.
shareI am not sure about that. I have seen cases that last forever. I have been to many tapings and from what I have seen, I don't think that's true.
shareIs it usually 4 months from date of taping to the date it airs?
shareUsually a month or two
shareI wonder why they splice up the cases instead of airing them in the order they are taped? Cause usually each case will have the judge wearing a different color blouse under her robe. I have seen cases where it looks like they were all taped in the same day because her blouse doesn't change.
shareI'm guessing they splice them up to make each episode an hour. :)
I wish they would splice out Curt entirely. I could do without Harvey on the street either, but he doesn't bother me nearly as much as Curt. I could also do without watching the litigants walk into court. There is a lot of wasted time on this show!
I like Judge Milian's hot pink blouse the best. :)
They have to show the litigants walk into the courtroom because they have to tell us what the case is about and what the amount of the suit is.
shareYeah, I never listen to any of that, or Curt, or Harvey. I FF until Douglas hands off to Judge Milian, FF through commercials, FF through the preview of the next case up, etc... I watch only the actual case, and absolutely nothing else if I can help it. Besides (and I can't even tell if you're just kidding anyway), the explanation of the case is always overly dramatic and half the time doesn't even sound like the case once we hear the real details. It's just Harvey's excuse to make his same tired puns and plays on words over and over ad nauseam.
shareHa, I have a similar M.O.
For years, I've used my trusty VCR to record the show-- I usually watch it the following day.
I skip the bogus intros too, but I admit that I watch the post-verdict nonsense-- the aptly-named Curt sourly giving the loser a parting kick or two, then Harvey with the low-brow rubberneckers outside.
It's a real meeting of the mindless.
These segments are aggravating to watch, but that's part of the whole love/hate thing I've got going with this "guilty pleasure".
But I can't sit by quietly while someone rags on Harvey's lame, repetitious shtick without giving dishonorable mention to the excruciating leading questions he asks.
Hey, I understand that Harvey is pressed for time, or as they say a lot, "time is of the essence". And he's not exactly working with the advanced class out there.
Still, his questions are so leading that he might as well just hold up cue cards with the right answers written on them. (Hmm, but that would only work if the rubberneckers can actually read, which is by no means apparent.)
Yeah, we know, Harvey. It's the tenants, especially those irresponsible Section 8 low-lives who connive, cheat, and "game the system", and make life miserable for all those honest, selfless, upstanding landlords.
Oh, and another right answer is always "rescue dogs". Always.
Probably to make the show vary. You don't want to show three dog cases in one show, for example.
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