--- title: The Internet Spotted Amy Schumer in This Judge Judy Episode description: The 'Snatched' star popped up in the gallery of a recent episode of 'Judge Judy,' to the internet's surprise. canonical: https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T21:47:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:29:39.561Z og:title: The Internet Spotted Amy Schumer in This Judge Judy Episode og:description: She's making some hilarious faces og:url: https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8963a4585c801ab3/6988da3222fb85035be22739/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3900 og:image:height: 2194 og:image:alt: 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards - Headshots og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Spotted Amy Schumer in This Judge Judy Episode twitter:description: She's making some hilarious faces twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8963a4585c801ab3/6988da3222fb85035be22739/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is in Full Freakout Mode After Spotting Amy Schumer in the _Judge Judy_ Crowd > Sponsored content. 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But it wasn’t until Thursday that the internet realized Schumer would actually appear in an episode of the longstanding courtroom reality show. Yet there she was, spotted front and center behind a participant in the candid snapshots. Naturally, Twitter is alight with people speculating about Schumer’s unexpected presence in the gallery. The case over which Judge Judy is presiding in the episode appears to be about [Yu Gi Oh! cards](http://www.yugioh-card.com/), and it seems that Schumer was moved from her very visible location after the lunch break. But not before plenty of screenshots — with Schumer’s classic facial expressions — had been snapped for all the world to see. When she posted about her experience on set in May, the _Snatched_ actor called it a [“dream day”](https://www.instagram.com/p/BT5GTZtlTDU/) that she shared with her sister. > [](https://twitter.com/cowboy88fan/status/898285568878096392) > [](https://twitter.com/Cody4Target/status/898292228941955072) > [](https://twitter.com/BubblyKjh/status/898291389938638848) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fcareet/status/898291329188454400) Even Schumer joined the conversation. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/"},"headline":"The Internet Is in Full Freakout Mode After Spotting Amy Schumer in the Judge Judy Crowd","datePublished":"2017-08-17T21:47:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:29:39.561Z","description":"The 'Snatched' star popped up in the gallery of a recent episode of 'Judge Judy,' to the internet's surprise.","url":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","Amy Schumer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8963a4585c801ab3/6988da3222fb85035be22739/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8963a4585c801ab3/6988da3222fb85035be22739/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards - Headshots","caption":"73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards - Headshots","creditText":"Barcroft Media—Barcroft Media via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/","name":"The Internet Is in Full Freakout Mode After Spotting Amy Schumer in the Judge Judy Crowd"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amy Schumer and Ben Hanisch Break Up","description":"Amy Schumer and Ben Hanisch have called it quits","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/CVOXGabS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-05-17T19:26:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CVOXGabS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4905825/amy-schumer-judge-judy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```