--- title: Sarah Palin to Preside Over Reality Courtroom TV Show description: Sarah Palin is in talks to preside over a "Judge Judy"-style reality courtroom TV show, to debut in 2017. canonical: https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T19:52:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:07:36.542Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sarah Palin Will Star in a 'Judge Judy'-Style Courtroom TV Pilot og:description: Sarah Palin is in talks to preside over a "Judge Judy"-style reality courtroom TV show, to debut in 2017. og:url: https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae2d7cb156bb1f0/69888c1e428a9ec716cd1ecc/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sarah Palin visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on December 4, 2015 in Universal City, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Palin Will Star in a 'Judge Judy'-Style Courtroom TV Pilot twitter:description: Sarah Palin is in talks to preside over a "Judge Judy"-style reality courtroom TV show, to debut in 2017. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae2d7cb156bb1f0/69888c1e428a9ec716cd1ecc/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Palin Will Star in a _Judge Judy_\-Style Courtroom TV Pilot > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 22, 2016 7:52 PM UTC  Sarah Palin visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on December 4, 2015 in Universal City, California. Sarah Palin visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on December 4, 2015 in Universal City, California.Noel Vasquez--Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Mar 22, 2016 7:52 PM UTC Sarah Palin is not a judge, but it looks like she’ll be playing one on TV. The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate has signed a deal with Montana-based production company Warm Springs, whose other shows include titles like _Friends of NRA_ and _Log Cabin Living_, to film a pilot of a courtroom TV show. Howard Bragman, Chairman of 15 Minutes, the public relations firm representing Warm Springs, confirmed to TIME that the timing of the pilot is currently being worked out and that the show’s team includes Larry Lyttle, an executive who Bragman says “reinvigorated” the courtroom TV format with shows like _Judge Judy_ and _Judge Joe Brown_. Making a pilot doesn’t guarantee the show will get picked up for a full run, but if all goes well, the syndicated daytime program will debut in the fall of 2017. “The fact that she’s got this huge built-in audience, the fact that her personal demographic of people who respond to her dovetails very nicely with the daytime audience, \[that\] she’s not afraid to have an opinion—these all work in her favor,” explains Bragman. The former Alaska governor may not be a lawyer, but her appeal as a public figure cuts across the spectrum of political views, from those who vehemently agree with her to those who find her personality and sometimes controversial views amusing. The show represents a return to the small screen for Palin, whose reality show _Sarah Palin’s Alaska_ aired for one season on TLC, from late 2010 into early 2011. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/"},"headline":"Sarah Palin Will Star in a Judge Judy-Style Courtroom TV Pilot","datePublished":"2016-03-22T19:52:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:07:36.542Z","description":"The former Alaska governor signed a deal with a Montana-based production company earlier this year","url":"https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/","keywords":["Alaska","Television","reality television","reality tv","Sarah Palin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae2d7cb156bb1f0/69888c1e428a9ec716cd1ecc/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae2d7cb156bb1f0/69888c1e428a9ec716cd1ecc/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sarah Palin visits \"Extra\" at Universal Studios Hollywood on December 4, 2015 in Universal City, California.","caption":"Sarah Palin visits \"Extra\" at Universal Studios Hollywood on December 4, 2015 in Universal City, California.","creditText":"Noel Vasquez--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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4268220/sarah-palin-courtroom-tv-show/","name":"Sarah Palin Will Star in a Judge Judy-Style Courtroom TV Pilot"}}]}] ```