Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, is keeping her TV courtroom in the family, with her son, Adam Levy, set to launch his own series.
Titled Adam’s Law, the show is scheduled to premiere sometime this fall on CBS and will be produced by 83-year-old Sheindlin.
The forthcoming series was announced Thursday as part of CBS Media Ventures’ upcoming 2026/2027 programming slate. It comes five years after Judge Judy came to an end in 2021, following a 25-season run that began in 1996.
Similar to his mother, Levy, 57, also has a decades-long career in law, serving as Putnam County district attorney in New York for two terms, from 2008 through 2015.
Levy will step away from his role as a judge on Tribunal Justice, an arbitration-based reality series created by Sheindlin on which he has appeared since its 2023 debut.
Levy is one of five children belonging to Sheindlin. She also has a daughter, Jamie Hartwright, 60, from her first marriage to Ronald Levy, and three stepchildren — Gregory, 62, Jonathan, 59, and Nicole, 58 — with her husband, retired New York Supreme Court judge Jerry Sheindlin.
Sheindlin previously led her hit courtroom reality series Judge Judy, where she presided over real small-claims cases. She is known for her quick wit and no-nonsense approach to handling her televised courtroom.
CBS pulled the plug on Judge Judy in 2021, as network bosses felt they had enough episodes to warrant simply repeating the show, Sheindlin explained at the time.
In a later interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sheindlin slammed CBS’s decision, saying: “You disrespected my creation. And you were wrong. Not only in disrespecting my creation, but your gamble in what you put in its place.
“We had a nice marriage. It’s going to be a Bill and Melinda Gates divorce,” she added.
In response, CBS Media Ventures president Steve LoCasci said: “We have had an incredibly successful relationship with Judy over the last 25 years. It has been an honor representing her show, and just like there has never been another Oprah, there will never be another Judge Judy.”
Following Judge Judy’s conclusion, Sheindlin created her ongoing spin-off series, Judy Justice, airing on Amazon’s Freevee and Prime Video. It acts as a continuation of Judge Judy, featuring real small-claims disputes adjudicated by Sheindlin with a new team, including her granddaughter, Sarah Rose Levy, as a law clerk. Her step-grandson, Alexei Mentzer, has also appeared in multiple episodes as a temporary law clerk.
