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Divorce Court

Divorce Court is a court show which centers around cases which only involve divorcing couples. Out of the shows currently airing in the court-themed genre, Divorce Court is the oldest. The venerable series has lived three lives in syndication. The earliest version had a total of twelve seasons, running from 1957 to 1969, with Judge Voltaire Perkins presiding and Colin Male as the courtroom announcer. A second version debuted in the spring of 1985, with Judge William B. Keene deciding cases and Jim Peck as the courtroom reporter and announcer; this version ran for seven seasons until 1992. Judge Keene was the presiding judge at the murder trial of Charles Manson. The current version began in 1999, featuring Judge Mablean Ephriam from 1999 to 2006, and Judge Lynn Toler beginning in September 2006. Altogether, Divorce Court has had a total of twenty eight seasons and is the longest-running court show. It has also more judges than any other court show, and has been revived more than any other court show.

While touted as presenting real cases to television audiences, the stories from earlier versions of Divorce Court were fictional (although they were based on real cases).

Actors portrayed the litigants - the plaintiff, who initiated the divorce proceedings; the defendant, who either sought a reconciliation or sought a divorce decree of his/her own; and a number of witnesses, who testified on one of the litigants' behalves. Meanwhile student attorneys would argue the cases.

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