Joe Brown is a Judge who has a long running reality-based show, appropriately titled Judge Joe Brown. It is an arbitration-based reality court show. Joe Brown is a former Shelby County, Tennessee, Criminal Court judge. It premiered on September 14, 1998 and ran through the 2012-13 television season for a total of fifteen seasons. Joe Brown was the second highest paid daytime television personality behind Judge Judy during the time the show was running. During the entirety of his series run, he was the longest serving African American television arbitrator; this record is now held by Greg Mathis of Judge Mathis, which premiered the year after Brown's program and is still running as of the 2017-18 season. The first-run syndication series entered its fifteenth and final season on September 10, 2012, also regularly airing in high-definition for the first time beginning in that same season as well. He graduated from Dorsey High School and later, has served in many national and international organizations, for the practice of justice.
Joe Brown is the first African American male to preside over a courtroom television show and the first African American person to preside over a long-running courtroom series. However, former New York prosecutor Star Jones is the first African American person to preside over a court show (Jones and Jury 1994-95).
With all of its seasons having aired consecutively, solely under Brown, Joseph Brown was the second longest running television jurist for many years prior to his cancellation, just behind Judith Sheindlin. While there are court shows that outnumber both Judge Joe Brown and Judge Judy in seasons within the judicial arena, namely Divorce Court and The People's Court, they are also proggams with multiple lives and multiple "judges" in their histories.
The set of Judge Joe Brown was directly beside the set of Judge Judy within the same facility, Sunset Bronson Studios. After Judge Joe Brown's 2013 cancellation, however, the space was used for the courtroom series Paternity Court for a season (2013–14), followed by the court show Hot Bench (2014–present). As Judge Judy was and still is, Judge Joe Brown was both produced by Big Ticket Television and syndicated by CBS Television Distribution (CTD), the successor company to their previous distributors: Worldvision Enterprises, Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Paramount Domestic Television.
The show was syndicated in the US, and aired during daytime hours. It aired on CTV in Canada and Fox8 in Australia. Like the majority of television court shows, Judge Joe Brown is a form of binding arbitration. The show's producers maintain the appearance of a civil courtroom.
As far as ratings in the legal/courtroom genre go, Brown's program ranked in second place during its entire run, typically just above The People's Court and significantly below Judge Judy. Consequently, Judge Joe was the highest rated male-arbitrated television series during its run. It should be noted, however, that Brown was paired with the highly rated Judge Judy series and that when paired with a program of this caliber, any TV show has the potential to draw at least decent ratings.
As far as the personal life of Joe Brown is concerned, it is layered in history and public gossip. There have been rumors about his divorce and a few of them may be authentic because he left his first wife after the clashes between the pair. There are several rumors related to the divorce of Brown. One of the reasons is that he failed to give time to his first wife and the two sons. After this separation, the sons are living with him and are spending a happy time. Despite of great criticism, he accepted his divorce with open heart. His net worth is not publicly known.
Joe celebrated his second marriage with Deborah Herron. The event took place specifically in December 2011. He has a good understanding with his second wife and in turn, she is supporting him, in all his endeavors. She has an extraordinary relation with Joe and her love is supporting him. Despite having great criticism surrounding his personal life, he has remained firmly attached to his second relationship.
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
