Judge Judy is ending her show. What’s next for her — plus four more things to know.

Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy from her successful daytime TV show, has announced she is switching gears to a new series.

Next year’s 25th season of “Judge Judy” will be the last, and Sheindlin will soon have a new series called “Judy Justice,” according to “Entertainment Tonight.”

“I’ve had a 25-year-long marriage with CBS and it’s been successful,” she said on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ according to “ET.” ”Now they have 25 years of reruns. ...

“But I’m not tired, so ‘Judy Justice’ will be coming out a year later.”

How much money does Sheindlin make?

Sheindlin is the highest-paid TV show host, earning $147 million in 2018, according to Forbes. She sold the rights to her show’s massive library to CBS Television Distribution in 2017 for an estimated $100 million, CNBC reported.

In comparison, Ellen DeGeneres earned $87.5 million in 2018 and Dr. Phil McGraw made $77.5 million according to Forbes.

Sheindlin told The New York Times Magazine last year how she negotiates her contract every three years, and there isn’t much back and forth.

Sheindlin has dinner with the president of CBS Television Distribution, the magazine reported in 2019. She “writes down the salary she wants, seals it in an envelope and presents it at the end of the meal.”

“Once, a president presented her with his own envelope, which she refused to open: ‘This isn’t a negotiation,’ she told him,” the magazine reported.

How many episodes of ‘Judge Judy’ have there been?

The show is currently in its 24th season and the show surpassed 5,000 episodes in 2016, according to an article by the New York Post.

Her reign has helped her be named the Longest Running TV Judge by Guinness World Records

“Do I understand it? No. I don’t understand a lot of things going on today,” Sheindlin told the Post in 2015. I think it’s some sort of synergistic thing with America — something about plain-speak and linear thinking and getting from point A to point B.”

Sheindlin makes 260 episodes of the show each year, filming those across just 52 days, according to TheCinemaholic.

How many people watch “Judge Judy?”

The show has been TV’s highest-rated court program every year it has been on air and is the No. 1 syndicated program, averaging 10 million total viewers daily, Variety reported.

“Judge Judy” was the most-watched first-run syndicated show for 10 straight years, according to BroadcastingCable.com.

It had a household rating of 6.8 for the 2018-19 season, topping “Jeopardy” and “Family Feud,” according to Nielsen, TheWrap.com reported.

What did she do before she was a TV star?

From 1982 to 1996, Sheindlin served in the New York Family Court system, she told The New York Times Magazine. She was appointed to the court by former New York City Mayor Edward Koch, Yahoo reported.

The Los Angeles Times profiled Sheindlin in 1993, calling her a “tart, tough-talking judge”

She heard more than 20,000 cases after becoming a supervising judge in 1988, according to Yahoo.

What is “Judy Justice?”

Details for Sheindlin’s new show, “Judy Justice,” have not been disclosed. She told DeGeneres her show “will be going elsewhere” outside of CBS Television Distribution.

Her departure from “Judge Judy” is “perhaps the most seismic shift to happen in the syndication business since Oprah Winfrey announced her departure,” according to Variety.

This story was originally published March 2, 2020 at 11:31 AM.