
Many popular court shows are on TV. How can the genre improve? How about using a three-judge panel? That's the concept of "Hot Bench," created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. After hearing each case, the judges discuss it among themselves before rendering a verdict. The show's title comes from a term describing a court action in which a judge frequently interrupts lawyers with questions.

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Many popular court shows are on TV. How can the genre improve? How about using a three-judge panel? That's the concept of "Hot Bench," created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. After hearing each case, the judges discuss it among themselves before rendering a verdict. The show's title comes from a term describing a court action in which a judge frequently interrupts lawyers with questions.

A woman says her roommate always found excuses not to pay utilities, while he says he always drove her around and paid for other expenses.

A student says his scuba instructor vanished before completing his certification training; the instructor says he paused for mental health reasons, has a "no refund" policy and offered options to finish the training until the student became hostile; watch the judges plunge into who really caused this to go off the deep end.

A woman covers her friend's ex for a Jamaican getaway, but the return payments never seem to arrive; she says he promised installments; he says she struck the deal with his ex, not him. It's a beach-bound bicker fest over borrowed bucks!