ABC is letting Steve Harvey lead his own unscripted courtroom comedy
The court is in session for ABC's new comedy with the working title Judge Steve Harvey
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Actor, comedian, host, and overall TV personality Steve Harvey is expanding his long list of gigs to now include being a judge for an unscripted reality series on ABC. The network announced during the 2021 Television Critics Association’s summer press tour that it has given the green light for a 10-episode courtroom comedy starring Harvey, with the working title of Judge Steve Harvey.
He will be the judge and jury of this one-hour primetime unscripted show, which will see him welcome a variety of conflicts and unique characters into his courtroom. Harvey will attempt to fix a range of problems, from small claims and big disputes to everything in between. To no one’s surprise, Harvey will play by his own rules, basing his courtroom on his own life experiences and, according to the official press release, “some good old common sense.” Hey, if it’s anything like Harvey’s hosting gig during the 2015 Miss Universe pageant when he announced the wrong winner, at least we know his new show will be entertaining at best.
The former stand-up comedian is no stranger to leading his own reality shows. He currently hosts Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, as well as The Steve Harvey Morning Show and Steve On Watch. He also continues to host the Miss Universe pageants. Maybe the bigger question isn’t how this show exists, but how Harvey has the time to even work on it. The six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner has also launched his own production company called Steve Harvey Global.
Hailing from Harvey himself, Judge Steve Harvey is produced by Den of Thieves in association with Walt Disney Television’s newly formed alternative unit. Casting is currently underway and the show is expected to roll out sometime in 2022.
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Shouldn’t he be hosting Divorce Court?
How many poor Persian rugs perished so Harvey could sport the jacket in that photo? If Muammar Gaddafi or Idi Amin had decided to head up their own game show I feel like their wardrobe would be pretty similar.
Mock it all you want, but at the end of the day he can take it off and ride it home.
Well done, I literally lol’d.
I was just saying the other day how what we need is another court show! This can’t miss.
I can’t wait for him to lead the participants into saying the word “penis” and then act shocked when they do.
You lost me at “ABC is letting Steve Harvey lead his own unscripted courtroom comedy”
The real crime the court should examine is letting this punk ass, self involved, dollar tree suit wearing, talentless, narcissist dickweed host anything, ever.
If this is successful, I wouldn’t be surprised if Harvey uses it to cut down on his Family Feud tapings. While he seems to be refreshed and energized during Celebrity, he looks utterly bored on regular Feud half the time.
How can someone who hates Asians dress like that?
That jacket is an unscripted tragedy.
Well this could be a short show. Steve can just ask them if they are an atheist at the beginning of each case, and if they say “Yes” then they must be guilty because he doesn’t believe any atheist can be a good person. Maybe he can fill the remaining time by joking around again about how no one wants to have sex with Asian men. Or he could just tell us again how women be shoppin’ and men just want to watch the game in peace.Fuck Steve Harvey. Once again I reiterate my hope that he actually hates doing most of these gigs but he can’t resist the money, and that every moment in front of the camera is sucking away fragments of whatever soul he has left.
yuck
Waitaminute, I just noticed the caption on that picture… the 2019 Miss Universe contest? They brought him back after he infamously fucked up announcing the 2015 winner? Damn, is Steve Harvey actually white and I didn’t know? Because its rare to see incompetence and mediocrity rewarded this handsomely in America for anyone who isn’t a shitty white guy. Steve Harvey, trailblazer for shitty black guys everywhere.
Great, a show about a shithead with no moral compass or capacity for reasoning making judgment calls. Make it a show about him going to prison and staying there and I’ll watch it.
The Good Fight currently has Mandy Patinkin doing this (although not as himself, but as a non-celebrity character who starts out doing it on his own and eventually gets it turned into a reality show that is bankrolled by a rich guy and produced by a streaming service guy who is played by Wayne Brady.)What I’m saying is, if they are going to do something like this, Mandy Patinkin would be much more fun to watch instead of mysoginistic Steve Harvey.