A full confession: As much as we love TV's long-running legal eagles, you can only live on Judge Wapner's Animal Court for so long. Thankfully, studios are trying harder than ever to court viewers this fall, with a slew of new syndicated law shows hoping to pass the ratings bar. Herewith, we present three of the season's newest defendants.
YOUR HONOR: CURTIS COURT (Premiering Sept. 11) starring Judge James Curtis
CASE IN POINT: Former lovers feud over a set of tires, and the teary-eyed woman
is told by her ex that their relationship was for ''screwing
only.''
BENCH BITES: Curtis is master of shocked looks and stern dressings-down: ''I
find your credibility severely lacking.''
BREAKOUT BAILIFF: Buff and hunky flunky Anthony Pasquin
THE VERDICT: Springer with a robe — and with cheaper sets.
YOUR HONOR: JUDGE HATCHETT (Premiering Sept. 11) starring Judge Glenda
Hatchett
CASE IN POINT: A schemer refuses to pay for collect calls made to his ex,
tastefully noting: ''All I wanted, your honor, was a piece of
butt.''
BENCH BITES: ''I think that you are a no-good, jive-ass, trifling man,'' barks
Hatchett.
BREAKOUT BAILIFF: Gruff ''Stone Cold'' Steve Austin look-alike Tom O'Riordan
THE VERDICT: Hatchett's Judge Judy-like tone could make this a not-
so-guilty pleasure.
YOUR HONOR: MORAL COURT (Premiering Oct. 2) starring Judge Larry Elder
CASE IN POINT: Two roommates argue whether they should report their building's
free cable hookup.
BENCH BITES: Compares honest roomie's principles to Muhammad Ali's refusal to
serve in Vietnam: ''We should be applauding [her].''
BREAKOUT BAILIFF: Little-seen chamber stud Russell Brown
THE VERDICT: While Elder is Geraldo-smooth, the aggressively vocal audience
could prove too trying for viewers.
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