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''Divorce Court'' is an American nontraditional court show that revolves around settling the disputes of couples going through divorces. The current edition of ''Divorce Court'' premiered in September 1999, is conducted as an arbitration-based reality court show, and is presided over by Lynn Toler, a former municipal court judge from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The series is currently produced by Lincolnwood Drive, Inc. and distributed by 20th Television. Each edition of ''Divorce Court'' has aired in syndication, and with a total of thirty-five seasons spread across its three incarnations it is one of the longest-running syndicated television programs of all time. ''Divorce Court'' holds the record for longest running court show of all time, leading the second place show ''The People's Court'' by five years. On September 8, 2015, ''Divorce Court'' entered its 36th season, marking the 17th season of its current production life. On April 9, 2014, ''Divorce Court'' was renewed for two more seasons, taking it into 2016–17.〔 == Overview == Prior to the premiere of the currently running version, all of the previous incarnations of ''Divorce Court'' were presented in the form of dramatic reenactments of real-life divorce cases. The first ''Divorce Court'' series began airing in 1957 and ran until 1962, to be revived in 1967 for an additional two-season run. The first two versions starred actor Voltaire Perkins in the role of jurist, with Colin Male as the court reporter. In its first year ''Divorce Court'' aired locally in Los Angeles on independent station KTTV as a weekly, live, one-hour program. In 1958 KTTV began recording ''Divorce Court'' on Ampex videotape and syndicated the program nationally; ''Divorce Court'' was the first American television program to be distributed through the then-new, revolutionary technology. Production resumed in the fall of 1967 following a five-year hiatus, this time as a half-hour daily series recorded in color. This second series of ''Divorce Court'' ended in 1969, though reruns continued to be offered to some stations throughout the early 1970s. A revival began in 1985 and featured retired Supreme Court of California judge William B. Keene as the presiding jurist and former game show host Jim Peck as court reporter (replaced in 1989 by former ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' star Martha Smith). This edition ran until 1992, with reruns airing on the USA Network during the early 1990s. When the reality-based current edition began in 1999, former Los Angeles prosecutor Mablean Ephriam was chosen to preside. Ephriam lasted until the end of the 2005–06 season when former ''Power of Attorney'' jurist Toler took over. The twentieth season, which began the show's third and present version, debuted in September 1999, by which time court shows across the board had made a transition to a format involving former judges or attorneys legitimately arbitrating over actual small claims cases (a trend first introduced by ''The People's Court'' and heavily popularized by the ratings success of ''Judge Judy''). Following its counterparts, ''Divorce Court'' was reformatted accordingly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Divorce Court」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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