At first, some fans believed it to be a belated April Fools Day prank.
Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh is known for being many things: a conservative media pundit. A best-selling children’s book author. A documentary filmmaker. A movie star. Theocratic fascist. Also, “Transphobe of the Year (2022).”
But when Walsh announced his new arbitration-based reality courtroom comedy, “JUDGED by Matt Walsh,” his followers found the news almost unbelievable. Some are still questioning the existence of the series. But the wisest fans among them can easily see that Matt Walsh judging the masses for their petty grievances by ascending the bench makes perfect sense. It’s something he’s been doing for years anyway, so why not make it official?
“JUDGED” asks participants and viewers one crucial question: “Have you ever been mildly inconvenienced?” If, as it usually is, the answer is yes, hilarity ensues as Walsh hands down verdicts with his trademark deadpan humor. The podcast host won’t be sugarcoating any observations or letting anyone off the hook for their bad behavior.
In Walsh’s “JUDGED” courtroom, pleading for mercy leads to harsher punishments and flimsy excuses only serve to hurt your case. Real-time litigants bring Walsh their small claims with the hope of earning his sympathy. Anyone who’s listened to his daily podcast or follows Walsh on Twitter knows they’re bound to leave disappointed.
Sometimes the truth hurts, but that doesn’t make it any less necessary to hear. Walsh is one of the few media figures who’s unafraid to call a spade a spade — or to call a man who identifies as a woman, a man. The podcast host’s 2022 documentary “What is a Woman?” tackled a serious topic by delivering humor, sanity, and above all else, truth just by asking a simple question.
“JUDGED” takes fans on a similar journey to the truth while exploring petty yet relevant topics from everyday life.
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With the no-nonsense approach of Judge Judy Sheindlin, the wisdom of King Solomon, and the deadpan delivery that’s all his own, the Honorable Matt Walsh will delight audiences with his astute judgment calls.
He never graduated from law school or even attended college, but that’s what makes the “JUDGED” experience even more fun. Walsh is a judge of the people and for the people. It doesn’t get much more authentic than that.
The Emmy Award-winning series “Judge Judy” was the highest Nielsen-rated court show for the entirety of its 25-year run in original episodes. The daytime mainstay often ranked as the highest-rated television broadcast in daytime television and syndication. There’s a reason for that: Judge Judy did not suffer any fools. She was both empathetic and realistic, seeing right through wild excuses and getting to the heart of every case. Fans loved her for it. Those same fans need to become acquainted with Judge Walsh.
Walsh trends on X several times per month for simply stating his opinion or making an obvious observation about a situation. He’s known for saying the things everyone is thinking but has been conditioned to never say. Now, from high up on the bench, Judge Walsh will turn his opinions into legally binding decisions.
The new series will premiered last night with the first episodes now streaming for free on DailyWire+, X, Facebook, and YouTube.
New episodes of “JUDGED” will drop weekly on Tuesdays, exclusively on DailyWire+.
See you in the courtroom.
