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Star Jonesis headed back to the courtroom.
Jones, a former New York City homicide prosecutor and current attorney, will preside over all the cases that get brought to mediation onDivorce Court, ranging from divorce proceedings to other domestic disputes.
Star Jones.Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Getty
Stephen Brown, Executive Vice President of Programming and Development for Fox First Run and Fox Television Stations, also expressed his excitement over the news.
“We’ve been very lucky to have had exceptionally talented judges helm ‘Divorce Court.’ Beginning next season, Star Jones will bring her life experiences, her knowledge as a litigator, and her forceful personality to that storied bench,” he said in a statement. “She aspires to make the show more meaningful, more interactive, and more impactful for the couples and we can’t wait.”
Jones comes to the court show with a plethora of experience in the courtroom and on television.
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Jones' is now the fourth host ofDivorce Court’s current run. (The show has “lived three lives in first-run syndication: from 1957 to 1969, from 1985 to 1992, and the current iteration, since 1999,” according toits website.)
Judge Mablean Ephriam was the first person to host the current run and remained on the program from 1999 until 2006, when Lynn Toler assumed hosting responsibilities.
Toler then took on the role for another 13 years until March 2020 when it was announced thatJenkins would be taking over.Her episodes were taped last year and will continue to run until Jones begins her hosting gig in September, according toDeadline.
source: people.com
