D’Amato Eyes Court Show

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Former Sen. Al D’Amato (R-N.Y.) hopes to become the next Judge Judy with plans to tape a pilot for a court show that would premiere in fall 2009.

The pilot will be shot by Twentieth Television, while Los Angeles-based talent agency Rebel Entertainment Partners packaged the project.

If the show goes forward, D’Amato joins not only a crowded court genre, but also a full development slate. Syndicators already have 10 talk shows in development for 2009, including shows featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz, Marie Osmond, T.D. Jakes and Valerie Bertinelli.

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Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.