Bad Judge

This new NBC comedy drama "Bad Judge" is a little outrageous and far out for the way it shows the life of a professional woman, as really most judges probably don't live like this. Anyway it has Kate Walsh as Rebecca Wright a hard partying, hard living, outspoken Los Angeles, California judge who marches to the beat of her own drum. The series focus is on how Rebecca balances her life and cases all within the criminal court justice system. And plus the show does showcase the hard love life of Rebecca's as it's sex charged with sleeping around and one night stands plus it's a treat to see the Kate Walsh character of Rebecca wearing plenty and many sexy colored bras! Overall a series that doesn't take itself to serious, anyway it's one to watch for outrageous fun and it's a plus to see the sexy Kate Walsh.

Now that Bad teacher is canceled you can watch Bad Judge instead!

It's a show about a sexually liberal woman who happens to be a ...judge! She has sex in her office (and everywhere else), she uses the court's bailiff to dispose her used pregnancy test, and...well..you can imagine the rest.

The premise is impossible, so it's all about how funny it actually is.

Will Ferrel serves as an executive producer so you can understand the type of jokes you get with this. After you get pass the "she is a judge" part there ain't so many jokes to have fun with. With these professional comedians it feels more like a sketch of "Funny or die" or something.

Of course the good (erase that) bad judge has also a big heart. Like bad teacher (the series) if you ever were watching the show. She cares about the children of the people who gets behind bars.

Overall: Not bad bad. But I think the premise will worn out pretty quick.

Judge Rebecca Wright (Kate Walsh) is a sexually-promiscuous hard-partying highly-inappropriate drunken single woman. She is not bound by the rules to the dismay of her superior Judge Hernandez (Miguel Sandoval). She has an on-and-off hookup with medical expert Dr. Gary Boyd (Ryan Hansen). Her best friend is her bailiff Tedward Mulray (Tone Bell). Tom Barlow (John Ducey) is the stuck up prosecutor.

I like Kate Walsh especially in this brash character. I would have liked it more if she is even more inappropriate. The rest seems to be stuck on together in a random sitcom bull session. The first episode has a kid that seems so important but then they abandoned him. This being a network show. She has to have a heart of gold. This just makes this feel like an edgy show that got networktized. It feels old and tired before it even gets started.

This show is entirely underrated. It's a pretty original story line that contains good humor, it doesn't talk down to the viewer and or play on the same torn up romantic comedy like the new show A to Z. It baffles me that Bad Judge is rated lower than A to Z. I probably wouldn't entirely give it a 9/10, but as the rating is an average, it needs higher ratings, because it better not get canceled after one season. It also has a spectacular underlying theme that the justice system is flawed. It can be very difficult to provide help, (although an entirely different conversation.) It is a nice concept to see a caped (or robed) crusader who doesn't have her life together but doesn't mess around when it comes to work. Who has her own flaws but her secret selflessness and appreciation for the positive points of the law constantly overshadow her fun loving ways.

We've seen a Bad Santa and a Bad Teacher. Now we have "Bad Judge", perhaps an ill-titled show that is really funny. It seems many viewers rejected this show after viewing the first episode--a common mistake. Rebecca Wright is much more than the bed-hopping, careless woman many saw in the pilot.

As we discover, there is something she desires more than pleasure--it's justice, even at the cost of bending the rules (of law, society or order). She not only flaunts the rules of propriety; she flaunts the common, unspoken rules of society, like "go along with the crowd" and "don't rock the boat". That makes her a rebel, but she has a cause.

She also has a remarkable track record--in law school, as an attorney, and (in the eyes of her managing judge) on the bench.

She also happens to be damn funny and quite attractive. This is "New Girl" but with a more traditional comic style, featuring punch lines more that odd behavior. From what I have read, this show is being cancelled, but I am a fan of Kate Walsh now.

How can so many people watch Judge Judy--a totally unfunny woman with very little civility in her nature--when there's a Judge Wright who is hilarious, compassionate and surrounded by other actors who are funny in their own wrights?