John Waters Joins Court TV

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updated Sep 19, 2025

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<<"When he [Waters] pops up at the wedding scene that starts each show with his arch double entendres and mischievous gleam, the anticipation mounts and the danse macabre begins. But the show that follows offers rushed scenarios, flat characters and obvious twists—all hampered by its half-hour format," an article for The Associated Press claimed.

With scenarios like the one in which a husband kills his wife with one of the children's lunch boxes, the series does have its soap opera qualities, but Waters' presence helps to make it less hokey.

"I was a Court TV reporter for myself before there was Court TV," he told The Associated Press, "because I went to trials on my own."

"The only thing you can't get on Court TV is that you overhear stuff outside of the courtroom and in the elevators. Both sides have to leave the courtroom at the same time as the victims and the relatives and the relatives of the criminals," he continued. "And sometimes they accidentally get on the same elevator."
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Although he is only hosting the new Court TV show, Waters is more than happy to be a part of it. In fact, he said he is glad to be involved in something without it taking over his entire life.

According to The Associated Press, "Waters says the show's political incorrectness intrigues him. If it were a show about spoofing spousal abuse, he says, no one would go for it. But, somehow, murder is exempt. Simply by being there as the Groom Reaper, Waters says, 'I'm enabling you not to feel guilty about enjoying it.'"
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