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All rise — here comes Judge Weepner |
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Written by Angela Mosconi and Michelle Caruso, MCT
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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Judge Wapner was firm and fair, Judge Judy is tough as nails. But when Judge Larry Seidlin gets his own courtroom show, they better put a big box of tissues on the bench.
Seidlin, the weepy Florida judge who presided over the fight over where to bury Anna Nicole Smith, has inked a deal to develop a 2008 show with CBS Television Distribution and is slated to film a pilot in L.A. next month, Broadcasting & Cable magazine reported on its Web site.
The Bronx-born jurist is leaving his court job after spending a week in Hollywood meeting with TV execs in search of a deal. His last day on the bench is July 31, according to his letter of resignation.
Seidlin, a former New York cabbie, was coy Tuesday when asked if he has a future on the tube. "We don't know. There's a lot of things we'll explore," he said as he was leaving his chambers with his 6-year-old daughter in tow.
When pressed about his TV plans, he turned to his daughter, Dax, and said: "What do you think, my little one? Do you want to see me on TV? Do you want to be on TV with me?"
"Yes," the pigtailed girl said.
Seidlin, 57, got the spotlight last February when he cried on the bench during the televised battle over who would get custody of Smith's body. In the end, he punted the decision to a legal guardian for Smith's baby, Dannielynn. The guardian worked out a plan to bury the ex-Playboy Playmate in the Bahamas.
In a Los Angeles court Tuesday, a probate judge appointed Smith's longtime lawyer, Howard K. Stern, executor of her will. Larry Birkhead, the father of 9-month-old Dannielynn, was appointed guardian of the child's estate.
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