The takeoff on daytime syndicated court shows has Judge Lovitz presiding over and ruling on real cases . Variety says the tagline is: "The cases are real. The decision is final. The judge is nuts."

The idea sounds a lot like Judge Buddy's Comedy Court, an unscripted laughfest starring Buddy Hackett-- and it sounds a little like Judge Joan with Joan Rivers-- two projects that Judge Judy creator (and current Cristina's Court executive producer) Peter Brennan was involved in few years back. But at least Lovitz is still alive--and, unlike Rivers, his face moves.

Among Bad Judge's executive producers is Jamie Tarses, the model for Amanda Peet's character on the SNL-inspired drama, Studio 60 on The Sunset Strip.

(Speaking of "Bad," the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence blockbuster, Bad Boys, was originally written for Lovitz and Dana Carvey; SNL vet Bill Murray was set to play the lead in Bad Santa but dropped out because of Lost in Translation-- and last week's SNL... was bad.)

--Tabloid Baby