SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – After 25 seasons on the bench, Judge Judy is leaving the show.

In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres released Monday, Emmy Award-winning host/judge Judy Sheindlin revealed the news that the show’s upcoming 25th season would be its last.

Sheindlin says she’s working on a new TV series called “Judy Justice.”

The 25th and final season of “Judge Judy” will air through 2021.

Sheindlin said it will mark the show’s “silver anniversary” and that the final season will be “the best ever.”

The show first premiered in 1996.

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