Judge Judy Sheindlin, the most popular personality on US day-time television, has extended her contract for three years to keep her court in session into 2020.

CBS Television Distribution did not discuss the terms of the deal but TV Guide has reported 72-year-old Judge Sheindlin’s current salary at $47 million a year, making her the highest-paid personality on US television.

The new deal also gives CBS first look at any projects by Sheindlin’s production company, which makes the new court show Hot Bench.

Judge Judy is now in its 19th season. It averages more than 10 million viewers an episode, and has topped the daytime television ratings for the past five years.

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