This paper looks at the rise of judge TV as indicative of the changing use and status of the discourses of sobriety. After an introductory session on television and governance, it discusses how the role of moral authority in Judge TV compares with that of the talk-show. The final section establishes how judge TV can usefully be linked to other systems of justice which, although uncoordinated, also engage in the work of governance.
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