"If I were the City of Providence, I would ask myself why this family has [potentially] been able to make millions and millions of dollars using city facilities and a city office, and the City of Providence hasn't received a dime." (City Council spokesman Parker Gavigan confirmed that the city receives no revenue from "Caught in Providence," according to the city finance department.”

Um. Why aren’t the PEOPLE who are in court, the subjects of the show, the entire reason the show can exist- why aren’t THEY entitled to compensation???

Don’t care, sorry.

They almost certainly sign that away with a waiver.

I guess they figured they received their compensation when he waived the fines they owed or reduced drastically.

These judge/court shows usually either agree to pay all fines and costs for both parties as compensation.

That’s exploitation then.

Doesn’t make it non-exploitative.

It kinda does when you’re under no obligation to sign it. You could just have a regular hearing for the traffic violation that brought you there in the first place.

I don't think this is really comparable to most of the other Judge shows. Most of the famous ones people would think of aren't real active judges in real courtrooms. It's just a staged thing where the participants are basically paid to be on a 1 episode arc of a "reality" show.

This is just extra TV equipment being set up at real traffic court with Caprio as a real judge (up until now). This whole thing started because he's retiring for that and looking for an emeritus status where he's no longer a real judge but he can still come in and preside over cases to film.