American TV series or program
Swift Justice with Jackie Glass
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Starring
| Nancy Grace
(2010?2011)
Jackie Glass (2011?2012)
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Theme music composer
| Michael Cuneo (2010?2011)
Michael Egizi (2011?2012)
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Country of origin
| United States
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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Production locations
| Georgia Public Broadcasting
studios
Atlanta, Georgia (2010?2011)
Sunset Bronson Studios
Hollywood, California (2011?2012)
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Running time
| 30 minutes (including commercials)
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Production companies
| Swift Justice Productions, Inc.
(2010?2011)
(season 1)
Georgia Entertainment Industries
(2010?2011)
(season 1)
Big Ticket Television
(2011?2012)
(season 2)
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Network
| Syndicated
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Release
| September 13, 2010
(
2010-09-13
)
?
April 25, 2012
(
2012-04-25
)
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Swift Justice with Jackie Glass
(also known simply as
Swift Justice
and previously known as
Swift Justice with Nancy Grace
) is an
American
arbitration-based reality
court show
that was first hosted by
HLN
host and former
Fulton County, Georgia
prosecutor
Nancy Grace
for the first season, followed by former
Nevada Eighth District Court
/
Clark County
Judge Jackie Glass for the second and final season. It aired from September 13, 2010, to April 25, 2012. Syndicated by
CBS Television Distribution
, the program featured the traditional court show format of
small claims court
cases argued in the forum of
binding arbitration
.
Swift Justice
had a different format from other court shows such as
Judge Judy
,
Judge Mathis
,
Divorce Court
, and
Judge Joe Brown
.
In the first season when
Nancy Grace
was the adjudicator, the usual "panel/seal/bench" setting of a traditional court show was not used, as the show used a more modern setting, including an open
lectern
where Grace stood rather than sat, a large projection display in the studio, and a set mainly fitted with brightly colored backgrounds, with no bar separating the audience gallery (who sat in the round along the edges of the set) from the litigants.
In the first season, the program used elements to allow on side or the other to prove their case such as handwriting, blood spatter exams, and two of the other elements used on
Swift Justice
were elements used on tabloid talk shows such as
The Steve Wilkos Show
and
Maury
which are DNA tests and lie detector tests.
Like most court shows,
Swift Justice
aired on TV stations affiliated with
FOX
,
MyNetworkTV
,
The CW
, and scattered on
ABC
,
NBC
, and
CBS
affiliates in smaller markets.
In the first season, the program was shot at the studios of
Georgia Public Broadcasting
(GPB) in
Atlanta
to accommodate Grace wanting to stay in the Atlanta area, and CBS received subsidies from the
Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office
to do so; both GPB and the Georgia Film Office received end credits for their assistance in the program. In May 2011 however, the program began to film instead at
Sunset Bronson Studios
in
Hollywood, California
, forcing Grace to commute to Los Angeles for cases.
On May 24, 2011, it was announced that Jackie Glass, known for presiding over the
O. J. Simpson robbery case
in
Las Vegas
, would replace Grace on
Swift Justice
, and the show would move production to Los Angeles.
[1]
Grace told the
New York Post
that family obligations were the deciding factor in her departure.
[2]
In the course of the move, the program came under the production authority of
Big Ticket Television
, which produces
Judge Judy
and
Judge Joe Brown
, and was reduced from being transmitted in
high definition
to being filmed in
standard definition
and became a more traditional court show, likely as filming took place in the same studio as the latter programs with a different set; those shows had not yet switched to HD for that season. Another element of the program, which used
Polycom
and
Skype
video from litigant's homes to adjudicate some cases via webcam to reduce travel costs, was also dropped for the second season.
Swift Justice
was cancelled due to low ratings near the end of the second season. The final original episode aired on April 25, 2012, with repeats continuing until September 2012.
Swift Justice
was also available on the free streaming service,
Pluto TV
, from April 2021 to March 2023.
Until 2023
Swift Justice
aired on
Ion Mystery
.
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