WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/02/07 -- In a first for syndicated television, the much-anticipated new original series, "JURY DUTY" (http://www.juryduty.tv), a half-hour syndicated television program with three celebrity jurors and Judge Bruce Cutler, has summoned the celebrities and is now taping at Dole Studios in Westlake Village.

Charismatic, savvy and opinionated, Bruce Cutler holds court as presiding Judge over real-life small claims court cases on the brand new celebrity courtroom series "JURY DUTY," giving celebrities, who normally get out of jury duty because of their public status, their day in court.

Judge Bruce Cutler brings his trademark tough wit and wisdom to the half-hour series that takes viewers inside a television courtroom where justice is dispensed with a deliberating celebrity jury. "Bruce Cutler, in typical style, pulls no punches. It is very rare for a practicing lawyer to talk with the kind of candor he does," said Vincent Dymon, creator and executive producer of "JURY DUTY."

Currently serving as defense attorney for music producer Phil Spector in Los Angeles and having made a name for himself as a tough defense attorney for John Gotti in New York, Bruce Cutler has hopped onto the bench and into television to host the syndicated series premiering across the country on Monday, September 17, 2007.

"This is a terrific way to get an audience to really understand how to handle a dispute and find great entertainment at the same time," said Dymon. "The shooting is going great and Judge Cutler is excited to be with the celebrities on the show."

The show opens with each celebrity being caught off guard as they are served a notice to show up for jury duty on the show wherever they are. Once in the courtroom, the Judge reads the complaint and questions the litigants. The litigants each argue their side. Unlike other court shows, "JURY DUTY's" three celebrity jurors will be allowed to ask questions of the litigants. Once the arguments have been presented, the three celebrity jurors go into a deliberation room where we see their true personalities come out. The audience gets to observe the celebrities' heated and often irreverent deliberations regarding the case while the jurors try to come up with a unanimous verdict. If they cannot reach one, Judge Cutler will render the final verdict and award damages. After court is adjourned, celebrity reactions to the decision are taken. Each set of celebrities serve on five separate court cases and therefore will be rendering verdicts on five separate shows that will be aired randomly throughout the season.

The cases on "JURY DUTY" (http://www.juryduty.tv) are actual small-claims court cases and Judge Cutler operates according to the principles of the legal mediation system.

Cutler, the son of a detective turned lawyer, resolved his choice of profession early in life and plunged headlong into the tumultuous and at times surreal world of the New York legal system. Cutler was an aggressive, tireless assistant D.A. in Brooklyn; he switched sides and became a fiercely dedicated defense attorney.

Cutler has appeared in the Robert DeNiro and Ed Burns thriller, "15 Minutes," where he played a defense attorney named Bruce Cutler. He also had his own interview TV show on the Court TV network entitled "Cutler and Hayes" in which he and attorney Ed Hayes discussed criminal cases and current events.

"JURY DUTY" (http://www.juryduty.tv) is the first show to be sold in syndication in the U.S. and to the foreign markets prior to airing in domestic syndication.

For additional information, contact:
Vincent Dymon
818-597-4051