Randy Douthit Achievements as an Executive Producer
Between 1970 and 1978, Randy Douthit was a producer at King Broadcasting in Seattle. Between 1978 and 1981, he worked as a producer at ABC in New York City. Furthermore, he worked as an executive producer at Cables News Network in Washington (1981 – 1991) and Warner Brothers in Los Angeles (1991 – 1993). Douthit was also an executive producer at Quincy Jones Enterprises in Los Angeles (1993) and Home Box Office in Los Angeles (1994). Currently, he is an executive producer at New World Entertainment in Los Angeles and New York City. He has been working there since 1995.
Being a producer and executive producer at various companies has enabled Randy Douthit to work on lots of exciting TV shows. One of these is Judge Joe Brown, which was first aired in 1997. Other TV series he has worked on are Jenny Jones (1991 – 2003), Larry King Live (1985 – 2010), What is This Generation? (1979 – 1980), Judge Judy (1996 – 2021), Crossfire (1982 – 2014), Wavelength (1992 – 1993), Hot Bench (2014 -), The Jesse Jackson Show (1990 -), and Washington Dialogue (1984 -). Although he has worked on lots of shows, Douthit is best known for being the producer of Judy Justice.
The first season of Judy Justice was launched on November 2021. It was an instant success, as it topped IMDb TV in both hours watched and streams. Judge Judy Sheindlin tells Variety that she was over the moon and could not be happier with the reception of Judy Justice in streaming. According to Variety, the initial episodes of the show got 25 million viewing hours. Now Judy Justice has been picked up for a second season on IMDb TV.
Like other industries, filmmaking was massively affected by the pandemic. Lots of programs were forced to postpone filming, and the ones that went ahead had to adapt to the new normal. Douthit was affected too despite his experience as an executive producer. At one point, he had to work remotely. Regardless of all these, Douthit still managed to deliver. He had to do 120 episodes in just three months. Understandably, he says this was a lot, but again, everyone had to roll up their sleeves to make sure the job was done.