4 7 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 8 ▁shows , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁ratings ▁for ▁that ▁week , ▁with ▁ 9 . 2 ▁million ▁view ers ▁( 1 6 % ▁share ), ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁cancel led ▁two ▁months ▁after ▁it ▁premier ed . ▁One ▁critic ▁described ▁the ▁show ▁as ▁" a ▁hop eless ▁am alg am ▁that ▁stra ins ▁the ▁sens es ". ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁Cour th ouse ▁is ▁a ▁TV ▁drama ▁with ▁lots ▁of ▁sex ▁and ▁violence ; ▁it ▁follows ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁jud ges ▁and ▁law y ers ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁staff ▁at ▁a ▁big - city ▁cour th ouse ▁in ▁fict ional ▁Clark ▁County . ▁The ▁court ▁has ▁a ▁limited ▁budget ▁and ▁an ▁over c row ded ▁case ▁load , ▁and ▁the ▁cour th ouse ▁itself ▁is ▁falling ▁into ▁dis rep air . ▁ ▁The ▁court ▁is ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁no - n ons ense ▁pres iding ▁judge , ▁Just ine ▁Park es . ▁Then , ▁amid ▁all ▁the ▁tur mo il , ▁Wy att ▁Jackson , ▁a ▁h unk y ▁new ▁judge , ▁arriv es ▁from ▁Mont ana . ▁He ▁gets ▁off ▁to ▁a ▁sh ak y ▁start ▁with ▁Park es ▁as ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁used ▁to ▁the ▁way ▁big - city ▁courts ▁are ▁run , ▁but ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁hint ▁of ▁rom antic ▁t ension ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁rom antic ▁cou pl ings ▁among ▁the ▁staff , ▁including ▁an ▁inter ra cial ▁coupling ▁of ▁two ▁pro sec