Judge Alex is a United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 syndicated courtroom television show

Judge show

A judge show features small claims court cases which the parties have agreed to have adjudicated in a simulation of a small claims court. In reality, because the forum is merely a television studio and not a real court of law, what is depicted is actually a form of arbitration...

 that debuted September 12, 2005. The host/arbitrator is the Hon. Alex Ferrer

Alex Ferrer

Alex Ferrer is an American judge who hosts the television series Judge Alex.-Childhood & early adulthood:Ferrer was born in Havana, Cuba but emigrated to the United States with his family when a year old. At age 15, Alex landed a part-time job as a gas-station attendant; by his senior year of high...

, a former police officer, lawyer, and Florida judge. The show was produced in Houston

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

 at the television studios of Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

's KRIV

KRIV

KRIV, channel 26, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox, located in Houston, Texas. KRIV is co-owned with MyNetworkTV affiliate KTXH...

 (Channel 26), as was previously done with predecessor show Texas Justice

Texas Justice

Katherine Levine a now Broadcasting Professor at Montclair State University, was the Producer and creator of the show.Texas Justice is a syndicated television program in the U.S. In the program, cases were judged by Larry Joe Doherty, and the program was recorded at the studios of Fox station KRIV...

. (The opening credits depict Ferrer in front of the Pasadena (TX) City Hall.) The show was brought to Twentieth Television, the syndication arm of Fox, by Executive Producers Burt Wheeler and Sharon Sussman.