Larry Seldlin, the judge overseeing the Anna Nicole Smith custody battle and recognized for his courtroom antics is set to star in a new television show being carried by Mighty Oak Entertainment. The show will utilize psychics, mediums, tarot card readers, and other dabblers in extra sensory perception in order to gain new insight into the cases brought before him. But before the judge gets his chance on the bench, will audiences judge the show and predict a phony failure?
The show’s site claims Psychic Court will have the usual consideration of evidence as the foundation for its rulings, but it will include readings from psychics to be considered in case outcomes. Psychics will be encouraged to accompany the plaintiffs and defendants prior to the proceedings and get impressions of the circumstances that would otherwise not find their way into the proceedings.
Is this yet another show trying to capitalize on widespread interest in the paranormal? Will mediums attempt to make contact with the disembodied spirits of deceased individuals involved in the case such as (for example) the deceased plaintiff’s mother or a dead uncle of the defendant? The show’s site claims it will utilize various means of contacting the energies surrounding a given case, letting psychics bring forth evidence that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Is there an ethical problem with using the names of deceased relatives in a courtroom drama for the purpose of profit even if it is in the name of justice? With psychics already beginning to find themselves increasingly utilized by the judicial branch, how likely is it that this show could seriously impeded the seriousness such abilities are perceived to carry with them? The likelihood of Hollywood hokeyness seems fairly high in this case with the show’s producers already scrambling to gain publicity off Anna Nicole Smith’s death by hiring Larry Seldlin to head the show. It seems fairly likely that a serious inquiry into matters of a paranormal nature are not the purpose of this show. Having seen shows of its nature, it seems likely to be destined for daytime television with reruns showing in the middle of the night.
No network is known to have picked up the show yet, however. But with the high turnover rate of shows of its kind, it seems possible it could be picked up by any number of stations at some point in the future. And with the success of ghost hunting shows and others involving the paranormal, it seems it wouldn’t take a psychic to predict this show could see the airwaves before too long. And while some may be entertained by the continuing antics of this psychic oriented television show, it isn’t expected to yield any real new information on paranormal matters or give much insight into the world of psychics.
Has psychic ability been reduced once again to a parlor trick to entertain rather than a tool that warrants further study? If it is, then this show may be yet another nail in the coffin for the reemerging spiritualist movement.