The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2009, but was never renewed and ended production that same year with the final episode airing on May 14, 2009 and reruns continuing until early September.
In interviews with Showbiz Tonight and Access Hollywood the following day Reynolds says that this was the first time that she experienced an earthquake, then joked about it by saying she was ready to "Shake up" courtroom TV shows.
Before her appointment to the bench in 2000, she served as Executive Counsel to Georgia's Governor, where she was the first African American to hold such a position.
While in seminary school, she was soon approached by 44 Blue Productions to host her own daily, half-hour, internationally syndicated television show, Family Court with Judge Penny.
from Georgia State University College of Law and a master's degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center, graduating first in her class with highest honors.
She has founded a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, the Judge Penny Brown Reynolds Foundation Inc., for the purpose of restoring families and empowering women and young people.