Editing Judge Mathis (section)

===COVID-19 precautionary updates for season 22===
Like most [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States|television program seasons premiering in the fall of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic]], ''Judge Mathis'' was forced to enter into a new season (its 22nd) in resourceful fashion. As ''Judge Mathis'' cases were pre-taped well in advance of airing for editing purposes, the program had to shoot cases during the height of the pandemic.

Unlike other courtroom programs, Greg Mathis, Doyle, the litigators and the audience all initially presented in person (as opposed to virtually). That being said, by September 7, 2020, when the series premiered its 22nd season, there were a host of on-set precautionary measures in place: a significantly depopulated courtroom audience; all members of the audience widely distanced from one another; all audience members wearing clear plastic face shields; Bailiff Doyle wearing a disposable surgical face mask; a structure bearing a large window placed between Judge Mathis and his litigators; etc. In this manner, Mathis and his litigators all remained unmasked throughout the court proceedings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swartz |first1=Tracy |title=Movies and TV shows can film again in Illinois — with limits — after shutdown for coronavirus |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-tv-film-chicago-coronavirus-phase-four-20200622-gccgqdvkrff23dtlctny3zy4la-story.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |work=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>

These COVID-19 measures were later updated that same season: the litigants, along with their witnesses if necessary, presented testimony from remote locations through [[webcam]]. Video monitors were set up in Mathis's courtroom on the litigant podiums. Mathis himself along with Baliff Doyle presented to the courtroom in person, however.<ref>{{cite news |title=Judge Mathis |url=https://judgemathistv.com/  |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=JudgeMathistv.com}}</ref>