Kids' Court is a children's television/nontraditional court show aired by Nickelodeon. First airing on September 10, 1988 and ending in 1989, it was hosted by actor Paul Provenza. It claimed to utilize grievances made by children mailed to the studio. Each side of a grievance would be represented by a child in the audience. The "Judge-o-meter" would measure the decibels of the screaming, cheering children, and the side that generated the most screaming and cheering would win.