"JAG" (1995) TV series 1995-2005

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Creator:

Donald P. Bellisario

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Release Date:

23 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow JAG lawyers.

Plot Keywords:

Fighter Pilot | Lawyer | Navy | Justice | US Navy

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

David James Elliott	...	Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr. / ... (216 episodes, 1995-2005)
Catherine Bell	...	Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie / ... (195 episodes, 1996-2005)
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr. / ... (189 episodes, 1995-2005)
John M. Jackson	...	Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden / ... (176 episodes, 1996-2004)
Chuck Carrington	...	P.O. Jason Tiner / ... (103 episodes, 1997-2003)
Karri Turner	...	Lt. Harriet Sims / ... (95 episodes, 1997-2005)

Also Known As:

"JAG: Judge Advocate General" (Australia)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

Was picked up by CBS after being dropped by NBC for low ratings. Became a success soon after.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In several episodes, the show's writers confuse the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth and the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. The USP is a federal prison. The USDB is the military prison. On several occasions pictures of the USP are used to represent the Disciplinary Barracks.

Quotes:

Bud: [Bud mumbles then writes something down] Why are we in an interrogation room?
Special Agent Clayton Webb: Oh, this isn't a interrogation room. It's a reception room.
Bud: [Bud looks around and notices a mirror, goes over to the mirror and starts looking at it suspecting that there are other agents behind it]
Special Agent Clayton Webb: It's a mirror, lieutenant.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Man of the Year (2006)

Soundtrack:

Theme from JAG

Another superb Belisarius Production

I've always been a huge fan of Don Bellisario's creations, starting with 'Airwolf' (still my all-time favourite), and then 'Quantum Leap', but J.A.G. is really Don's excuse to get back to what he does best... military-based drama series (preferably with some big aerial toys to play with).

I loved the 1st Season of J.A.G. especially... the scripts and cast were at their best (with Andrea Parker - who later moved on to one of the main roles in 'The Prefender'), Tracey Needham and Andrea Thompson, but a network & cast change at the start of the 2nd Season brought about a slight watering down of the show [the same happened after the superb 1st Season of 'Airwolf'] increased the ratings - so much so, that by its current 1999-2000 5th Season, it is now a Top 20 Nielsen show.

The show has returned more to its action roots with the 4th and 5th Seasons, so I'm happy again.

Some of the 2nd & 3rd Season episodes are terrible though - including the one based in Northern Ireland, which was completely unrealistic. Like the Russian post above this one, the producers/writers of the show should visit other countries first before using every foreign stereotype they can come up with.

But, in the end, I still wouldn't miss this show (the only one I currently even make time to watch regularly) as it is, after all, a Belisarius Production!