"JAG" (1995) TV series 1995-2005

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:

Lawyer | Fighter Pilot | Navy | Acronym In Title | Aircraft Carrier

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 6 of 449)

David James Elliott	...	Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr. / ... (225 episodes, 1995-2005)
Catherine Bell	...	Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie / ... (206 episodes, 1996-2005)
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr. / ... (204 episodes, 1995-2005)
John M. Jackson	...	Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden / ... (183 episodes, 1996-2004)
Chuck Carrington	...	P.O. Jason Tiner / ... (103 episodes, 1997-2003)
Karri Turner	...	Lt. Harriet Sims / ... (100 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 (some episodes) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

"JAG" stands for "Judge Advocate General". The office of JAG is a part of the Navy, which according to their official website "provides legal and policy advice to the Secretary of the Navy in all legal matters concerning military justice, administrative law, environmental law, ethics, claims, admiralty, operational and international law, litigation and legal assistance."

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: [trying to apologize to Harriet] I don't want to look at naked breasts! I want to look at yours!
[long pause]
Bud: Excuse me, I think I'll go hang myself now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Man of the Year (2006)

Soundtrack:

Theme from JAG

Good show - need more like it.

It surprises me (assuming the show is reasonably accurate) how relatively little the Navy has changed since I got out of it 31 years ago. I assume the show gets some cooperation from the Navy, anyway it's worth watching. I have yet to see a bad episode. My only criticism is there is a tendency to wrap up an episode too quickly sometimes and there is too much time spent on romance and not enough on action (wow, I sound like I am about ten years old. Hmm.)