View source for JAG (TV series)

{{Short description|American legal drama television series (1995–2005)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = JAG title.svg
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Action television|Action]]
* [[Crime drama|Crime]]
* [[Military fiction|Military]]
* [[Legal drama]]
}}
| creator              = [[Donald P. Bellisario]]
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[David James Elliott]]
* [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]]
* [[Patrick Labyorteaux]]
* [[John M. Jackson]]
* [[Scott Lawrence]]
* [[Zoe McLellan]]
* [[Tracey Needham]]
}}
| opentheme            = "Theme from JAG"
| composer             = {{unbulleted list|[[Bruce Broughton]]|(pilot & theme)|[[Steven Bramson]]|[[Velton Ray Bunch]]|(6 episodes)}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 10
| num_episodes         = 227
| list_episodes        = List of JAG episodes
| executive_producer   = {{unbulleted list|Donald P. Bellisario|[[Chas. Floyd Johnson]]|(season 2–10)|Stephen Zito|(season 2–10)}}
| producer             = {{unbulleted list|[[Howard Kazanjian]] (season 1)|David Bellisario|[[Mark Horowitz (director)|Mark Horowitz]] (seasons 2–8)|Ed Zuckerman|[[R. Scott Gemmill]] (seasons 3–4)|Chip Vucelich (season 10)}}
| location             = {{unbulleted list|[[Sunset Gower Studios]] {{nowrap|(studio set: season 1)}}|[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]]<br />{{nowrap|(studio set: season 2)}}|Valencia Studios, [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California|Valencia]], [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita, CA]] {{nowrap|(studio set: seasons 3–10)}}<ref name="Location2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valenciastudios.com/credits.html |title=Valencia Studios: Credits |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Valencia Studios |access-date=April 15, 2019 |quote=Valencia Studios has been continuously occupied for the last 20+ years by CBS/Paramount |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415012611/http://www.valenciastudios.com/credits.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| cinematography       = {{unbulleted list|Hugo Cortina (1995–2001)|David J. Miller (2004)|Larry Lindsey (1995–96)}}
| runtime              = 42–47 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Donald P. Bellisario|Belisarius Productions]]
* [[NBC Productions]] (season 1)
* [[Paramount Television]]
}}
| budget               = $2.6 million per episode<br />{{small|(2002)}}<ref name="Variety2002TVshowsfacethebigsqueeze"/>
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1995|9|23}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1996|5|22}}
| network2             = [[CBS]]
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|1997|1|3}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|2005|4|29}}
| related              = [[NCIS (franchise)|''NCIS'' franchise]]
}}

'''''JAG'''''  ([[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] [[acronym]] for [[Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General]]<ref>Sometimes stylized either as '''''J*A*G''''' or as '''''J.A.G.''''' in promotional materials, including the DVD releases</ref>) is an American [[legal drama]] television series with a U.S. Navy theme, created by [[Donald P. Bellisario]] and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with [[Paramount Television|Paramount Network Television]] (now [[CBS Studios]]).<ref name="2000 production notes">{{cite web|url=http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/production3.html |title=JAG – Production notes, season 5 |date=2000-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210204900/http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/production3.html |archive-date=December 10, 2000}}. From the Paramount website, through [[archive.org]]. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.</ref><ref>It was one of the last Paramount-produced TV series to end under that name, prior to the firm becoming [[CBS Paramount Network Television]].</ref> The series originally aired on [[NBC]] for one season from September 23, 1995, to May 22, 1996, and then on [[CBS]] for an additional nine seasons from January 3, 1997, to April 29, 2005. The first season was co-produced with [[NBC Productions]] (now [[Universal Television]]) and was originally perceived as a ''[[Top Gun]]'' meets ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' hybrid series.<ref name="Neal Karlen 1995">[[Neal Karlen|Karlen, Neal]]. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/05/tv/cover-story-from-the-man-behind-magnum-pi-top-gun-meets-a-few-good-men.html COVER STORY;From the Man Behind 'Magnum, P.I.,' 'Top Gun' Meets 'A Few Good Men'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804055157/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/05/tv/cover-story-from-the-man-behind-magnum-pi-top-gun-meets-a-few-good-men.html |date=August 4, 2017 }}", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 5, 1995)</ref>

In the spring of 1996, NBC cancelled the series after it finished 79th in the ratings, leaving one episode unaired. In December 1996, rival network CBS picked up the series as a [[midseason replacement]] and aired 15 new episodes as its second season. For several seasons, ''JAG'' climbed in the ratings and ultimately ran for nine additional seasons. ''JAG'' furthermore spawned the hit series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', which in turn led to spin-offs ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', ''[[NCIS: New Orleans]]'', ''[[NCIS: Hawaiʻi]]'', ''[[NCIS: Sydney]]'', ''[[NCIS: Origins]]'', and ''[[NCIS: Tony & Ziva]]''. 

In total, 227 episodes were produced over 10 seasons. At the time of the original airing of its fifth season in the United States, ''JAG'' was seen in over 90 countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/index.html |title=JAG – About the show |date=2000-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001110063400/http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/index.html |archive-date=November 10, 2000 }} Official Paramount site from January 2000, retrieved through [[archive.org]]. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.</ref>

==Premise==
The series follows the exploits of the "[[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy|judge]] [[U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division#Marine Corps judge advocates|advocates]]" (i.e. uniformed lawyers<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|801}}</ref><ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|806}}</ref><ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|5150}}</ref><ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|5587a}}</ref>) in the [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy's]] [[Judge Advocate General of the Navy|Office of the Judge Advocate General]], based in the [[Washington metropolitan area]]. In the line of duty, judge advocates can prosecute and defend [[Trial|criminal cases]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|802}}</ref><ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|827}}</ref> (arising from the global presence of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the [[U.S. Marine Corps]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|805}}</ref>) conduct informal and formal investigations, and advise on [[Laws of war|military operational law]].<ref>[https://www.jag.navy.mil/about/organization/ About Navy JAG] , [[Judge Advocate general of the Navy|Office of the Judge Advocate General]], U.S. Department of the Navy. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>

In the first season, the in-universe JAG headquarters was set in [[Washington, D.C.]], while in later seasons, it is located in [[Falls Church, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news
 |last         = Perry
 |first        = Tony
 |date         = April 29, 2005
 |title        = 'JAG' missions accomplished
 |url          = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-29-et-jag29-story.html
 |work         = [[Los Angeles Times]]
 |location     = 
 |access-date  = October 4, 2021
 |archive-date = October 4, 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20211004100802/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-29-et-jag29-story.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> 
The exterior shot for the latter was of the Cravens Estate in [[Pasadena]], which at the time was owned by the [[American Red Cross]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.ihearthollywood.com/2018/01/live-like-star-cravens-estate.html
 |title=Live Like A Star: The Cravens Estate
 |last=
 |first=
 |date=January 13, 2018
 |website=#IHeartHollywood
 |publisher=
 |access-date=October 4, 2021
 |quote=The Craves Estate is a famous house, having been in more movies and TV shows than most actors. It was used as the White House in ''Commander in Chief'', JAG's headquarters in ''JAG'',  was the law firm in ''Enemy of the State'', and was used in so many films including ''Swordfish, Rush Hour 3, Traffic, Hail, Caesar,'' and even ''Being There''.  Some of the TV shows that shot there: ''Desperate Housewives, Beverly Hills 90210, Mad Men,'' and ''Ghost Whisperer.''
 |archive-date=October 4, 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004115030/https://www.ihearthollywood.com/2018/01/live-like-star-cravens-estate.html
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> The real-life Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG) was and is based at the [[Washington Navy Yard]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.jag.navy.mil/contact/
 |title=Contact Us
 |last=
 |first=
 |website=[[U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
 |publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Navy]]
 |access-date=October 4, 2021
 |quote=HEADQUARTERS<br>The Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG) includes the JAG, the Deputy Judge Advocate General (DJAG), and the Assistant Judge Advocates General (AJAGs), Headquarters Offices, Special Assistants, and their staffs.<br>Main Office Mailing Address:<br>1322 Patterson Ave., Suite 3000<br>Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066
 |archive-date=May 29, 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529081358/https://www.jag.navy.mil/contact.htm
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

Akin to ''[[Law & Order]]'', the plots from many episodes were often "ripped from the headlines" with portions of the plot either resembling or referencing recognizable aspects of actual cases or incidents, such as the [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]] ("[[List of JAG episodes#ep67|Act of Terror]]" and "[[List of JAG episodes#ep127|Valor]]"), the [[Scott O'Grady|rescue of downed pilot Scott O'Grady]] ("[[List of JAG episodes#ep13|Defensive Action]]"), the [[Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)|Cavalese cable car disaster]] ("[[List of JAG episodes#ep59|Clipped Wings]]"), the [[USS Iowa turret explosion|USS ''Iowa'' turret explosion]] ("[[List of JAG episodes#ep97|Into the Breech]]"), and the [[Kelly Flinn incident]] ("[[List of JAG episodes#ep39|The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert]]").<ref name="2000pn3"/>

While not part of the mission of its real-world counterpart, some of the main characters are at times also involved, directly and indirectly, in various [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] intelligence operations, often revolving around the recurring character CIA officer [[Clayton Webb]] (played by [[Steven Culp]]).

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of JAG episodes}}
{{:List of JAG episodes}}

==Cast and characters==
{{Main|List of JAG characters}}

=== Main ===
* [[David James Elliott]] as [[Harmon Rabb|Harmon Rabb, Jr., USN]], [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]/[[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]]/[[Commander (United States)|Commander]]/[[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]], [[United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps|JAG Corps]]; Acting Judge Advocate General; Captain; Executive Officer of USS ''Allegiance'' (''NCIS: Los Angeles''). 
* [[Tracey Needham]] as [[Meg Austin (JAG)|Meg Austin, USN]] (season 1), [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant JG]]
* [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]] as [[Sarah MacKenzie|Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, USMC]] (seasons 2–10), [[Major (United States)|Major]]/[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], JAG Corps; OJAG Chief of Staff; Acting Judge Advocate General; Head of Joint Legal Services Southwest (San Diego); Marine Liaison to the U.S. Secretary of State (''NCIS: Los Angeles'').
* [[Patrick Labyorteaux]] as [[Bud Roberts|Budrick "Bud" Roberts, Jr., USN]] (main: seasons 2–10; recurring: season 1); Ensign; Lieutenant JG/Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander, JAG Corps; JAG Captain (''NCIS'').
* [[John M. Jackson]] as [[A.J. Chegwidden|Albert Jethro "A.J." Chegwidden, USN]] (main: seasons 2–9; recurring: season 1), [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], JAG Corps; Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy; SEAL; lawyer (''NCIS''), later retired (''NCIS: Los Angeles'').
* [[Scott Lawrence]] as [[Sturgis Turner|Sturgis Turner, USN]] (main: season 10; recurring: seasons 7–9), Commander, JAG Corps; Acting Judge Advocate General; submariner. 
* [[Zoe McLellan]] as Petty Officer [[Jennifer Coates]] (main: season 10; recurring: seasons 7–9), USN. Legalman, personal aide to the Judge Advocate General.

=== Recurring ===
[[File:US Navy 050125-N-0685S-001 Crewmembers for the hit television show JAG set up for the next shot outside the Transient Aircraft Line on board Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.jpg|thumb|upright|Crew members set up for a shot at [[Naval Air Station North Island|NAS North Island]] (2005)]]
{{Cast listing|
* [[Andrea Parker]] as Lt. JG / Lieutenant / Commander [[Caitlin Pike]], USN (Seasons 1, 6)
* [[Trevor Goddard]] as Lt. Commander Mic Brumby, RAN (Seasons 4–7)
* [[Karri Turner]] as Ensign / Lt. JG / Lieutenant [[Harriet Sims]], USN (Seasons 2–10)
* Michael Bellisario as Seaman / Petty Officer Third Class / Midshipman Mike "Mikey" Roberts, USN (Seasons 3–10) appeared in pilot episode as fisherman's son, was pizza delivery man in episode introducing Mark Falcon character.
* [[Jeff MacKay]] as Master Chief Petty Officer Bud "Big Bud" Roberts, USN (Seasons 3–10)
* [[Nanci Chambers]] as Lieutenant Loren Singer, USN (Seasons 5–8)
* [[Randy Vasquez]] as Gunnery Sergeant Victor Galindez, USMC (Seasons 5–9)
* [[Chuck Carrington]] as Petty Officer Jason Tiner, USN (Seasons 2–9)
* [[Terry O'Quinn]] as Captain / Rear Admiral Thomas Boone, USN (Seasons 1–2, 6–8)
* [[Steven Culp]] as CIA Officer Clayton Webb (Seasons 2–10)
* [[Andrea Thompson]] as Commander / Captain Alison Krennick, USN (Seasons 1, 9)
* [[Chris Beetem]] as Lieutenant Gregory Vukovic, USN (Season 10)
* [[Meta Golding]] as Lieutenant Tali Mayfield, USN  (Season 10)
* [[Jordana Spiro]] as Lieutenant Catherine Graves, USN  (Season 10)
* [[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]] as Major General [[Gordon Cresswell]], USMC  (Season 10)
* [[Rif Hutton]] as Lt. Commander Alan Mattoni, USN (Seasons 3–6)
* [[Sibel Galindez]] as Lieutenant Elizabeth Hawkes, "Skates", USN  (Seasons 2, 4–7)
* [[Oliver North]] as Ollie
* [[Montel Williams]] as Lieutenant Curtis Rivers (Seasons 3–5)
}}

==Production==
{{quote box|align=right|qalign=left|bgcolor=silver|width=30%|source=Donald P. Bellisario on creating ''JAG''<ref name="2000pn3">{{cite web|url=http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/production3.html |title=JAG – Production notes, season 5 |date=2000-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210204900/http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/abouttheshow/production3.html |archive-date=December 10, 2000 }}. From the Paramount website, through [[archive.org]]. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.</ref>|"Dramatic, action adventure programming has all but disappeared from the airwaves. I don't do [[sitcom]]s; I don't do urban neurotic dramas. I created ''JAG'' because it's the kind of television I like to watch. Besides that, I served four years in the Marine Corps and remain fascinated by the military's code of ethics—God, duty, honor, country—and how, in these rapidly changing times, it still survives. That's what Harm and Mac, and ''JAG'' as a whole, represent."}}

===Background and development===
The creator of ''JAG'', Donald P. Bellisario, served for four years in the [[U.S. Marine Corps]], and after having worked his way up through advertising jobs, he landed his first network television job as a story editor for the World War II–era series ''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'', where he got a habit of promoting a consistent promilitary stance in a business where he got the perception that "antiwar" and "antisoldier" mentality were the commonplace.<ref name="Erickson:127">[[#Erickson|Erickson]]: p. 127.</ref> The stereotype in the post–[[Vietnam War]] era of "[[Vietnam Veteran#Negative stereotypes of Vietnam veterans and efforts to overcome|crazed Vietnam veterans]]" was notably subverted, by not just one, but three of the main characters, in ''[[Magnum P.I.]]'', of which Bellisario was the co-creator.<ref name="Erickson:127"/> 
Following the cancellation of his series ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', Bellisario moved his production deal from Universal to Paramount (headed by former Universal executive [[Kerry McCluggage]]), and began working on a one-shot screenplay of a [[murder mystery]] [[Modern United States Navy carrier air operations|aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier]], where the victim was a woman and [[United States Naval Aviator|naval aviator]], inspired by the then-current introduction of female fighter pilots onboard aircraft carriers and in the wake of fallout of the [[Tailhook scandal]].<ref name="Erickson:127"/>

While doing research on which organizational entities would partake in investigative efforts of crimes committed aboard Naval vessels, Bellisario learned that the special agents of the [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] filled the police role, and the uniformed lawyers, in the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps, could alternate between the role of [[Criminal defense lawyer|defense attorney]], [[prosecutor]], and field investigator. Bellisario chose to go ahead with the lawyers and remarked the unique advantages it brought from a story-telling point of view: "Unlike most [[legal drama|law shows]], I've got a detective, a prosecutor, and a defender."<ref name="Erickson:127"/>

===Production===
With the cancellation on NBC and the immediate pick-up by CBS, [[showrunner]] Donald P. Bellisario was allowed greater creative freedom in terms in story and casting. While over on NBC, its West Coast president [[Don Ohlmeyer]] wanted more action rather than legal drama and imposed a new female lead, [[Tracey Needham]], rather than continuing with [[Andrea Parker]] as in the pilot movie. The move over to CBS, with its older skewing audience and its president [[Les Moonves]] giving freer reins, allowed Bellisario to retool ''JAG'' from an emphasis on action stories to character driven stories and building an [[ensemble cast|ensemble]] cast.<ref name="'JAG' Is Alive and Well at CBS">{{cite news |last=Brownfield |first=Paul |date=May 4, 1998 |title='JAG' Is Alive and Well at CBS |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-04-ca-46102-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location= |access-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004152245/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-04-ca-46102-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the start of the third season, JAG moved its production base from the Paramount lot at [[Melrose Avenue]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] out to Valencia Studios in [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] in order to save costs and putting more of the budget on screen rather than spending on [[soundstage]] rentals.<ref name="Location2015">{{cite journal
 |author       = Edmunds, Marlene
 |date         = 2015
 |title        = Home of the Silver Screen
 |url          = https://issuu.com/lionsdailynews/docs/locint_2015
 |journal      = Location International
 |volume       = 
 |issue        = 2015
 |pages        = 20–21
 |doi          = 
 |access-date  = October 4, 2021
 |quote        = "We originally came up to Santa Clarita with the JAG show as an antidote to the high cost of studio rental in Hollywood. We wanted to put more of the money on the screen," <nowiki>[Mark Horowitz]</nowiki> adds. Because the JAG show lasted for ten years, there were standing warehouses that had been converted for studio use. "For two seasons, JAG filmed side-by-side with NCIS," he says.
 |archive-date = October 4, 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20211004100802/https://issuu.com/lionsdailynews/docs/locint_2015
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> The spin-off series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' has remained on the same studio facility for its entire duration and was filmed side-by-side with ''JAG'' for the ninth and tenth season of the latter and the first and second season of the former.<ref name="Location2015"/>

While the scope of the in-universe settings of ''JAG'' were global, the show was, with only a few exceptions, entirely filmed on location in [[southern California]] and mostly within [[Greater Los Angeles]] and the [[studio zone]] in which unionized film crews can commute without receiving additional remuneration. JAG had around the dawn of millennium two [[location manager]]s for this [[Location scouting|task]] alternating between episodes, Paul F. Brinkman, Jr and Marvin Bernstein. A few examples of buildings acting as stand-in on [[location shooting]] are:<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" /> 
* [[Park Plaza Hotel (Los Angeles)|Park Plaza Hotel]], the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] style building with [[Art Deco]] elements ([[Moscow]] hotel),<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" /> 
* [[Angeles National Forest]] ([[Siberia]]n [[taiga]]),<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" />
* [[Shrine Auditorium]], the masonic temple and large-event venue ([[Bahrain]] and various settings in the [[Middle East]]),<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" />
* [[Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary]] building in the [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz district]] ([[Embassy of the United States, Rome|American Embassy]] in [[Rome]] and various other places in [[Italy]]),<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" />
* [[Old Pasadena|Old Town]] shopping district in [[Pasadena]] (East Coast small towns.)<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day" /> 
The advance of [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) made the process of removing palm trees and [[California license plate]]s simpler still. As to how effectively the deception worked according to the showrunner when ''JAG'' started to air overseas, "we started to get letters from England, from Germany, from the Middle Eastern companies. A lot of these viewers wanted to know: When were we going to shoot in their city?"<ref name="NYT: Around the World in a Day">{{cite news |last=Meisler |first=Andy |date=April 8, 2001 |title=TELEVISION/RADIO; Around the World in a Day (With No Overtime) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/arts/television-radio-around-the-world-in-a-day-with-no-overtime.html |work=[[New York Times]] |location= |access-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005071800/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/arts/television-radio-around-the-world-in-a-day-with-no-overtime.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was reported by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in February 2002 that the average production cost per episode of ''JAG'' at that time was around $2.6 million.<ref name="Variety2002TVshowsfacethebigsqueeze">{{cite news
 |last         = Schneider
 |first        = Michael
 |date         = February 19, 2002
 |title        = TV shows face the big squeeze
 |url          = https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/tv-shows-face-the-big-squeeze-1117861018/
 |work         = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
 |location     = 
 |access-date  = September 3, 2023
 |quote        = "I certainly have two very high-budget shows," says Bellisario, whose "JAG" costs about $2.6 million per episode to produce.
 }}</ref>

===Collaboration with the military===
[[File:RADM Donald Guter, JAGC, USN visited the JAG television series set, 2001-02-20.jpg|thumb|The then-[[Judge Advocate General of the Navy]], Rear Admiral [[Donald J. Guter]] (second from left), visiting the set, meeting with the cast during the shooting of "[[JAG season 6#ep128|Liberty]]" in 2001]]

Initially, the producers of ''JAG'' did not receive any co-operation from the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] [[Military-entertainment complex|entertainment media liaison offices]], due to sensitivity in light of all the accumulative negative publicity that had been generated from the [[Tailhook scandal]] and its aftermath.<ref name="Erickson:129">[[#Erickson|Erickson]]: p. 129.</ref> However, the lack of co-operation from the military was not a show-stopper, as the ''JAG'' production team, by virtue of being a [[Paramount Pictures]] production, had access to the abundant [[stock footage]] from the studio's motion pictures, which included many films with military content, such as ''[[Top Gun]]'', ''[[The Final Countdown (film)|The Final Countdown]]'', and ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (and the [[Patriot Games (film)|two]] [[Clear and Present Danger (film)|other]] [[Tom Clancy]] movie adaptations).<ref name="Erickson:128">[[#Erickson|Erickson]]: p. 128.</ref>

In 1997, though, the naval services had begun to change their minds, and began to render support to the production team on a script-by-script basis with the [[United States Marine Corps]] more eager than the [[United States Navy]] to render production assistance. A primetime network series about Navy lawyers bringing out controversial subjects in a very public arena was during the third season apparently no longer an issue in itself, but as noted by Commander Bob Anderson of the [[Navy Office of Information West]] in Los Angeles in a ''[[TV Guide]]'' interview: "We're fine with that as long as the bad guys are caught and punished, and the institution of the Navy is not the bad guy".<ref name="Erickson:129"/> The [[Headquarters Marine Corps]] Entertainment Liaison Office lists ''JAG'' on their website in its portfolio of collaborations.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/ousmcc/Units/Entertainment-Media-Liaison-Office/-Portfolio/
 |title=Portfolio
 |last=
 |first=
 |date=
 |website=Entertainment Media Liaison Office
 |publisher=[[Headquarters Marine Corps]]
 |access-date=October 4, 2021
 |quote=
 |archive-date=October 4, 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004115942/https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/ousmcc/Units/Entertainment-Media-Liaison-Office/-Portfolio/
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

The production filmed on regular basis at nearby installations, primarily at [[Naval Base Ventura County]] and its two component parts: [[Naval Air Station Point Mugu]] and [[Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme]].<ref name="Location2015"/> Between 12–14 July 1999, three of the lead actors (Elliott, Bell, and Labyorteaux) and crew filmed aboard the nuclear-powered [[Nimitz-class|''Nimitz''-class]] [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)|USS ''John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74)]] off the coast of southern California for scenes for the first 3 episodes of the 5th season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/statesman_on-line/pages/jag.htm |title=CBS Hit Series JAG visits the USS JOHN C. STENNIS  |author=JO3 Jason B. Heavner |date=2000 |website=USS John C. Stennis Public Affairs |access-date=October 4, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000930162225/http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/statesman_on-line/pages/jag.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2000 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Series end===
[[File:JAGcoin.png|thumb|right|Harm (David James Elliott) and Mac (Catherine Bell) use a challenge coin to determine who will resign their commission.]]
David James Elliott left the show at the end of the 10th season; the show was subsequently not renewed for an 11th season by the network.<ref name="Why JAG">{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|title=Why 'JAG' came to an abrupt end|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2005/04/why_jag_came_to.html|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 11, 2013|date=April 29, 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012052549/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2005/04/why_jag_came_to.html|archive-date=October 12, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The show also introduced new younger characters, including former ''[[As the World Turns]]'' star [[Chris Beetem]], and [[Jordana Spiro]] from ''[[The Huntress (TV series)|The Huntress]]''.

The producers also considered relocating the fictional setting of the show, from Falls Church to [[Naval Base San Diego]]. An episode of the final season, "[[List of JAG episodes#ep222|JAG: San Diego]]" had the main cast, excluding Harm, going to the San Diego naval base and working with the local JAG office there. Though it was reportedly considered as a pilot episode, as a reformat of the show aiming for a younger audience, CBS ultimately decided not to pursue a new series.

Nevertheless, CBS canceled the show on April 4, 2005, after 10 seasons. The final episode, "[[List of JAG episodes#ep227|Fair Winds and Following Seas]]", aired on April 29, 2005, and in which Harm and Mac are assigned different [[Military base|stations]]: Harm in [[London]], Mac in [[San Diego]]. They finally confront their feelings and decide to get married. The episode ends with Bud tossing a [[challenge coin]] to decide which one would give up their military career to be with the other. However, in keeping with ''JAG'' tradition, the outcome of the toss is never seen, as the screen fades to black, showing only the coin, which bears the inscription "1995 – 2005", the years the series spanned.

===Postscript===
The result of the coin toss was eventually revealed in the 2019 finale of the [[NCIS: Los Angeles season 10|tenth season]] of ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', ''"''False Flag''"'', in which David James Elliott and Catherine Bell both appeared. Mac won the coin toss and Harm resigned his commission and moved with her to San Diego, but later they mutually ended their relationship and Harm rejoined the Navy and is currently serving as the [[Executive officer|XO]] of the (fictional) aircraft carrier, USS ''Allegiance''. Mac left the Marines to serve as the USMC liaison to the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]], a civilian position at the [[U.S. Department of State]]. Harm and Mac had not seen each other in 9 years until video conferencing with each other in their new roles. In the [[NCIS: Los Angeles season 11|eleventh season]] premiere, Harm and Mac reunite in person, share an embrace, and later renew a discussion of their relationship, once again without reaching any conclusions.

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
The pilot movie received a moderately positive review in [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], which noted that it "borrows from recent features ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' and ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' in being [[jargon]]-heavy to help generate atmosphere but as Rabb's character is allowed to develop, ''JAG'' could become one of the season's highlights."<ref>{{cite news
 |last         = Everett
 |first        = Tood
 |date         = September 22, 1995
 |title        = Jag
 |url          = https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/jag-1200409089/
 |work         = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
 |location     = 
 |access-date  = October 4, 2021
 |archive-date = October 4, 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20211004143444/https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/jag-1200409089/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> Entertainment Weekly was less impressed by the first episodes of the first season and noted that there is, "...nothing new about JAG's plots; they're the sort of good-guy-against-the-establishment stuff you'd expect, with the scripts (including a recent one cowritten by the mystery novelist [[Robert Crais]]) a slight cut above most hour-long dramas."<ref>{{cite magazine
| last         = Tucker
| first         = Ken
| date         = October 27, 1995
| title         = JAG;DEGREE OF GUILT
| url         = https://ew.com/article/1995/10/27/jagdegree-guilt/
| magazine         = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| location         = 
| access-date         = October 4, 2021
| archive-date         = October 4, 2021
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20211004143444/https://ew.com/article/1995/10/27/jagdegree-guilt/
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

During its run, ''JAG'' and its two lead actors (Elliott as "Harm" and Bell as "Mac") featured on the cover of ''[[TV Guide]]'' on two occasions: July 6, 2002 ("ON THE WINGS OF AMERICAN PRIDE, THE NAVY DRAMA FLIES HIGH"),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2002/20020706_c2.jpg.html |title=TV Guide cover July 6, 2002 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 6, 2002 |website=www.tvguidemagazine.com |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=October 4, 2021 |quote= |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192505/https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2002/20020706_c2.jpg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and on May 3, 2003 ("JAG SOARS! Tough Timely Stories And a Likely Spin-off").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2003/20030503_c1.jpg.html |title=TV Guide cover May 3, 2003 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 3, 2003 |website=www.tvguidemagazine.com |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=October 4, 2021 |quote= |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192503/https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2003/20030503_c1.jpg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Virginia Heffernan]] wrote a scathing critique of ''JAG'' in the [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[online magazine]] [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] that "As [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] military [[propaganda]] ''JAG'' operates like [[Socialist realism|socialist realist novels]] and the barking radio of [[G. Gordon Liddy]]: It pounds home its message at deafening volume, razing nuance and stranding viewers with nothing else to think."<ref name="Slate2002" /> Furthermore, that in many episodes it "...typically opens with the suggestion that the military has done something terrible—and the officers in question do show signs of guilt (reticence). But in the end they reveal their absolute innocence and their higher purpose—and both the military and its reticence are exonerated."<ref name="Slate2002">{{cite magazine |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |date=August 15, 2002 |title=A Few Sanctimonious Men<br />CBS's JAG preaches all that it can preach. |url=https://slate.com/culture/2002/08/cbs-s-jag-a-few-sanctimonious-men.html |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |location= |publisher= |access-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317191710/https://slate.com/culture/2002/08/cbs-s-jag-a-few-sanctimonious-men.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The August 2009 issue of ''[[ABA Journal]]'' ranked the "25 greatest legal TV shows of all time" and ''JAG'' came in at number 13.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date=July 23, 2009 |title=ABA Journal determines greatest legal TV shows of all time |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/aba-journal-determines-greatest-legal-63230/ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |location= |access-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004153727/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/aba-journal-determines-greatest-legal-63230/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''JAG'' was on spot 10 out of 20 on a 2018 Wonderwall.com list over "Best TV shows about the military"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/tv/best-tv-shows-about-military-3014415.gallery?photoId=1028585 |title=Best TV shows about the military |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 23, 2018 |website=wonderwall.com |publisher=Whalerock Industries |access-date=October 4, 2021 |quote= |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192505/https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/tv/best-tv-shows-about-military-3014415.gallery?photoId=1028585 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Nielsen ratings===
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''JAG'' on NBC (first season) and CBS (other seasons).
: Note: U.S. network television seasons generally start in late September and end in late May, which coincides with the completion of the May [[sweeps]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! Season
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! Time slot
! Network
! TV season
! Rank
! Viewers<br />(in millions)
|-
| [[JAG season 1|1]]
| September 23, 1995
| May 22, 1996
| {{nowrap|Saturday at 8:00 pm (EST) <small>(September 23, 1995 – February 3, 1996)</small>}}<br />{{nowrap|Wednesday at 8:00 pm (EST) <small>(March 13 – May 22, 1996)</small>}}
| [[NBC]]
| [[1995–96 United States network television schedule|1995–1996]]
! style="text-align:center" | 79{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
! style="text-align:center" | 11.56
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 2|2]]
| January 3, 1997
| April 18, 1997
| Friday at 9:00 pm (EST) <small>(January 3 – March 7, 1997)</small><br />Friday at 8:00 pm (EST) <small>(March 28 – April 18, 1997)</small>
| rowspan="9"| [[CBS]]
| [[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–1997]]
! style="text-align:center" | 68
! style="text-align:center" | 11.80<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/1991/08/1996-97-ratings-history.html | work=thetvratingsguide.com | title=1996-97 Ratings History | date=August 15, 2021 | access-date=October 4, 2021 | df=mdy-all | archive-date=October 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019093631/http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/1991/08/1996-97-ratings-history.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 3|3]]
| September 23, 1997
| May 19, 1998
| rowspan="6"|Tuesday at 8:00 pm (EST)
| [[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–1998]]
! style="text-align:center" | 36
! style="text-align:center" | 12.90<ref>[https://ew.com/article/1998/05/29/what-ranked-and-what-tanked/ The Final Countdown | News] . EW.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 4|4]]
| September 22, 1998
| May 25, 1999
| [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|1998–1999]]
! style="text-align:center" | 17
! style="text-align:center" | 14.20<ref>[http://reocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html Final ratings for the 1998–1999 TV season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190543/http://reocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |date=April 5, 2012 }}. Reocities. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 5|5]]
| September 21, 1999
| May 23, 2000
| [[1999–2000 United States network television schedule|1999–2000]]
! style="text-align:center" | 25
! style="text-align:center" | 14.07<ref>[http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=9946&p3= US-Jahrescharts 1999/2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313023331/http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=9946&p3= |date=March 13, 2011 }}. Quotenmeter.de (May 30, 2002). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 6|6]]
| October 3, 2000
| May 22, 2001
| [[2000–01 United States network television schedule|2000–2001]]
! style="text-align:center" | 31
! style="text-align:center" | 13.00<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2001/06/01/bitter-end/ | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | title=The Bitter End | date=June 1, 2001 | access-date=October 4, 2021 | df=mdy-all | archive-date=July 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726000114/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256435,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[JAG season 7|7]]
| September 25, 2001
| May 21, 2002
| [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001–2002]]
! style="text-align:center" | 15
! style="text-align:center" | 14.80<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm | work=USA Today | title=How did your favorite show rate? | date=May 28, 2002 | access-date=May 5, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222174856/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm | archive-date=February 22, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[JAG season 8|8]]
| September 24, 2002
| May 20, 2003
| [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2002–2003]]
! style="text-align:center" | 26<ref name="Nielsen's TOP 156 Shows for 2002–03" />
! style="text-align:center" | 12.97<ref name="Nielsen's TOP 156 Shows for 2002–03">[https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/ee82c0640bcaeb06/82c78e0fe7710443?lnk=st&q=nielsen+top+156&rnum=1#82c78e0fe7710443 Nielsen's TOP 156 Shows for 2002–03 – rec.arts.tv | Google Groups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526004826/http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/ee82c0640bcaeb06/82c78e0fe7710443?lnk=st&q=nielsen+top+156&rnum=1#82c78e0fe7710443 |date=May 26, 2013 }}. Groups.google.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
|-
| [[JAG season 9|9]]
| September 26, 2003
| May 21, 2004
| rowspan="2"|Friday at 9:00 pm (EST)
| [[2003–04 United States network television schedule|2003–2004]]
! style="text-align:center" | 37
! style="text-align:center" | 10.80<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060204_11 |title=ABC Medianet |access-date=2010-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208132303/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060204_11 |archive-date=February 8, 2007 }}. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
|-
| [[JAG season 10|10]]
| September 24, 2004
| April 29, 2005
| [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–2005]]
! style="text-align:center" | 50
! style="text-align:center" | 9.66<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05 |title=ABC Medianet |access-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210208/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 }}. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
|}

It was noted in 1998 that the largest segment of the audience was those over the age of 55.<ref name="'JAG' Is Alive and Well at CBS" /> ''JAG'' had its highest ever ratings in the fall of 2001 (season 7), beating episodes of ''[[The Practice]]'' airing on ABC in the same timeslot and in symbiosis with the other CBS law dramas on Tuesdays, ''[[Judging Amy]]'' and ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/justice-prevails-for-cbs-tuesdays-1117854806/
 |title=Justice prevails for CBS Tuesdays
 |last=Kissell
 |first=Rick
 |date=October 24, 2001
 |website=variety.com
 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
 |access-date=October 4, 2021
 |quote=
 |archive-date=October 4, 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004140350/https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/justice-prevails-for-cbs-tuesdays-1117854806/
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> In 2003, the median age audience for ''JAG'' (along with the other CBS series' ''The Guardian'' and ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'') was 58 years, the second highest median in primetime network television, with only ''[[CBS 60 Minutes]]'' higher up.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/look-good-ol-days-broadcast-primetime-tv-you-know-2003-114241
 |title=A Look at the Good Ol' Days of Broadcast Primetime TV: You Know, 2003
 |last=Consoli
 |first=John
 |date=March 14, 2012
 |website=www.nexttv.com
 |publisher=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]
 |access-date=October 20, 2021
 |quote=
 |archive-date=October 20, 2021
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142040/https://www.nexttv.com/news/look-good-ol-days-broadcast-primetime-tv-you-know-2003-114241
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
:Source:<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112022/awards|title=JAG|date=September 23, 1995|via=IMDb|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224015430/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112022/awards|archive-date=February 24, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====Primetime Emmy Awards====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominee
! Episode
! Result
|-
| rowspan="3"|1996
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production
| Jon Koslowsky 
| [[List of JAG episodes#ep1|Pilot]] [[List of JAG episodes#ep2|Episode]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music]]
| [[Bruce Broughton]]
| N/A
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/bruce-broughton |title=Bruce Broughton |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=October 4, 2021 |quote=OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC - 1996<br />Nominee<br />Bruce Broughton<br />JAG<br />NBC |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004145020/https://www.emmys.com/bios/bruce-broughton |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costuming for a Series
| rowspan="2"|L. Paul Dafelmair
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep14|Smoked]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1997
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep36|Cowboys and Cossacks]]"
| {{won}}
|-
| 1998
| rowspan=2| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
| rowspan="2"|Hugo Cortina
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep40|The Good of the Service]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| rowspan="2"|"[[List of JAG episodes#ep62|Gypsy Eyes]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Costuming for a Series
| L. Paul Dafelmair
| {{won}}
|-
| 2000
| rowspan=2| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series]]
| rowspan="2"|Hugo Cortina
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep101|Boomerang, Part II]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2001
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep134|Adrift, Part I]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| rowspan=2| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Steven Bramson]]
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep135|Adrift, Part II]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| "[[List of JAG episodes#ep165|Need to Know]]"
| {{nom}}
|}

==== Other awards and nominations ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Association !! Category !! Nominee(s) !! Episode !! Result
|-
| 1999 || [[Humanitas Prize]] || [[List of Humanitas Prize recipients#1999|60 Minute Category]] || align="center"|— || ''[[List of JAG episodes#ep68|Angels 30]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2000 || [[ASCAP Awards]] || Top TV Series || [[Bruce Broughton]]<br />[[Steven Bramson]] || align="center"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| [[TV Guide Award]]s || Favorite Actor in a Drama || [[David James Elliott]] || align="center"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| [[Young Artist Awards]] || [[21st Young Artist Awards#Best Performance in a Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress|Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actress]] || [[Aysia Polk]] || align="center"|— || {{nom}}
|-
| 2001 || [[Imagen Foundation Awards]] || Primetime Television Series || align="center"|— || ''[[List of JAG episodes#ep126|Retreat Hell]]'' || {{Won}}
|-
| 2003 || rowspan=2|[[ASCAP Awards]] || rowspan="2"|Top TV Series || rowspan="2"|Bruce Broughton<br />Steven Bramson || align="center"|— || {{Won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004 || align="center"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| Young Artist Awards || [[25th Young Artist Awards#Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress|Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress]] || [[Hallee Hirsh]] || align="center"|— || {{nom}}
|}

==Connections with other shows==

===''NCIS'' spin-off===
{{main|NCIS (TV series)|l1=''NCIS'' (TV series)}}
In January 2003, Donald P. Bellisario was developing a ''JAG'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]],  around the work of the [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]].<ref name="Variety20030113">{{cite web|title=CBS 'Angel' to fly home – Net also eyes 'JAG' spinoff|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/news/cbs-angel-to-fly-home-1117878658/|work=TV Line|access-date=October 11, 2013|date=January 13, 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012033839/http://variety.com/2003/scene/news/cbs-angel-to-fly-home-1117878658/|archive-date=October 12, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{citation needed span|It was aired in April 2003 in a two-part [[backdoor pilot]] in which Commander Rabb is arrested, but later vindicated as innocent, for the murder of Lieutenant Singer. The two episodes, titled "[[NCIS backdoor pilot|Ice Queen" and "Meltdown]]", focused on the NCIS team, with most of the JAG regulars as supporting characters. Whereas the episodes of ''JAG'' are primarily oriented on a mixture of courtroom drama and military activities in the field, ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' episodes are more focused, as the meaning of  the acronym suggests, on criminal investigations. ''NCIS'' also follows a different storytelling format from ''JAG'', emphasizing character humor to a larger extent than its parent program. ''NCIS'' later produced its own spin-offs, ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', ''[[NCIS: New Orleans]]'', ''[[NCIS: Hawaiʻi]]'', and ''[[NCIS: Sydney]]'', which shows a further departure from the styles and themes of ''JAG''.|date=September 2025}}

{{citation needed span|The two episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" were edited down to a one-hour pilot film, which was then used to sell the idea of ''NCIS'' as a new series to CBS; the pilot used the title, "NCIS – The Beginning". It was later also used to introduce the show to CBS affiliates and advertisers.  It was only broadcast once and is not available on home video.|date=September 2025}}

Excluding the backdoor pilot, few major characters from ''JAG'' have appeared in the ''NCIS'' series. Patrick Labyorteaux appeared briefly as Lieutenant Bud Roberts in the ''NCIS'' first-season episode "[[NCIS season 1#ep2|Hung Out to Dry]]" and again – now with the rank of captain – in the season fourteen episode "Rogue", advising the NCIS team on a legal issue. [[John M. Jackson]] returned in May 2013 as retired Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, now a civilian attorney in the private sector hired by [[List of NCIS characters#Leon Vance|Director Vance]] to provide legal representation for [[Leroy Jethro Gibbs|Special Agent Gibbs]], in the season ten ''NCIS'' finale, "[[Damned If You Do (NCIS)|Damned If You Do]]".<ref name=tl>{{cite web|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|title=NCIS Exclusive: A JAG Favorite to Return in This Season's 'Nail-Biter' of a Finale|url=http://tvline.com/2013/04/12/ncis-season-10-cast-john-m-jackson-jag-chegwidden/|work=TV Line|access-date=October 11, 2013|date=April 12, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012043344/http://tvline.com/2013/04/12/ncis-season-10-cast-john-m-jackson-jag-chegwidden/|archive-date=October 12, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jackson has recurred as A.J. Chegwidden since the eighth season of ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''. Chegwidden is a Vietnam-era compatriot of series regulars Hetty Lange ([[Linda Hunt]]) and Owen Granger ([[Miguel Ferrer]]). David James Elliot and Catherine Bell returned to their roles as Harmon Rabb and Sarah MacKenzie for the first time since ''JAG'' ended in the last two episodes of [[NCIS: Los Angeles season 10|the tenth season of ''NCIS: Los Angeles'']].<ref>"[[NCIS: Los Angeles season 10#ep23|The Guardian]]" and "[[NCIS: Los Angeles season 10#ep24|False Flag]]".{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref>

While several other actors who played major roles on ''JAG'' have also appeared on ''NCIS'', such as Scott Lawrence (Sturgis Turner on ''JAG''),<ref>Scott Lawrence played Captain Thomas Lind in the ''NCIS'' episode "[[A Man Walks Into a Bar... (NCIS)|A Man Walks Into a Bar...]]".{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref> Steven Culp (Clayton Webb on ''JAG''),<ref>Steven Culp played Commander William Skinner in the ''NCIS'' fifth-season episode "[[NCIS season 5#ep100|Chimera]]".{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref> Randy Vazquez (Victor Galindez on ''JAG''),<ref>Randy Vazquez played ATF Special Agent Phillip Caffey in the ''NCIS'' twelfth-season episode "[[NCIS season 12#ep278|No Good Deed]]".{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref> and Michael Bellisario ([[Mikey Roberts]] on ''JAG'');<ref>Recurring part as [[List of NCIS characters#Charles .22Chip.22 Sterling|Chip Sterling]] in four episodes ("[[NCIS season 3#ep52|The Voyeur's Web]]", "[[NCIS season 3#ep53|Honor Code]]", "[[NCIS season 3#ep54|Under Covers]]", and "[[NCIS season 3#ep55|Frame Up]]") of the third season of ''NCIS''.{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref> {{citation needed span|they played completely different characters when appearing on ''NCIS''. Similarly, after [[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]] (Donald Bellisario's stepson) played a one-off Ensign character in ''JAG'' season 4, and the recurring character of Danny Walden in season 6, he joined the core cast of ''NCIS'' during the first season as Tim McGee, and is still on the show as of 2024.|date=September 2025}}

First introduced in the ''NCIS'' back-door pilot, [[Alicia Coppola]] appeared as Navy judge advocate Lieutenant Commander Faith Coleman in several episodes of ''NCIS''.<ref>''NCIS'' episodes: "[[NCIS season 1#ep18|UnSEALeD]]", "[[NCIS season 2#7|Call of Silence]]" and "[[NCIS season 2#ep44|Hometown Hero]]".{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref> [[Adam Baldwin]] played the same guest role, Navy SEAL Commander Michael Rainer, in one episode of each show.<ref>''JAG'': "[[List of JAG episodes#ep195|Good Intentions]]"'' NCIS'': "[[NCIS season 1#ep22|A Weak Link]]" (first season).{{primary source inline|date=September 2025}}</ref>

===''First Monday'' cross-over===
''[[First Monday]]'' was a series co-created by Bellisario and [[Paul Levine]] about fictional [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justices and their clerks, which aired in 2002 and starred [[James Garner]] and [[Joe Mantegna]]. The character of [[U.S. Senator]] Edward Sheffield ([[Dean Stockwell]]), who appeared in three episodes of that show, later became a recurring character on ''JAG'' as the new [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]], starting in season eight.

===''Yes, Dear'' tribute===
The sitcom ''[[Yes, Dear]]'' did an episode called "Let's Get Jaggy with It" where Greg's father Tom ([[Tim Conway]]) wins a walk-on role on ''JAG''. Catherine Bell guest-starred as herself while David James Elliott, Patrick Labyorteaux, and Scott Lawrence guest-starred as their respective ''JAG'' characters.

=== ''Bette'' tribute ===
The second episode of [[Bette Midler]]'s short-lived sitcom ''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]'', titled "And the Winner Is", had a storyline where her title character wins an award for guest starring in an episode of ''JAG''.  The award-winning scene shows Bette playing a character who interrogates Harmon Rabb after comedically checking out his posterior.  David James Elliott guest stars in this episode-within-an-episode.  The episode aired on CBS on October 18, 2000.<ref>{{Citation|last=Weyman|first=Andrew D.|title=And the Winner Is|date=2000-10-18|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0522260/?ref_=ttep_ep2|type=Comedy|others=Bette Midler, Kevin Dunn, James Dreyfus, Marina Malota Darling|publisher=D Train Productions, All Girl Productions, CBS Productions|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602043015/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0522260/?ref_=ttep_ep2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bette - Season 1 Episode 2|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/bette/s01/e02|language=en|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317191650/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/bette/s01/e02|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Home media==
On September 1, 1998, the pilot episode of ''JAG'' was released on [[VHS]] cassette in the United States by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]. However, no other episodes of the series proper was released on any home entertainment media while show was still in production, allegedly due to syndication deals made with several broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/pulpfiction/99/jag.faq.txt |title=JAG faq |access-date=2013-09-17 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305193454/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/pulpfiction/99/jag.faq.txt |archive-date=March 5, 2012 }}, Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>

Beginning in 2006, [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released all 10 seasons on DVD in regions 1, 2 and 4.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/JAG/2445#News JAG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217115007/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/JAG/2445 |date=February 17, 2013 }}, [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]. retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref> Seasons 1 to 4 are released with a 4:3 [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]], while seasons 5 to 10 have a 16:9 aspect ratio. The region-2 and −4 editions do not have the bonus features (audio commentaries and retrospective interviews) included on the region-1 editions of seasons one and two.

On December 11, 2012, CBS released ''JAG: The Complete Series – Collector's Edition'' on DVD in region 1. This collection contains, other than all 227 episodes of the series and the bonus features of the previously released individual season packs, one disc with new bonus features and a booklet with production notes.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/JAG-The-Complete-Series/17502 JAG: The Complete Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920002717/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/JAG-The-Complete-Series/17502 |date=September 20, 2012 }}, [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>

On April 14, 2015, [[CBS Home Entertainment]] released a repackaged version of the complete series set, at a lower price, in Region 1. It does not include the bonus disc that was part of the original complete series set.<ref name="re-release">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/JAG-The-Complete-Series/20690|title=New 'Unlimited' DVD Re-Release for 'The Complete Series'|work=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=January 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128145957/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/JAG-The-Complete-Series/20690|archive-date=January 28, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|DVD name !! rowspan="2"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}} of<br />episodes !! colspan="3"|Release dates !! rowspan="2"|Extra features 
|-
! Region 1 !! Region 2 !! Region 4
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Complete First Season
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| July 25, 2006<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/JAG-Complete-1st-Season/5743 JAG – The Complete 1st Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125082519/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/JAG-Complete-1st-Season/5743 |date=November 25, 2012 }}, [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>
| colspan="2"|October 16, 2006
| style="text-align:left;"|Behind the Scenes Footage<br />Making of "Featurette"<br />Episode Commentaries<br />Rare unaired episode "Skeleton Crew"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Complete Second Season
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| November 7, 2006
| September 10, 2007
| August 16, 2007
| style="text-align:left;"|Behind the Scenes Footage<br />Making of "Featurette"<br />Episode Commentaries
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Third Season
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|24
| March 20, 2007
| June 24, 2008
| June 5, 2008
| {{n/a}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Fourth Season
| August 21, 2007
| October 22, 2008
| October 2, 2008
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Gag reel
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Fifth Season
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| January 29, 2008
| colspan="2"|May 7, 2009
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Sixth Season
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|24
| May 20, 2008
| September 14, 2009<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0028BAWXE/ JAG – Season 6 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: DVD]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407182545/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0028BAWXE/ |date=April 7, 2016 }} Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
| September 3, 2009<ref>[http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/807625 JAG: Judge Advocate General – The 6th Season (6-Disc Set) @ EzyDVD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412092106/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/807625 |date=April 12, 2011 }}. Ezydvd.com.au (September 2, 2009). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Seventh Season
| November 4, 2008
| March 22, 2010<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002XISFEK/ JAG – Season 7 [DVD&#93; [2008&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: DVD]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407182559/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002XISFEK/ |date=April 7, 2016 }} Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
| March 4, 2010
| {{n/a}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Eighth Season
| March 17, 2009
| June 21, 2010<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0036QV8KQ JAG – Season 8 [DVD&#93; [2002&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: DVD]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407182605/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0036QV8KQ |date=April 7, 2016 }} Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
| August 5, 2010
| style="text-align:left;"|Gag Reel<br />NCIS Pilot episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Ninth Season
| November 10, 2009
| September 20, 2010
| November 4, 2010<ref>[http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/815403 JAG: Judge Advocate General – The 9th Season (5 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411200820/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/815403 |date=April 11, 2011 }}. Ezydvd.com.au (November 4, 2010). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| The Final Season
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| February 9, 2010<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/JAG-Final-Season/9536 JAG – The Final Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125014000/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/JAG-Final-Season/9536 |date=November 25, 2012 }}, [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>
| June 29, 2011
| July 6, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/819674|title=Buy JAG: Judge Advocate General – The Final 10 Season (5 Disc Set) on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620235827/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/819674|archive-date=June 20, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;"|"JAG: The Final Goodbye"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2"|The Complete Series
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|227
| December 11, 2012
| June 27, 2011
| {{N/A}}
| All bonus features of individual season packs<br />One disc of new bonus features, including the<br />documentary ''The JAGged Edge'' 
|- style="text-align:center;"
| April 14, 2015
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| All bonus features of individual season packs<br />
|}

==Soundtrack==
On April 26, 2010, [[Intrada]] released an album of music on [[compact disc]] from the series, featuring [[Bruce Broughton]]'s theme and his pilot movie score (tracks 1–15) and weekly composer Steven Bramson's score from the second-season episode "[[JAG season 2#ep36|Cowboys & Cossacks]]", including Broughton's format music (the [[Main title|main]] and [[Closing credits|end titl]]e theme and [[Bumper (broadcasting)|commercial bumper]].)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/tracks/B003VSN5C8|title=J.A.G.|via=Amazon}}</ref><ref>[http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6484/.f JAG Soundtrack on Intrada Store] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420123218/http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6484/.f |date=April 20, 2014 }}, retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref>

{{Track listing | headline = Intrada release | all_writing = Bruce Broughton (track 1–15 and 18, including the [[leitmotif]] "Theme from JAG" used in many of the Bramson tracks) and Steve Bramson (16–17 and 19–28)
| title1 =Engage and Destroy; Main Title | length1 = 4:42
| title2 =Getting Some Air; Angela Overboard | length2 = 2:39
| title3 =Harm and Kate Arrive | length3 = 2:21
| title4 =Harm's Past; Over Bosnia | length4 = 1:55
| title5 =Gold Wings & Dress Whites; Wave Off | length5 = 1:31
| title6 =Contemplation | length6 = 0:27
| title7 =Joyride | length7 = 1:49
| title8 =Angela on a Slab | length8= 1:34
| title9 =Playout | length9 = 0:15
| title10 =Scuttlebutt's True | length10 = 4:27
| title11 =To Hell and Back, Sir; Let'm Trap! | length11 = 6:05
| title12 =Harm Does It | length12 = 3:25
| title13 =Judgement Call | length13 = 2:09
| title14 =Gold Wings, White Uniform | length14 = 1:56
| title15 =End Credits | length15 = 0:57
| title16 =Format Bumper | length16 = 0:07 
| title17 =Teaser | length17 = 1:43
| title18 =Format Main Title | length18 = 0:47
| title19 =Act One Playon; Exchange | length19 = 1:20
| title20 =Fire!; Grinkov | length20 = 4:29
| title21 =One Rule of War | length21 = 1:16
| title22 =Jumping Ship; Convincing Yuri | length22 = 2:12
| title23 =Yuri Turns | length23 = 1:57
| title24 =To the Brig; Boxing Petavitch | length24 = 1:41
| title25 =Live Missile | length25 = 0:42
| title26 =This Is War | length26 = 3:05
| title27 =Grinkov Relents | length27 = 4:26
| title28 =A Sailor's Death; Format End Credits | length28 = 1:44
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Television}}
* [[Interservice rivalry]]
* [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy]]
* [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]]
* [[United States Navy Regulations]]
* [[Uniforms of the United States Navy]]
* [[Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps]]
* [[List of U.S. Navy acronyms]]
* [[List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions]]
* ''[[The Code (American TV series)|The Code]]'', 2019 TV series

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/09/naval-gazing/ |title=Naval Gazing |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first1=Thomas |last1=Geier |first2=Allison H |last2=Weiner |pages=10–11 |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929195411/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253598,00.html |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,186616,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229130837/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,186616,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2008 |title=Battlefield Promotion |magazine=Time |first1=James |last1=Poniewozik |first2=Jeanne |last2=McDowell |pages=95–96 |date=December 10, 2001 }}
{{Refend}}

=== Bibliography ===

{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
  |last = Asimow |first = Michael
  |title = Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on television
  |location = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
  |publisher = [[American Bar Association|ABA Publishing]]
  |year = 2009
  |isbn = 978-1-60442-328-0 
  |ref = Asimow }}
* {{Cite book
  |last = Erickson | first = Hal
  |author-link = Hal Erickson (author)
  |title = Encyclopedia of television law shows: factual and fictional series about judges, lawyers and the courtroom, 1948-2008
  |location = [[Jefferson, North Carolina]]
  |publisher = [[McFarland & Company]]
  |year = 2009
  |isbn = 978-0-7864-3828-0
  |ref = Erickson }}
* {{Cite book
  |last = Longworth | first = James L.
  |title = TV Creators: Conversations with America's Top Producers of Television Drama
  |location = [[Syracuse, New York]]
  |publisher = [[Syracuse University Press]]
  |year = 2002
  |isbn = 0-8156-2874-9
  |ref = Longworth }}
* {{Cite book
  |last = Lehman | first = John F.
  |author-link = John Lehman
  |title = Command of the Seas
  |location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
  |publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]]
  |year = 2001
  |isbn = 1-55750-534-9
  |ref = Lehman }}
* {{Cite book
  |last = Robb
  |first = David L.
  |title = Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
  |location = [[Amherst, New York]]
  |publisher = [[Prometheus Books]]
  |year = 2004
  |isbn = 1-59102-182-0
  |ref = Robb
  |url-access = registration
  |url = https://archive.org/details/operationhollywo00robb
  }}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{commons category|JAG}}
{{Wikiquote|JAG}}
* {{IMDb title|0112022|JAG}}

{{JAG television}}
{{NCIS (franchise)}}
{{Donald P. Bellisario}}

[[Category:JAG (TV series)| ]]
[[Category:1990s American crime drama television series]]
[[Category:1990s American legal drama television series]]
[[Category:1995 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:2000s American crime drama television series]]
[[Category:2000s American legal drama television series]]
[[Category:2005 American television series endings]]
[[Category:American action television series]]
[[Category:American aviation television series]]
[[Category:Courtroom drama television series]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Military courtroom dramas]]
[[Category:Military fiction]]
[[Category:American military television series]]
[[Category:Nautical television series]]
[[Category:Television series by CBS Studios]]
[[Category:Television series by Universal Television]]
[[Category:Television series created by Donald P. Bellisario]]
[[Category:American television series revived after cancellation]]
[[Category:Television shows filmed in Santa Clarita, California]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Virginia]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Television shows about the United States Marine Corps]]
[[Category:Television series about prosecutors]]
[[Category:Television series about the United States Navy]]
[[Category:NBC crime dramas]]
[[Category:CBS crime dramas]]
[[Category:NBC legal dramas]]
[[Category:CBS legal dramas]]