JAG (TV series)

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JAG
Genre	Action drama; Crime; Military; Legal drama;
Created by	Donald P. Bellisario
Starring	David James Elliott; Catherine Bell; Patrick Labyorteaux; John M. Jackson; Scott Lawrence; Zoe McLellan; Tracey Needham;
Opening theme	"Theme from JAG"
Composers	Bruce Broughton; (pilot & theme); Steven Bramson; Velton Ray Bunch; (6 episodes);
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	227 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Donald P. Bellisario; Chas. Floyd Johnson; (co-exec.; seasons 2–10);
Producers	Howard Kazanjian (season 1); David Bellisario; Stephen Zito; Ed Zuckerman; R. Scott Gemmill (seasons 3–4); Chip Vucelich (season 10);
Production locations	Sunset Gower Studios (studio set: season 1); Paramount Studios; (studio set: season 2); Valencia Studios, Valencia, Santa Clarita, CA (studio set: seasons 3–10);
Cinematography	Hugo Cortina (1995–2001); David J. Miller (2004); Larry Lindsey (1995–96);
Running time	42–47 minutes
Production companies	Belisarius Productions; NBC Productions (season 1); Paramount Network Television (division of Paramount Pictures Corporation); ;
Budget	$2.6 million per episode; (2002)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 23, 1995 –; May 22, 1996
Network	CBS
Release	January 3, 1997 –; April 29, 2005
Related
	NCIS franchise

JAG (U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General) 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 Network Television (now CBS Studios). 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.

In the spring of 1996, NBC cancelled the series after it finished 79th in the ratings, leaving one episode unaired. In December 1996, the 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, which in turn led to spin-offs NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and NCIS: Sydney.

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.

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