All the latest news on JAG.....2000

• DJE Movie... DODSON'S JOURNEY
  This touching new television movie starring David James Elliott, is based on the novel by James Dodson. It tells the story of a man facing an imminent divorce, who, upon the death of his father, takes his 10-year-old daughter on a cross-country camping and fishing journey, reminiscent of those he took with his father. (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 12/30/00)

• TG Faints on Set... From TV Guide: Trevor Goddard fainted from the sight of fake blood during the taping of his new movie "Hollywood Vampyr".
  "I was supposed to cut off this woman's arm," he said. "And the fake blood was supposed to ooze out. When it did, I hit the bloody floor. I even swallowed one of my fangs. I'm never going to hear the end of this." (Thanks Michele for the info!)(posted 10/17/00)

• DJE Injury... From the October 13th issue of Entertainment Weekly: "David James Elliot (JAG) aggravated back injury after visit to chiropractor, September 28." This is the story to answer the reports that DJE was taken to the hopital during the filming of JAG.(Thanks Andrew for the info!)(posted 10/13/00)

• Rudy the Survivor Update... From the Philly Inquirer: 'Rudy Boesch, the crusty former Navy SEAL, is taking a small guest role on the military drama JAG this fall. "I like the program anyway," he said in an interview after filming a commercial for a theme park. "If they want to use me, that's OK w/ me. As long as I don't have to make more than a 5-word speech, I'm OK.' "(Thanks DSC for the info!)(posted 10/13/00)

• Patrick Labyorteaux News... From www.imdb.com: PL is going to be in "Redemption of the Ghost," where he plays a guy named Blevins. The plot: An escaped convict redeems himself through the love of two young children. (Thanks DSC for the info!)(posted 10/13/00)

• New Series With TN... Lela Rochon and Tracey Needham have been added to the cast of "City Lights," a drama debuting on Lifetime Television in January. The show, created by Deborah Joy LeVine ("Lois & Clark," "Any Day Now"), stars Bonnie Bedelia, Nancy McKeon and Lisa Vidal as detectives in the San Francisco Police Department.(Thanks Suz for the info!)(posted 10/13/00)

• JAG Season 6 Preview...From the TV Guide for the week of Sept. 9-15:
  
  The Big News: A new obsession for Harm, who spent years trying to discover the fate of his long-lost father. This season, the Navy lawyer heads back to Russia on another personal quest.
  
  Who's In: The CAG (Capt Boone) returns to the JAG courtroom. Clayton Webb is back in the two-part opener.
  
  Love-O-Meter: With Mac & Harm spending more time together at work, Renee and Brumby get to know each other - with unexpected results.
  
  Guest Stars: Montel Williams will be back as will Trisha Yearwood." (Thanks Kathy, Lois and Raymond for the info!)(posted 9/7/00)

• JAG on Elian...From a recent "Entertainment Tonight": They were on the set of JAG with DJE filming an episode which parallels the recent Elian Gonzalez debacle. In the JAG episode, the U.S. Navy rescues a Cuban teenager on a raft inside Cuban waters. The Cuban military rescues the boy's father. Harm is sent to investigate. (Thanks Andrew for the info!)(posted 9/7/00)

• Rudy from "Survivor" on JAG...Rudy Boesch of CBS's Survivor is in talks to guest star in an upcoming episode of JAG. Rudy is a retured Navy SEAL with 45 years in the military. (Thanks Andrew Gabe, Krista,and Michael for the info!)(posted 9/7/00)

• Misc. Season 6 Rumors... Rumors about "Legacy" are mostly true (scroll down 3 items to read some of the rumors)
  Mic Brumby is leaving by the end of Season 6 (Leaving Mac or the show still remains unclear)
  Patrick Labyorteaux has written an episode for upcoming season. It's called "JAG TV". For now, nobody knows what it is about. This episode will be shot in September. (Thanks Clau for the info!)(posted 8/21/00)

• JAG "Survivor" Spoof... From Entertainment Weekly
  The Navy rescues a woman who appears stranded on a raft -- and ends up disqualified from a Survivor-like show. If Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was still No. 1, we would have probably spoofed Millionaire, says JAG exec producer Don Bellisario. "I'm sick of Millionaire."
  
  From TV Guide
  Don Bellesario indicated that he likes to mock current culture, and would have been spoofing ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionare had Survivor not hit it so big. The idea behind the JAG episode is that the Navy rescues a woman on a raft adrift at sea. It turns out that she is really a contestent in a Survivor-like reality show, and is now disqualified. (Thanks Andrew and Marissa for the info!)(posted 8/21/00)

• JAG Emmy Nomination... JAG was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series. The episode nominated was "Boomerang Part 2" and Hugo Cortina was the Director of Photography. (Thanks Mandy for the info!)(posted 8/21/00)

• Season 6 Premier... JAG will have a two part season opener, "Legacy", that will air on October 3 and October 10. Rumor has it that Harm will be returning to Russia in this episode. (Thanks Norman and Clau for the info!)(posted 8/3/00)

• Season Finale... The season finale is May 23rd and the episode is called "Surface Warrior". (Thanks Bryan for the info!)(posted 4/27/00)

• "Body Talk" Spoiler... Harm reopens a case involving the death of a Navy Pathologist's parents. This is the epidsode in which Trisha Yearwood guest stars. (Thanks Melissa for the info!)(posted 4/27/00)

• "Real Deal Seal" Spoiler... "Real Deal Seal" -- Harm goes MIA after Lt. Rivers hires a supposed former Navy SEAL-turned-hitman to kill him, on JAG.
  When Medal of Honor Navy SEAL Lt. Curtis Rivers (guest star Montel Williams) is court-martialed for punching a Congressional candidate who claims to be a Navy SEAL, he explains that he's on a campaign to expose those who falsely claim to be SEALS in order to further their careers. In order to prove his point to Harm, who is assigned to defend him, Rivers hires a hitman who claims to be a former SEAL to get Harm, the plan being to expose another liar. Though Rivers assures Harm that he has two actual former SEALS keeping him safe, Rivers finds himself without his defense lawyer in court when Harm fails to show after going to follow up a lead on his would-be assassin. (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 4/26/00)

• Montel Williams Back on JAG... On the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Montel Williams said that his character, Lt. Curtis Rivers, will make another appearance on JAG and he will be in trouble again. :)(Thanks Kathy and Corey for the info!)(posted 4/25/00)

• Guess Who's Getting Married?!?... Sibel Ergener (Lt. "Skates" Hawkes) is getting married to real life JAG officer Lt. Peter Galindez! The two met on the aircraft carrier where they shot the JAG season opener! They had to wait six weeks for him to return from sea duty for their first date. Sibel said, "That's when he kissed me." I guess the kiss was good since the wedding is set for next Spring! How cute is that?!? :) (Thanks TV Guide for the info!)(posted 4/20/00)

• "Overdue and Presumed Lost" Spoiler... Harm and Admiral Chegwidden fight an attempt by a salvage hunter to excavate the remains of a submarine that disappeared in 1941, just before the attack of Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, Bud takes on the heavy burden of trying to keep an obese petty officer from being discharged for failing to lose weight. (Thanks for the info Bryan!)(posted 4/20/00)

• Tracey Needham on TV... Coach
  View: Mon, Apr 24th at 3:00 am on TBS
  - Hayden feuds with the girls' basketball coach, Dauber's new flame.
  
  The Pretender
  View: Sat, Apr 22nd at 8:00 pm on NBC
  - Jarod poses as a sixth-grade teacher to protect a young murder-witness.
  
  Justice
  View: Tue, May 2nd at 12:25 am on HBO
  - A federal prosecutor encounters corruption as she hunts the drug dealers who killed her partner.
  (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 4/20/00)

• Witches of Gulfport Spoiler... Mac goes undercover to help Harm investigate charges of sexual misconduct against Chief Petty Officer Merker who is the leader of the Wiccans, a local witches coven with many Navy members. The female seaman who brought the charges claims she was seduced when she fell under the man's spell, but Merker claims the sex was consensual. The Wiccan's attorney is sharp and claims his client is the unfortunate victim. However, Mac learns that another young woman suffered the same fate. He convinces her to testify and Merker is found guilty.
  
  Later, Mac learns that Mic Brumby was also thrown into a compromising position while undercover in the Royal Australian Navy. (Thanks Melissa for the tip to check the CBS site!)(posted 4/19/00)

• Tracey Needham on "The Pretender" Moved... The episode with Tracey Needham has been moved up a week and wil now air on April 22! Visit the Tracey Needham Appreciation Society for more info. (Thanks Suzanne for the info!)(posted 4/19/00)

• Tracey Needham on "The Pretender"... Tracey will be making a guest appearance on "The Pretender". Her episode, "School Daze", will be airing on NBC on April 29th. In an interesting twist, two former JAG actresses will be on the show: Tracey and Andrea Parker (Kate Pike) who plays "Miss Parker" on "The Pretender". Visit the Tracey Needham Appreciation Society for more info. (Thanks Suzanne for the info!)(posted 4/7/00)

• JAG Renewed... CBS Renews 'Judging Amy,' Seven Other Series
  
  By Michael Schneider
  
  HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - The verdict's in for freshman drama ''Judging Amy'' and seven other CBS series: Renewed.
  
  The network announced Thursday that it will bring back ''Amy,'' ``Everybody Loves Raymond,'' ``The King of Queens,'' ''Becker,'' ``JAG,'' ``Touched by an Angel,'' ``Walker, Texas Ranger'' and ``Nash Bridges'' for next fall.
  
  Meanwhile, the future remains uncertain for first-year sitcom ``Ladies' Man'' and three freshman dramas -- ``Family Law,'' ``Now and Again'' and ``City of Angels,'' the high-profile hospital series co-created by Steven Bochco with a predominantly minority cast.
  
  CBS staples ``Diagnosis Murder,'' ``Chicago Hope,'' ``Early Edition,'' ``Kids Say the Darndest Things'' and ``Martial Law'' also are awaiting their fate.
  
  CBS already has announced that ``Cosby'' is retiring this season after four seasons. Also serving as plant food, barring any last-minute miracles, are ``Grapevine,'' ``Falcone,'' ``Work With Me'' and ``Love & Money.''
  
  In a twist on the eight series earmarked for renewal, CBS gave the shows 24-episode orders instead of the standard 22. With the additional originals and a shortened season (due to the Summer Olympics), CBS hopes to air fewer repeats next year.
  
  The network, of course, can order still more episodes during the course of the season.
  
  No Brainers
  
  Most of the CBS renewals were no-brainers. ``Raymond,'' for example, is up 6 percent in homes (to a 11.5 Nielsen rating/17 share), up 13 percent among adults 18-49 (to a 6.1 rating) and up 9 percent in total viewers (to 17.17 million people).
  
  ``The King of Queens,'' ``Becker'' and ``JAG'' also HAVE posted year-to-year jumps in households, viewers and key demographics. ``King of Queens,'' in particular, showed strong growth in adults 18-49, jumping 34 percent to a 4.7 average rating.
  
  ``King'' and ``Becker'' will both enter their third season this fall; ``JAG'' and ``Raymond,'' their fifth (not including ''JAG's'' first season on NBC); ``Nash Bridges,'' its sixth; ''Touched,'' its seventh; and ``Walker,'' its ninth.
  
  With judgement day upon this fall's new entries, ``Judging Amy'' is the first at CBS to make the cut. ``Amy'' scored as the year's top-rated drama in homes (average 10.2/17) and total viewers (14.1 million).
  
  The CBS announcement means three of the network's four Monday night sitcoms have been renewed, the Eye's two Tuesday dramas are set for another season, and its top-rated Friday, Saturday and Sunday dramas will also return.
  
  The news also wasn't quite as dramatic as last year, when CBS got an early jump and renewed 12 of its established series at the end of February.
  
  From Yahoo! News. (Thanks Mike for the info!)(posted 4/7/00)

• Trisha Yearwood's Return... Trisha mentioned last night on her A&E "Live By Request" special that she will be going to California soon to film another episode of JAG that will air during May. (Thanks Jackie for the info!)(posted 4/2/00)

• Steven Culp on "Ally McBeal"... Steven Culp has been playing a recurring character on Fox's Ally McBeal. He has had a major role as a courtroom lawyer. (Thanks NJAndyAndy for the info!)(posted 4/2/00)

• JAG Stars Other Projects... Some current and former JAG stars have been very busy. Here's a list of their projects:
  
  "13 Days," the film about the Cuban missile crisis in which Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) plays Bobby Kennedy, will be coming out in October of this year. Bruce Greenwood is older brother JFK and Kevin Costner is Kenneth O'Donnell, JFK's adviser.
  
  Trevor Goddard (Mic Brumby) is scheduled to do the film "Gone in 60 Seconds", directed by Dominic Sena. He will be working with Scott Caan, Nicolas Cage, Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, and Giovanni Ribisi, among others.
  (Plot Outline: A man and his crew must pull off one last heist to steal 100 cars to save his little brother's life who's in debt. Production Notes/Status: Status: Filming) FROM IMDB.COM
  
  Tracey Needham (Meg Austin) can be seen again in the film "Justice" (on TV) as "Gina." Directed by Joakim Ersgard, Costars include James Belushi and JoBeth Williams.
  (Plot Outline: A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and attorneys assigned to protect them.) FROM IMDB.COM (Thanks DSC for the info!)(posted 3/26/00)

• "Drop Zone" Spoilers... Mac is charged with misconduct and breach of ethics when she admits to having looked at evidence forbidden to the prosecution, on JAG, Tuesday, April 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
  Mac prosecutes a SEAL jumpmaster charged with causing the drowning death of one of his parachutists, while Bud and the very ambitious Lt. Singer defend him. While Mac pursues her investigation, a file mysteriously lands in her possession containing privileged information that is forbidden to her as the prosecutor. Against her better judgment, Mac glances at the file, which contains evidence that supports her case. But when she continues her prosecution in court, Lt. Singer objects on the basis that Mac must have seen the report. Amid charges of misconduct and breach of ethics, Mac is replaced by Harm, who has his own disturbing suspicions about who gave Mac the file. (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 3/22/00)

• "Promises" Guest Stars... Paige Moss, who guest stars in this Tuesday's JAG episode "Promises" as Granato, is fresh off a multi-episode guest staring role in JAG's Tuesday night competition, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In Buffy, she played a singer who was also a werewolf.
  Also featured in the episode is Curb recording artist, Brad Hawkins, who plays Petty Officer Delmur Row. In the episode "Officer Rowe is disgruntled because a female officer is climbing the ladder to the top a little faster than he is, so he harrasses her enough to consider quitting the Navy". (Thanks Andrew and Country Weekly for the info!)(posted 3/22/00)

• "Promises" Spoiler...Defending a deserter who jumped ship when she didn't like the work, Harm cites recruiter fraud---just as his recruitment commercial hits the air. (Thanks Kristina for the info!)(posted 3/15/00)

• Casting Spoiler... As reported earlier on this page, in episode #104 Admiral Chegwidden finds an attractive doctor to date. The doctor is being played by Cynthia Sikes, formerly of St. Elsewhere and also a guest star on Magnum, PI. (Thanks Nancy and the John M. Jackson Admiration Society for the info!)(posted 2/29/00)

• JAG Gets Award... "Raymond," "Barnum,", "JAG" Promote Positive Social Values Everybody loves "Raymond," especially the American Cinema Foundation, which bestowed its third annual E Pluribus Unum award for TV programs that promote "positive social values" on the Ray Romano sitcom in the comedy category. "JAG" won the drama category, and A&E's "P.T. Barnum" got the nod for TV movie/miniseries.
  
  Founded in 1994, ACF aims to "nurture and reward...projects which address fundamental social values in a positive manner, support and strengthen the concepts of the common good and the common culture and promote democratic pluralism and inclusion." (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 2/29/00)

• "The Bridge at Kang So Ri" Spoiler... Feb. 29: Harm and Mac must hold a trial in midair when their plane is hijacked by a trio of Korean terrorists seeking retribution for war crimes. (Thanks Kris for the info!)(posted 2/20/00)

• "People V. Gunny" Spoiler... (Gunny Is Arrested On "JAG"(2/22/00)
  
  "People v. Gunny" -- Gunny is arrested for gay bashing and controversy over Tiner's "lifestyle" heats up around the office, on JAG, Tuesday, Feb. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Terrence O'Hara directed the episode from a script by Larry Moskowitz.
  
  Trouble in the JAG office starts when Gunny is charged with gay bashing following an off-duty altercation outside a gay bar. But when it comes to light that Tiner was also involved in the brawl, having come to the aid of his companion, whom Gunny was roughing up, Admiral Chegwidden finds himself defending Gunny in a very high-profile civil trial. Meanwhile, Mac finds herself wrestling with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy as attitudes toward Tiner change around the office under suspicions that he's gay. (Thanks PW Vinciguerra for the info!)(posted 2/12/00)

• Romance Changes... There's a break up in Harm's future ladies. Episode #104 is the end of Renee Peterson. The Admiral, however, turns the other cheek and actually finds an attractive doctor to date.(Thanks MPAAfem for the info!)(posted 2/12/00)

• "Boomerang" Rumor... According to a story that ran on Entertainment Tonight, Mac will be getting a diamond ring in the episode "Boomerang". Who does she get it from? We'll just have to watch and see.(Thanks Army Chick for the info!)(posted 2/03/00)

• Casting Rumor... Acounting to Kicks Ninety-Six (96.5) in Cincinnati Ohio, Country singer Ty Herndon (Living in a Moment, Hands of a Working Man, Steam) will be filming a episode of JAG sometime in the next few weeks (Thanks Shelly for the info!)(posted 1/29/00)

• 2/1 Ep... "Cabin Pressure" Harm (David James Elliott) is trapped in the brig aboard a sabotaged and sinking ship with an accused murderer and his guard. With Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux and John M. Jackson. (Thanks Kris for the info!)(posted 1/20/00)

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