Contact Information

Snail Mail Address for JAG:
JAG Productions, Inc.
c/o Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Avenue
Clara Bow Building, Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(You can address all correspondence to Donald Bellisario or individual actors on the show to this address. Request an autographed cast photo by including a self-addressed 9X12 envelope.  They'll pick up the return postage.  Send your request to the address above, attention Harriet.)

JAG Audience Liaison
HarrietJAG@aol.com

CBS
CBS Audience Services
524 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
audsvcs@cbs.com

Mr. Leslie Moonves
Pres. and CEO
CBS Television
7800 Beverly Blvd.,
LA CA 90036
(213) 653-8276 (fax) 
lmoonves@cbs.com

What the HECK is Zulu time???

Whether you're a new fan of JAG, or have been watching since the very first episode, you've
probably been haunted at one time or another by the mystery of ZULU time.  Since season 2,
TPTB have taken to displaying times in the eps as ZULU time...but what the heck is zulu time?
And how can you translate it to regular people time??

Here's a definition from the US Navy, and a handy conversion guide:

    Zulu time is that which you might know as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), formerly GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Our natural concept of time is
linked to the rotation of the earth and we define the length of the day as the 24 hours it takes the earth to
spin once on its axis.

    As time pieces became more accurate and communication became global, there needed to be a point from
which all other world times were based. Since Great Britain was the world's foremost martime power when
the concept of latitude and longitude came to be, the starting point for designating longitude was the "prime meridian" which is zero degrees and runs through the Royal Greenwich Observatory, in Greenwich, England, just outside London.

    As a result, when the concept of time zones was introduced, the "starting" point for calculating the different time zones was/is at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. When it is noon at the observatory, it is five hours earlier (under Standard Time) in Washington, D.C.; six hours earlier in Chicago; seven hours earlier in Denver; and, eight hours earlier in Los Angeles.

    Unfortunately the Earth does not rotate at exactly a constant rate. Due to various scientific reasons and increased accuracy in measuring the earth's rotation, a new timescale, called Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), has been adopted and replaces the term GMT. The Navy, as well as civil aviation, uses the letter "Z" (phonetically Zulu) to refer to the time at the prime meridian. The U.S. time zones are Eastern ["R", "Romeo]; Central ["S", "Sierra"]; Mountain ["T", "Tango"]; Pacific ["U", "Uniform"]; Alaska ["V", "Victor"], and Hawaii ["W", "William"*].

* Note: "W", "William" is a direct quote from the Navy Home Page. This is a change, most likely in an attempt to be politically correct. A lot of people still refer to "W" as "Whiskey".

That's a really nice definition...but its so damn wordy!!   Here's a reference guide to make things easier:

When you see a time expressed as Zulu time....

• Subtract 5 hours for "Romeo," Eastern Standard Time (Washington DC)
• Subtract 6 hours for "Sierra," Central Standard Time (Chicago)
• Subtract 7 hours for "Tango," Mountain Standard Time (Rapid City - okay, Denver)
• Subtract 8 hours for "Uniform" Pacific Standard Time (Los Angeles)
• Subtract 9 hours for "Victor," Alaska Standard Time
• Subtract 10 hours for "William," Hawaii Standard Time

Missed Episodes

One of the most common questions I am asked is "How can I get a tape of an episode of JAG I missed?". Here are several ways to try to get a tape. I can not guarantee that these will bring you the episode that you missed, but they are a good place to stop. As always, remember to be careful whenever getting something online. Legal Point: Remember that it is okay to be charged for the price of a tape and postage for an episode, but it is illegal for someone to charge you for the episode. Good luck!

• CBS: If you missed an episode that aired this season, it will be repeated later in the season.
• USA Network: The USA Network (on cable) is repeating seasons one through four of JAG Monday - Friday at 7:00 EST. A schedule of the episodes is available on the the main page of the JAGsite.
• Tapes: If you are looking for a tape of a JAG episode or episodes, you can visit the JAG Trading Post and post your request there.
  Another option is to post a request on one of the JAG mailing lists. You can find a list of most of them at The JAGsite Mailing List Links.