The Reason
Why did Donald P. Bellisario choose to create JAG? Oh, his answer will hit you in the feels.”Dramatic, action adventure programming has all but disappeared from the airwaves. I don’t do sitcoms; I don’t do urban neurotic dramas. I created JAG because it’s the kind of television I like to watch.” He goes on to add, “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.”
The Reason
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Catherine Bell made her very first appearance in JAG during the season 1 finale where she played another character that was killed off in that episode. “It was a really important character for Don Bellisario, who created the show, because Harm was in love with this woman,” she explained. Bell further commented, “I went after the role and wrote Don a letter after I had read the breakdown for Mac and they brought me in. Six callbacks later, I got the role.”
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