Post by filmnoir5 on Jul 4, 2006 8:01:10 GMT -5
What a difference a year makes!
In 2005
JAG's Star: Why He's Out
by Mary Murphy
David James Elliott did not jump ship; he was forced to walk the plank. Elliott, who plays Navy attorney Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. on JAG, is leaving the show when it concludes its 10th season in May.
Elliott, 44, has already signed a series-development deal with ABC. "David left, and we wish him well," JAG creator Donald Bellisario says. "His contract was up, and we never expected it to go on. We had to cut costs. [So] we started doing episodes with less of David, and it became obvious to him that we were not going to renegotiate."
Elliott's manager says CBS never responded to his client's salary request for another season, but "David loves CBS. [The role] had run its course. He has made a lucrative deal with ABC."
That said, there may not even be another season. CBS won't announce its fall lineup — including JAG's fate — until May, but Bellisario has made a preemptive strike by adding a new attorney to anchor the show. Chris Beetem, a 32-year-old As the World Turns veteran, joined the cast Feb. 18 as Lt. Gregory Vukovic and has already been signed for a potential 11th season.
"We want a younger, hipper JAG," Bellisario says. JAG attracts nearly 10 million viewers on average, but only a quarter of them are in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic coveted by advertisers.
Now in the summer of 2006 :
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - David James Elliott is joining the cast of CBS' "Close to Home" as a regular.
On the legal drama, Elliott will play D.A. Conlon, a smart, ambitious and charming big-city prosecutor from Manhattan who joins suburban prosecutors Annabeth Chase (Jennifer Finnigan) and Maureen Scofield (Kimberly Elise). He will make his debut in the show's second-season premiere in the fall.
John Carroll Lynch, who played D.A. Steve Sharpe in Season 1, is leaving the series along with Christian Kane, whose character, Chase's husband Jack, was killed off in the Season 1 finale.
TV law is familiar territory for Elliott, who for 10 yearsplayed pilot-turned-lawyer Lt. Harmon Rabb on the NBC/CBS series "JAG."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter "
In 2005
JAG's Star: Why He's Out
by Mary Murphy
David James Elliott did not jump ship; he was forced to walk the plank. Elliott, who plays Navy attorney Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. on JAG, is leaving the show when it concludes its 10th season in May.
Elliott, 44, has already signed a series-development deal with ABC. "David left, and we wish him well," JAG creator Donald Bellisario says. "His contract was up, and we never expected it to go on. We had to cut costs. [So] we started doing episodes with less of David, and it became obvious to him that we were not going to renegotiate."
Elliott's manager says CBS never responded to his client's salary request for another season, but "David loves CBS. [The role] had run its course. He has made a lucrative deal with ABC."
That said, there may not even be another season. CBS won't announce its fall lineup — including JAG's fate — until May, but Bellisario has made a preemptive strike by adding a new attorney to anchor the show. Chris Beetem, a 32-year-old As the World Turns veteran, joined the cast Feb. 18 as Lt. Gregory Vukovic and has already been signed for a potential 11th season.
"We want a younger, hipper JAG," Bellisario says. JAG attracts nearly 10 million viewers on average, but only a quarter of them are in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic coveted by advertisers.
Now in the summer of 2006 :
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - David James Elliott is joining the cast of CBS' "Close to Home" as a regular.
On the legal drama, Elliott will play D.A. Conlon, a smart, ambitious and charming big-city prosecutor from Manhattan who joins suburban prosecutors Annabeth Chase (Jennifer Finnigan) and Maureen Scofield (Kimberly Elise). He will make his debut in the show's second-season premiere in the fall.
John Carroll Lynch, who played D.A. Steve Sharpe in Season 1, is leaving the series along with Christian Kane, whose character, Chase's husband Jack, was killed off in the Season 1 finale.
TV law is familiar territory for Elliott, who for 10 yearsplayed pilot-turned-lawyer Lt. Harmon Rabb on the NBC/CBS series "JAG."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter "