Claim: Jag was on TV.

JAG -LRB- U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General -RRB- is an American legal drama television show with a distinct U.S. Navy theme , created by Donald P. Bellisario , and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television -LRB- now CBS Television Studios -RRB- . The first season was co-produced with NBC Productions .   Originally perceived as a Top Gun meets A Few Good Men hybrid series , the pilot episode of JAG first aired on NBC on September 23 , 1995 , but the series was later canceled on May 22 , 1996 , after finishing 79th in the ratings , leaving one episode unaired . Rival network CBS picked up the series for a midseason replacement , beginning on January 3 , 1997 . For several seasons , JAG climbed in the ratings and was on the air for nine additional seasons . JAG furthermore spawned the hit series NCIS , which in turn spun off NCIS : Los Angeles and NCIS : New Orleans .   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 . JAG entered syndication early in 1999 .