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> Elliott Finds New 'Home' at CBS
> Former 'JAG' star joins legal drama
> June 28 2006
>
> LOS ANGELES -- Ex-"JAG" star David James Elliott is making his way back
> to CBS, landing in the very same timeslot where he was last seen.
>
> The actor is joining the cast of the legal drama "Close to Home," which
> begins its second season in the fall. He'll play a New York prosecutor
> who moves to suburban Indianapolis to work with Annabeth Chase
> (Jennifer Finnigan) and Maureen Scofield (Kimberly Elise), according to
> The Hollywood Re****ter.
>
> He is in effect replacing John Carroll Lynch, who played DA Steve
> Sharpe last season but is leaving the show. Christian Kane, whose
> character died in the season finale, is gone as well.
>
> Elliott starred as Harmon "Harm" Rabb on "JAG" for 10 seasons (one on
> NBC, nine on CBS). The show was a long-time rock on CBS' schedule,
> drawing solid viewer****p in multiple timeslots. It ended its run on
> Friday nights, in the same 9 p.m. timeslot "Close to Home" now
> occupies.
>
> Following "JAG's" end Elliott signed a development deal with Touchstone
> TV and ABC, which resulted in the pilot "Sixty Minute Man" earlier this
> year. He played a man who can't account for an hour of each day,
> leading him to wonder if he's part of a conspiracy. ABC opted not to
> pick up the show.
>
> His other credits include "Knots Landing," last year's Lifetime movie
> "The Stranger I Married" and guest spots on "Melrose Place," "Seinfeld"
> and "Medium."
>
I'm so glad for David :)
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