David James Elliott is leaving JAG at the end of this season. He's heading to ABC with a development deal -- he's either going to get cast in an existing show or get an entirely new show.

I'd love to see him on Desperate Housewives, if only to add more eye candy to that show. (But could the show handle the sexiness of both him and James Denton?)

Perhaps the best part of this news is that I no longer have to sit through all the military bravado of JAG to oggle at DJE. I had enough military rhetoric growing up -- I don't need it in my entertainment.

Assuming, of course, his next show doesn't suck ...

What the fuck was that? "Is it because I'm a lesbian"? Where the hell did that come from?

Sure, it was pretty cathartic to see Serena Southerlyn getting fired -- because diety knows how many years Law & Order fans have wanted to say the same thing to Elisabeth Röhm -- but? Lesbian? Haaah??

That was so left field, I can't even begin to come up with all the utterances of confusion to go with it. If she were going to be a gay character, maybe perhaps some of advocacy would have come through somehow in the last few years?

What the hell.

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Jerry Orbach succumbs to cancer. Sigh.

(So, what's going to happen to Trial by Jury?)

[Edited to add: Well, here's my answer.]

KLRU is airing part two of The Elegant Universe on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. I ran across this special on NOVA while channel surfing one weekend earlier this year. I got so riveted by it that when I discovered a second airing on KLRU2 on the same day, I tuned in again.

Based on the book by Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe explains string theory in a way not unlike Alton Brown's explanation of food science on Good Eats. Greene, who also hosts the program, breaks the theory down for the non-scientific audience, and the special effects are a lot more pronounced than most PBS science documentaries. The show is also pretty suspenseful.

I had thought about doing the cheap thing and trying to tape the show off my VCR, but it's available on DVD, so I figure I'll just be a big old nerd and add it to my wish list. Or I could just watch it online.

I gotta wonder ...

With all the screeching about indecency on television, how does it feel for all those Puritanical zealots in those Red States -- mine included -- to face very sympathetic portrayals of gay life in TV drama?

I'd insert links to the whole Desperate Houswives/Monday Night Football and Saving Private Ryan snits but I'm way too lazy and you've all heard about it by now.

I'm thinking about some recent episodes of Jack & Bobby on the WB and Cold Case on CBS.

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You know what would be cool? An MP3 of Johnny Cash performing the theme song from Laverne & Shirley.

He did it in 1997 for a Nissan commercial. I nearly fell out of my seat with laughter the few times I caught that commercial on TV.

Johnny Cash may be famous for a lot of things, but how can anyone not admire a guy with the balls to cover that theme song?

Last Sunday's Six Feet Under (July 18, 2004) has got to be the most talked about episode ever.

I don't have HBO, so I haven't seen anything from seasons 3 or 4. (I'm making my way through the season 2 DVDs now.) With all the talk about it, though, I'm sufficiently spoiled. Check back with me when I see it three years from now, when the season four DVDs come out.

Oh, T-Boz and Chilli -- why you trying to find a replacement for Left Eye?

(Reality TV makes me glad seasons' worth of television are being released on DVD.)

It's a good thing I stopped myself from posting about each bit of Law & Order news that's been popping up in the last few weeks -- 'cos there's a lot.

First, Jerry Orbach leaves the flagship show to appear in the new spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury.

Next, Dennis Farina was announced to be Orbach's replacement.

Right now, Jesse L. Martin (swoon!) is in talks for a multi-year extension, which should net him a fine wad of cash.

Finally, Elisabeth Röhm is leaving the show half-way through next season. Jen has come up with the best names for Röhm -- LawBarbie and my personal favorite, FemmeBot.

I think the next piece of eye candy to pair with Sam Waterston should be a guy. Garrett Wang could probably use some employment right about now.

P.S. Was it my imagination, or was Waterston is pretty damn hot in that old movie, Man in the Moon?

I've said it time again: I'm not a movie person, but television is my drug of choice.

So when I was bouncing around Google looking for DVD release dates for the fourth and fifth seasons of Star Trek Voyager, I discovered this site: TVShowsOnDVD.com.

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