Canada has always been well-represented on the American prime-time schedule. Lorne Greene was the patriarch of Bonanza. William Shatner saved the universe on Star Trek - with a little help from James Doohan. And then, of course, there's Michael J. Fox. Currently, though, more Canadians than ever before are stars on U.S. TV. To wit:
David James Elliott
After first coming to fame as Alison's sex-addicted rehab boyfriend on Melrose
Place, Toronto-born Elliott nabbed the starring role in JAG as
Lt.-Cmdr. Harmon Rabb Jr. (Harm for short). After poor ratings saw the show
cancelled by its original network, JAG, in its new home, slowly but
steadily built an audience, becoming a genuine hit in its fourth year. "I
love that about the show," he says. "It keeps it interesting. But I think
it hindered the show a little in the beginning because it was tough for people
to put a finger on what it was. That, and getting over the prejudice to it
being a military show. People going, 'Aaah, I don't like military shows.'
When, in fact, it's more than just that."
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