The Jersey is an American comedy television series based on the Monday Night Football Club books by Gordon Korman. The series aired on Disney Channel from January 30, 1999, to March 23, 2004.
Premise Nicholas "Nick" Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin are four teenagers who discover the magic of "the jersey", a mystical football jersey that transports them into the bodies of professional athletes. This is done in a way that is very similar to how Sam Beckett, the main character in Quantum Leap, travels from body to body, and there is a different athlete featured in every episode. The show had several athletes as guest actors, including Dan Lyle, Michael Andretti, Terrell Davis, David Robinson, Malik Rose, Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe, Donovan McNabb, Tim Couch, Byron Dafoe, Michael Strahan, Kurt Warner, Stephon Marbury, Sergei Fedorov, Kordell Stewart, Jerome Bettis, Junior Seau, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Eddie George, Sabrina Bryan, Randy Johnson, Tony Hawk, Laila Ali, Peyton Manning, and Danny Farmer.
Cast Main cast Michael Galeota as Nicholas "Nick" Lighter Courtnee Draper as Morgan Hudson(via Google Books) Jermaine Williams as Coleman Galloway Theo Greenly as Elliot Rifkin
Supporting cast Brianne Prather as Hilary Lighter Cheselka Leigh as Willa Conklin Michael Bofshever as Mr. Lighter McNally Sagal as Mrs. Lighter Meagan Good as Tamika Vance Yudell as Phill Parker
Production The series began production in 1998 with the filming of the pilot episode, "The Magic Jersey", which aired on Disney Channel as a mid-season special on January 30, 1999. However, its main run would not start until later that fall with the airing of "In Training", which is listed as episode 2 despite being the first episode of the show's main run. The series aired for three seasons, and while production on the show wrapped in April 2001, new episodes were shown until March 2004. The last few episodes aired early Saturday mornings on Disney Channel and after all 64 episodes were shown, The Jersey was completely taken off the air in June 2004.
Episodes
Season 1 (1999–2000) Note: The pilot episode "The Magic Jersey" was filmed in 1998, but the rest of the season was filmed in 1999 for the 1999–2000 season.
Season 2 (2000–01)
Season 3 (2002–04) Note: Season 3 was produced during the 2000–2001 season, but was not broadcast until 2002. Its 24 episodes aired somewhat sporadically between 2002 and 2004.
References
External links
The Jersey at TV Tango.