The Jersey

The Jersey
Format	Teen sitcom
Developed by	Thomas W. Lynch Barry Gurstein David Pitlik (based on characters created by Gordon Korman)
Starring	Michael Galeota Courtnee Draper Jermaine Williams Brianne Prather Cheselka Leigh Theo Greenly Anna Newman Meagan Good
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	22 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	January 30, 1999 (1999-01-30) – March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)

The Jersey is a television series produced by the Disney Channel and based on the Monday Night Football Club books by Gordon Korman.

Premise

The Jersey is about Nick Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin, four teens 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 similar to the way that the main character in Quantum Leap, Sam, travels from body to body, and there is a different athlete featured in every episode. The show has several sports superstars as guest actors, including Dan Lyle, Michael Andretti, Terrell Davis, David Robinson, Malik Rose, Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe, Donovan McNabb, Byron Dafoe, Michael Strahan, Kurt Warner, Stephon Marbury, Sergei Fedorov, Kordell Stewart, Jerome Bettis, Junior Seau, Scott Steiner, Eddie George, Sabrina Bryan, Randy Johnson, Tony Hawk, Laila Ali and Danny Farmer.

Cast

• Michael Galeota as Nick Lighter
• Courtnee Draper as Morgan Hudson
• Jermaine Williams as Coleman Galloway
• Brianne Prather as Hilary Lighter
• Cheselka Leigh as Willa Conklin
• Theo Greenly as Elliot Rifkin
• Anna Newman as Mrs. Lighter
• Meagan Good as Tamika
• Vance Yudell as Phill Parker

Production

While production on the show wrapped in February 2001, new episodes were shown until 2004. The last few episodes aired early Saturday mornings on Disney and after 64 episodes were shown, The Jersey was completely taken off the air in June 2004.

External links

• The Jersey at the Internet Movie Database
• The Jersey at TV.com