- The Jersey
Infobox Television
show_name = The Jersey
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format =Reality television series
runtime = 30 min.
creator =Gordon Korman
starring =Michael Galeota Courtnee Draper Jermaine Williams Brianne Prather Cheselka Leigh Theo Greenly Anna Newman Meagan Good
country = USA
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language = English
network =Disney Channel
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first_aired =September 24 ,1999
last_aired =March 23 ,2003
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 65
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imdb_id = 0211816
tv_com_id = 2771"The Jersey" (1999-2003) was a
television series produced by theDisney Channel and based on the "Monday Night Football Club " books byGordon Korman . "The Jersey" is about Nick Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin, four teens who discover the magic of "the jersey", a mystical Oklahoma Sooners 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 guestactor s, includingMichael Andretti ,Terrell Davis ,David Robinson ,Malik Rose , Tony Gonzalez,Shannon Sharpe ,Donovan McNabb ,Byron Dafoe ,Kurt Warner ,Stephon Marbury ,Sergei Fedorov ,Kordell Stewart ,Jerome Bettis ,Junior Seau ,Scott Steiner ,Eddie George ,Adrian L. Peterson ,Sabrina Bryan andLaila Ali .Cast
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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 Tamikahow information
While production on the show wrapped in February
2002 , new episodes were shown until2003 . The last few episodes aired early Saturday mornings on Disney and after all 65 episodes were shown, "The Jersey" was completely taken off the air. At this time, the network still required all of its shows to end after 65 episodes to avoid repeating storylines and find newer, fresher shows to bring in a broader audience.External links
*imdb title|id= 0211816|title=The Jersey
*Tv.com show|id=2771|title=The Jersey
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