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The Famous Jett Jackson
Created by Fracaswell Hyman
Starring Lee Thompson Young
Ryan Sommers Baum
Lindy Booth
Jeff Douglas
Kerry Duff
Gordon Greene
Montrose Hagins
Melanie Nicholls-King
Nigel Shawn Williams
Andrew Tarbet
Country of origin Canada
United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 65 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Release
Original network Disney Channel
Original release October 25, 1998 (1998-10-25) – June 22, 2001 (2001-06-22)

The Famous Jett Jackson is a Canadian and American Disney Channel TV series. It is a coming-of-age television show for children between the ages of 12-16. The show is about a guy named Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young). He plays a teenage secret agent on a fictional TV show called Silverstone.

The show was on the Disney Channel from October 25, 1998 – June 22, 2001. It was removed from the channel in June 2004. It once aired on ABC Family. The show was also seen again on Disney XD in 2009. The Jett Jackson: The Movie aired on Disney Channel in 2001.

Cast

Main

  • Lee Thompson Young as Jett Jackson/Silverstone
  • Ryan Sommers Baum as J.B. Halliburton
  • Kerry Duff as Kayla West
  • Gordon Greene as Woodrick Jackson
  • Montrose Hagins as Miz Coretta
  • Melanie Nicholls-King as Jules Jackson

Other

  • Jeffrey Douglas as Cubby
  • Lindy Booth as Riley Grant/Hawk
  • Nigel Shawn Williams as Nigel Essex/Artemus

Awards and nominations

The show The Famous Jett Jackson and its young cast were nominated for Young Artist Awards, presented by the nonprofit Young Artist Foundation, in several categories in the course of the show's run:

Awards
Year Result Award Category Won
1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, Leading Young Actor Lee Thompson Young
1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, Supporting Young Actor Ryan Sommers Baum
1999 Won Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, Supporting Young Actress Kerry Duff
1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Comedy Series The Famous Jett Jackson
2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series, Leading Young Actor Lee Thompson Young
2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series, Supporting Young Actor Ryan Sommers Baum
2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series, Supporting Young Actress Kerry Duff
2001 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Movie Kerry Duff (Jett Jackson: The Movie)
2001 Won Parents' Choice Awards Silver Honor The Famous Jett Jackson

See also

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