50 Fun Facts About Jessie

In which years did the sitcom Jessie run?

It ran on Disney Channel for four seasons before ending in October 2015.

Who created the series?

She had written on Charles in Charge and co-executive produced The Nanny before this.

Which actress plays the title role?

The creator is said to have built the show specifically to showcase her, after working together on The Suite Life on Deck.

Which earlier Disney series had the creator and star worked on together?

That collaboration is what convinced the network to build a new show around her.

Which 1990s sitcom did the creator co-executive produce?

Another nanny sitcom, which is presumably why the format felt familiar.

Where does the heroine grow up before moving to New York?

She is rebelling against a strict father who wanted her to join the army.

What job does she take in New York?

Her actual ambition is acting; the job with the wealthy family is an unexpected turn.

What is the wealthy family's surname?

The parents are jet-setting and largely absent, which is the entire premise.

Where in Manhattan is the penthouse?

The building's doorman, Tony, is twenty years old and has feelings for the nanny.

How many Ross children are there?

Emma, Luke, Ravi and Zuri, only one of whom is the parents' biological child.

What kind of animal is Mr. Kipling?

He is seven feet long, and later revealed to be female.

What twist does the show reveal about that pet?

The name is duly upgraded to Mrs. Kipling once the truth comes out.

How long is that reptile?

It belongs to Ravi, who arrived with it from India.

What is the family butler called?

Kevin Chamberlin plays him as grouchy, lazy and reluctantly helpful.

Which actor plays the butler?

He is one of the six credited series regulars.

Which of the Ross children is the parents' only biological child?

Peyton List plays her as a diva determined to reorder the world to suit herself.

Where was Luke born?

Cameron Boyce played him as a break-dancing, video-gaming self-described ladies' man.

Which country was Ravi adopted from?

He spent his first ten and a half years in West Bengal before joining the family.

Which country was Zuri brought to New York from?

Skai Jackson played her as the youngest, sassiest and most imaginative of the four.

What is the building's 20-year-old doorman called?

Chris Galya played him, and he had strong feelings for Jessie throughout.

Which first lady appeared as herself on the show?

Zuri called her to get a friend's mother home in time for a tenth birthday.

What was Emma's character originally going to be called?

The mother was originally to be a photographer named Pandora, before casting changed everything.

What was the mother originally going to be, before rewrites?

Several characters were reshaped to fit the actors who were eventually cast.

What unusual step did the production skip entirely?

It went straight into production in June 2011 once casting was settled.

Which Disney series had used the same sound stage before this one?

Filming took place on Stage 3/8 at Hollywood Center Studios.

What Disney Channel first did the show's fourth season deliver?

The engagement ran across a four-episode arc announced in April 2014.

How many episodes were produced in total?

Six of them were never broadcast, so 98 actually aired.

How many episodes actually aired?

The difference is a handful of instalments that were produced but never shown.

Why was 'Quitting Cold Koala' pulled from its May 2013 slot?

It still went up on the network's website and on-demand service.

What is the spin-off series called?

It was ordered the same day the parent show's ending was announced.

Which three cast members carried over to that spin-off?

They play the same characters, sent off to summer camp in Maine.

Where is the spin-off's camp located?

Their parents met there as teenagers, which is how the children end up going.

What is the camp in the spin-off named after?

It was founded by a man called Jedediah Swearengen.

On which date did the spin-off premiere?

It aired straight after the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants.

Which Disney Channel Original Movie did the spin-off premiere follow?

The scheduling gave it the biggest possible lead-in audience.

What is the Hindi-language adaptation of the show called?

It premiered on Disney Channel in India in October 2013 with a similar cast of characters.

How was the pilot episode released a week before broadcast?

The proper premiere then became the network's most-watched Friday debut since 2008.

Which record did the premiere set for Disney Channel?

The Suite Life on Deck had held the previous mark, set in September 2008.

Which cast member announced in October 2014 that the fourth season would be the last?

The network made it official the following February.

Which recurring character is a rival British nanny?

Jennifer Veal played her, and their first meeting involved an attempt to ban the family from Central Park.

Which actor plays Luke Ross, the break-dancing prankster of the family?

Boyce's Luke fancies himself a ladies' man and takes a particular shine to Jessie from the start.

What is Morgan Ross, the mostly absent father, famous for?

The pilot reveals he is friends with George Lucas; Charles Esten plays him in the handful of episodes where the parents appear.

Before becoming a business magnate, what was Christina Ross's career?

Christina Moore plays her; the Ross parents are only shown in a few episodes across the whole series.

Who is the snooty head of the condominium board in the Ross family's building?

Her feud with the family started when the lizard shredded her clothes in the elevator; Carolyn Hennesy plays her.

Jessie's first crossover, a New Year's special in December 2012, was with which Disney show?

The one-hour 'All Star New Year' was the first of five crossovers, tying Jessie with Hannah Montana and Lilo & Stitch: The Series for the most on the channel.

What is the name of the boyfriend who becomes Jessie's fiance?

He lands a job in Africa and pushes for a quick wedding, which upsets the kids when they find out; Pierson Fode plays him.

In the original concept, Ravi was a South American boy named Javier with what pet?

The characters were reworked to suit the actors cast; Karan Brar's casting shifted the character to West Bengal and gave him a lizard instead.

Luke was originally written as a boy adopted from Korea with what name?

Casting began in May 2011, and several characters changed drastically once the actors were chosen.

Which actress plays Creepy Connie, the girl obsessed with Luke, across three episodes?

Her episodes escalate from 'Creepy Connie Comes a Callin'' to 'Creepy Connie 3: The Creepening'.

Which episode is the most-watched in the show's run, with 7.32 million viewers?

At the other end, 'Basket Case', the episode with NBA star Chris Paul coaching Ravi, drew the smallest audience at 1.38 million.