Quantum Leap is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from Mar ch 26, 1989 to May 5, 1993,

for a total of five seasons. The series was created by Donald Bellisario, and starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist f rom six years in the future (during the series' original run) who becomes lost i n time following a time travel experiment, temporarily taking the places of othe r people to "put right what once went wrong". Dean Stockwell co-starred as Al Ca lavicci, Sam's womanizing, cigar-smoking sidekick and best friend, who appeared as a hologram that only Sam, animals, young children, and the mentally ill could see and hear.[3] The series featured a mix of comedy, drama and melodrama, soci al commentary, nostalgia, and science fiction, which won it a broad range of fan s. One of its trademarks is that at the end of each episode, Sam "leaps" into th e setting for the next episode, usually uttering a dismayed "Oh, boy!"