Today Stephen Stohn Executive Producer confirmed that Degrassi: The Next Generation has been ordered for 19 X 30 minute cycles. Principle shooting will most likely begin in May. Expect episodes to begin airing on CTV sometime in September or October of 2005. Here’s the full post:

“We heard late this evening from CTV about Degrassi, still no word on Instant Star we are hoping for that by the end of this week. And the news is: Degrassi has officially been ordered for 19 episodes in Season 5!!! This means that the final episode of Season 5 will be the 100th episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation!!! And it all happens in the year we are celebrating 25 years of Degrassi being on the air!!”