When the director shouts “Cut!” and the buzzer sounds, the young actors move from the set to a makeshift classroom where they catch up on their other lives as students. “We try to keep up with what’s being covered back at school,” says Miriam McDonald, who is in Grade 12 and plays Emma on Degrassi:…

Degrassi Highs and lows Pat Mastroianni (aka Joey Jeremiah) will always come back to his television alma mater Leah Collins Pat Joey Jeremiah Mastroianni and Stefan Snake Brogren John L Haar Theatre Monday, 28 February at 6pm As sure as your hand-me-down rabbit-eared television set can pick up the CBC, youve seen an episode of…

Degrassi: The Next Generation – Announced: the next DVD set of The Next Generaton We’ve been getting tons and tons of e-mails from our readers, and we’re happy to pass the news on to the rest of you! The official DVD website of Degrassi: The Next Generation has updated their site this week to talk…

Degrassi Student Planner Degrassi Student Planner See Degrassi Generations, see Growing Up Degrassi You love Degrassi. You’ve seen every episode. You’re a registered member of the 400,000-strong official Degrassi web site and you’ve downloaded every picture of Liberty, Joey, Ellie, and Craig you could find. You’re holding your breath for the next mall tour by…

Degrassi Generations See also Degrassi Student Planner and Growing Up Degrassi Degrassi Generations -Canada and Us Book jackets When the groundbreaking show, The Kids of Degrassi Street, debuted twenty-five years ago, it was definitely teen television with a difference. The characters were refreshingly, astonishingly real and fans immediately saw themselves in the series’ true-to-life storylines.…

STEVE TILLEY, EDMONTON SUN As any self-respecting beer commercial will tell you, there’s nothing that Canadians cling to more fiercely than those things that make us different and distinct from our neighbours to the south. So while American teens in the late 1980s were being weaned on the harmless adventures of Zack and Screech on…

FROM: Mike Sheerin DATE: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:06:52 -0500 TO: SUBJECT: Degrassi 25th anniversary documentary Greetings. My name is Mike Sheerin — a Toronto-based documentary director. I’m currently making a documentary on the Degrassi series’ 25th anniversary to be broadcast on CTV (Canada only, so far) this fall. I’m emailing the Digest to request…

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,…

For immediate release FAMOUS PLAYERS HOLDS FIRST ANNUAL CELEBRITY DIRECTORS CHAIR ON-LINE AUCTION February 8, 2005 (Toronto) Famous Players, Canadas largest theatrical exhibitor, in partnership with the Directors Guild of Canada – Ontario, are pleased to announce the First Annual Celebrity Directors Chair On-line Auction in support of Variety The Childrens Charity, to help children…