‘DEGRASSI’ DE BOMB WITH A NEW GEN By MICHAEL GILTZ June 11, 2004 — WHEN the stars of the hit high school drama “DeGrassi: The Next Generation” came to the U.S. for a nine-city tour, they suddenly realized how much the Canadian show has caught on with kids. “They were treated like rock stars all…

Is this justice? By THERESA SHELTON Wednesday, June 9, 2004 – Page A22 Kitchener, Ont. — Last Friday, a 12-member Superior Court jury acquitted Tyson Talbot for the murder of my son (Jury Acquits Degrassi Actor In Murder Trial — June 5). If the justice system entrusts 12 individuals selected at random to perform the…

‘Tweener’ TV too hot for parents? Tim Goodman Wednesday, June 9, 2004 As a matter of fact, it is your father’s Oldsmobile. It’s amazing how it’s so hard to avoid becoming your parents or, worse, parenting like them. In a world that rapidly seems to pass adult traits to the young, television has always been…

A petition has been created at the following web site http://www.petitiononline.com/TheN1234/petition.html As viewers of The-N programming we feel that recent actions taking in part by the Noggin Network for not showing episode(s) 314/315 titled Accidents Will Happen from Degrassi: The Next Generation is unjust and asinine. We feel that as paying customers of your network…

Degrassi: The Next Generation – The Ultimate Box Set is coming to DVD this Sept. 28th from Funimation, according to information found at the website promoting this release. According to the site, The Ultimate Box Set Includes: Director’s Cut of Episodes 1-15 (Season One) Degrassi Karaoke: Lyrics light up as you sing! Choose the version…

Jury acquits Degrassi actor in murder trial By GAY ABBATE COURTS REPORTER Saturday, June 5, 2004 – Page A13 Tyson Talbot, who appeared in the first two Degrassi television series, has been acquitted of killing a man by punching him and then deliberately kicking him in the head as he lay dying. But the 32-year-old…

Talbot kicked dying man, jury told By GAY ABBATE COURTS REPORTER Thursday, June 3, 2004 – Page A13 Tyson Talbot, the former child actor who appeared in the first two Degrassi television series, intentionally punched a man and then deliberately kicked him in the head as he lay dying, a jury was told yesterday. “He…

‘DEGRASSI’ CUT COPIERS June 1, 2004 — A popular teen TV show is being blamed for a rash of student self-mutilations. Ten students between the ages of 10 and 13 at a Canadian school apparently cut themselves with sharp objects over a three-day period in April after watching a character cut herself on an episode…

Hull students’ cuts blamed on Degrassi CP; AP Monday, May 31, 2004 A TV show is being blamed after 10 elementary school students committed acts of self-mutilation that included making cuts on their arms with protractors. The students, age 10 to 13, apparently cut themselves with sharp objects over three days in April after watching…

Students Hurt Themselves After Watching TV Show Josh Pringle Saturday, May 29, 2004 A popular television show is being blamed after 10 Hull elementary students committed acts of self-mutilation. The Saint-Paul students, between the ages of 10 and 13, apparently cut themselves with sharp objects over a three-day period in April after watching a character…