Teen soap gets serious By David Bauder Associated Press Cheerleader Paige runs through several emotions after being date-raped at a party by a high-school soccer player. At first, she denies she’s been raped. She’s angry with herself, and angry with her friends, before directing her fury into trying to prevent her assailant from striking again.…

Network explores date rape In a frightening dream, Lauren Collins as Paige, left, is taunted by Shawn Roberts as Dean before a school basketball game in a special 90-minute ‘date rape’ episode of “DeGrassi: The Next Generation,” in this undated publicity photo. (Noggin, Michael Courtney/Associated Press) By DAVID BAUDER – The Associated Press NEW YORK…

Teen soap opera looks at date rape DAVID BAUDER Associated Press DeGrassi: The Next Generation ——————————————————————————– Cheerleader Paige runs through several emotions after being date-raped at a party by a high school soccer player. At first, she denies she’s been raped. She’s angry with herself, and angry with her friends, before directing her fury into…

Date rape focus of teen TV series New episode airs tonight on Noggin By David Bauder Associated Press Cheerleader Paige runs through several emotions after being date-raped at a party by a high school soccer player. At first, she denies she’s been raped. She’s angry with herself, and angry with her friends, before directing her…

Teenage soap opera ‘DeGrassi’ takes on tough topic of date rape DAVID BAUDER; The Associated Press Cheerleader Paige runs through several emotions after being date-raped at a party by a high school soccer player. At first, she denies she’s been raped. She’s angry with herself, and angry with her friends, before directing her fury into…

Check It Out TV You Gotta See: New season of The N’s signature series By Laura Ferrara Degrassi: The Next Generation Premiering Friday, July 11 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) Degrassi high school students are back with an awesome redecorated school and a brand-new season on The N, NOGGIN’s nighttime network just for teens! The teens…

Teen network explores date rape Issue to be addressed in ‘DeGrassi’ show NEW YORK (AP) –Cheerleader Paige runs through several emotions after being date-raped at a party by a high school soccer player. At first, she denies she’s been raped. She’s angry with herself, and angry with her friends, before directing her fury into trying…

The other good news is that I believe the first new episode that will be shown starting July 11 is actually three new episodes, all packaged together–Shout 1, Shout 2, and How Soon Is Now. (That means there will be some small elements of How Soon Is Now that won’t make quite the sense that…

‘Degrassi’ stays in touch with teens’ lives The season premiere deals with date rape with its signature practicality. By BRIAN ORLOFF St. Petersburg Times published July 7, 2003 ——————————————————————————– High school traumas on television typically involve botched dates and crushes, but few shows delve into weighty situations about teenagers and sexuality. The 90-minute season premiere…

Just walked back from set to my office, we are just completing the final shot of the day. All of the cast have been here, as we have been shooting the new opening sequence. And Monday, the cameras roll on the first episode of Season 3–a one-hour special (301/302) that at this time is called…