March 20, 2005 DGrassi Is tha Best Teen TV N da WRLD! By BEN NEIHART At the studio and back lot of Epitome Pictures, in an industrial part of Toronto, every day was prom night. Tarps covered windows to keep out the sun. Dozens of gangly kids in ill-fitting formal wear swayed to a loop…

Degrassi, ’tis of thee Or, how a Canadian TV show became a beacon for American youth According to the five high-school students subject to weekend detention in the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club, adults forced 80s teens into restrictive stereotypes. “You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the…

Cassie Steele breaks into music industry By SHERRI WOOD — Toronto Sun The teen girl pop star pool just got a little more crowded. 15-year-old Cassie Steele, best known for her portrayal of Manny Santos on the hit TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation, is throwing a CD release party this week for her new…

Six weeks ago we had posted the details about the June 21st release of Degrassi: The Next Generation – Season 2. The cover art is down below: For all the details, including extensive extras, check back to that previous news post. Stay tuned for pricing info and pre-order listings, which we’ll post in our regular…

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 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…

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…