Tragedy 101: `Degrassi’ pushes limits with school-shooting episode By Sarah Rodman Wednesday, December 1, 2004 Everything is about to change at Degrassi High School. The relative calm of the fictional school at the center of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” will be shattered when one character brings a gun to school with tragic results in a…

Below is a chapter which was supposed to be published in Michele Byers’ Degrassi Anthology but the publisher decided it was best not to publish it   A Domain name dispute: Mark Aaron Polger The Degrassi Domain Name Dispute: How Online Fan Culture Conflicts with Corporate Interests

Degrassi: The Next Generation : Some Critical Observations Written by: Mark Aaron Polger With the fourth season in full swing, I do admit to watching the new Degrassi series, even though I am 30 years old. Even though the issues may not be relevant in my life right now, it is nice to reminisce and…

Just to let you all know that Degrassi: The Next Generation DVD and Degrassi: Junior High/Degrassi High DVD is the foreign (U.S.) version only. Don’t expect to get the Canadian versions on these DVD which are made by WGBH Boston and FUNimation Productions, which take the U.S. versions of the Degrassi series and put them…

The Degrassi Cast: Where are they now? Written by Mark Aaron Polger, Oct 2003 Based on Sharon Mulhollands web site Degrassi Update (www.degrassiupdate.com) most of the cast have moved on to conventional professions. Maureen McKay (Michelle) is a lawyer in Toronto. Duncan Waugh (Arthur) is a bouncer at a bar in Toronto and Craig Driscoll…

Ben Affleck No To Degrassi November 26, 2004, 9:36:36 AFFLECK REJECTS TV CAMEO BEN AFFLECK has turned down the chance to make a cameo appearance in Canadian TV show DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION, despite director pal KEVIN SMITH’s desperate attempts. JERSEY GIRL director Smith will fulfil a life-long ambition when he appears in three episodes…

BEST TV SHOW (LOCALLY PRODUCED) DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION Tuesdays, 8:30pm, CTV BEST POT SPOT ROACH-O-RAMA 191A Baldwin, 416-203-6990 Despite their publicists’ obvious distress and anxiety at the scene, Degrassi stars Miriam McDonald, Lauren Collins and Adamo Ruggiero (that’s Emma, Paige and Marco in Degrassi-land) seemed to enjoy their photo shoot at Kensington Market’s Roach-o-rama,…

Ben Affleck wont enroll at Degrassi Fans can buy Orlando Blooms underwear Even pal Kevin Smith couldn’t convince Ben Affleck to join “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” By Jeannette Walls MSNBC Updated: 2:52 a.m. ET Nov. 22, 2004Ben Affleck fans if there are any left shouldnt hold their breath waiting to see him on Degrassi: the…

Degrassi Junior High – School Is In At Last! Your Choice of Single Discs or 1st Season Set By David Lambert Go to school with the show in a class by itself – and get real! Hailed as “groundbreaking,” “powerful,” and “totally authentic,” Degrassi Junior High confronts it all – friendship, puberty, rumors, sports, studies,…

Monday, November 15, 2004 Head of the class A new generation of Degrassi kids carry the torch By STEPHANIE McGRATH Toronto Sun Emma Nelson has been the target of an Internet stalker; has watched her step-father fall ill; had an uncomfortable encounter with her birth father; and endured a wave of turmoil with the object…