CTV'S BETTING BIG ON DEGRASSI BONANZA

Degrassi : The Next Generation – Press A:hover { COLOR: #0856a2 } CTV’S BETTING BIG ON DEGRASSI BONANZA ANTONIA ZERBISIAS Thursday, June 7, 2001 TELEVISION Usually when networks hold their Fall Launch events, it’s the new that’s news. But yesterday, at CTV’s 2000-1 season unveiling, the old was news. First, hold on to your Joey…

Something old, something new in CTV fall lineup

Something old, something new in CTV fall lineup By BILL BRIOUX Toronto Sun CTV, which has more suits than Moores, threw a whole rack of executives at the press early yesterday morning. The big Canadian announcement was Degrassi: The Next Generation, a new series based on the old CBC Degrassi series. Those coming-of-age shows were…

CTV gets da mob and Degrassi

CTV gets da mob and Degrassi Season 2 of Sopranos and 13 new shows this fall, including fave former high-schoolers PEGGY CURRAN The Gazette Imperioli: “Impressed” CTV airs Sopranos. The Sopranos, “uncut and uncensored,” will tangle with the legal system on CTV Sunday nights this fall, while Degrassi High throws open its doors to a…

The faces are new, but the angst is the same

The faces are new, but the angst is the same The latest Degrassi series takes me back to high school Rebecca Eckler National Post Chris Bolin, National Post Degrassi: The old geezers: From left, Pat Mastroianni, Stacie Mistysyn, Stefan Brogren and Amanda Stepto starred in the original series. It just figures I’d run into the…

My Day with the Degrassi Cult

KIM HONEY TORONTO PUBLISHED APRIL 7, 2001 Mark Polger pauses outside the front doors to Vincent Massey Public School in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke and looks up at the red-brick building with reverence. This isn’t his first pilgrimage to the site where his all-time favourite TV show was filmed, the Canadian classic Degrassi Junior High,…

My day with the Degrassi cult:

My day with the Degrassi cult: Fans of the old CBC hit series are devoted, even obsessive. With a new version of the show in the works, writes KIM HONEY, their loyalty to the brand may be a problem KIM HONEY Saturday, April 7, 2001 TORONTO — Mark Polger pauses outside the front doors to…

The Degrassi school of investing

The Degrassi school of investing As a child actor, Pat Mastroianni starting socking his money away in RRSPs. It’s a lesson he learned early, and well Jason Chow Financial Post Yvonne Berg, National Post-photo credit There’s no glamour in show business, says Pat Mastroianni, once better known as Joey Jeremiah. Pat Mastroianni was 16 years…