Degrassi: Next Class

Degrassi: Next Class
Degrassi: Next Class 2nd current official logo
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Linda Schuyler Yan Moore Stephen Stohn Sarah Glinski Matt Huether
Starring	Main Cast
Theme music composer	Jody Colero Jim McGrath Shobha Stephen Stohn Rob Wells
Opening theme	"Whatever It Takes"
Composer(s)	Jim McGrath Tim Welch
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Linda Schuyler Stephen Stohn Brendon Yorke Sarah Glinski Matt Huether
Producer(s)	Stefan Brogren Courtney Jane Walker Stephanie Williams
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Editor(s)	Jason B. Irvine Nicholas Wong
Running time	24 minutes
Production company(s)	Epitome Pictures DHX Media
Distributor	Entertainment One (Canada) DHX Media (International)
Release
Original network	Family (F2N)/Family Channel App (Canada) Netflix (International)
Picture format	HDTV
Original release	January 4, 2016 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Degrassi: The Next Generation School's Out Degrassi High Degrassi Junior High
Related shows	The Kids of Degrassi Street Degrassi Talks
External links
Website

Degrassi: Next Class is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi Universe, which was originally created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. It is the fifth series in the Degrassi franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, and Degrassi: The Next Generation. The series was created by Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinksi, and Matt Huether and is produced by Epitome Pictures (a subsidiary of DHX Media). The current executive producers are Schuyler, her husband Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski, and Matt Huether. The series is filmed at Epitome's studios in Toronto, Ontario, rather than on the real De Grassi Street from which the franchise takes its name.

Like its predecessors, the series follows an ensemble cast of students at Degrassi Community School who face various challenges often seen as taboo such as sex, teen pregnancy, date rape, drug abuse, self image, homosexuality, self-injury, suicide, abortion, domestic violence, death, racism and many other issues. The first season of Next Class premiered on January 4, 2016 on Family's new teen programming block, F2N in Canada. The series saw its U.S. (and international) debut January 15, 2016, on Netflix. In Australia the show premiered on ABC3 on May 16, 2016. Season one ended on January 17, 2016 for both the Family Channel's two weeks or a fortnight run and Netflix's five hours to three days run.