Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation
Logo used in seasons 1–5 & 8–9
Also known as	'Degrassi: The Next Generation (seasons 1–9) Degrassi (seasons 10–14)
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Yan Moore Linda Schuyler
Starring	Main Cast
Theme music composer	Jody Colero Jim McGrath Stephen Stohn
Opening theme	"Whatever It Takes"
Composer(s)	Jim McGrath Tim Welch
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	385 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Linda Schuyler Stephen Stohn Brendon Yorke
Producer(s)	David Lowe Stefan Brogren
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Editor(s)	Gordon Thorne
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Production company(s)	Epitome Pictures DHX Media Bell Media
Distributor	Entertainment One (Canada) DHX Media (International)
Release
Original network	CTV (2001–09) MuchMusic (2010–13) MTV Canada (2013–15)
Picture format	480i (SDTV Season 1–3) 1080i (HDTV Season 4–14)
Original release	October 14, 2001 – August 2, 2015
Chronology
Preceded by	School's Out Degrassi High Degrassi Junior High
Followed by	Degrassi: Next Class
Related shows	The Kids of Degrassi Street Degrassi Talks
External links
Website

Degrassi: The Next Generation (later renamed Degrassi for seasons ten through fourteen) is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. It is the fourth series in the Degrassi franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High. 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 graffiti, sex, teen pregnancy, bullying, date rape, drug abuse, self image, homosexuality, self-injury, suicide, abortion, domestic violence, death, racism and many other issues.

The series was initially created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore, and is produced by Epitome Pictures (a subsidiary of DHX Media) in association with Bell Media. The current executive producers are Schuyler, her husband Stephen Stohn and Brendon Yorke. 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. Degrassi: The Next Generation has been a critical success and has often received favourable reviews from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and AfterElton.com. In its initial years, it was frequently the most watched domestic drama series in Canada, and one of the highest-rated shows on TeenNick in the United States. In 2004, one episode received just under a million viewers in Canada, and over half a million viewers in the US. The series has won numerous awards, from the Geminis, Writers Guild of Canada and Directors Guild of Canada, and internationally from the Teen Choice Awards, Young Artist Awards, and Prix Jeunesse.