Degrassi: The Next Generation

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Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation logo
Genre Teen drama, Soap opera
Created by Yan Moore
Linda Schuyler
Theme music composer Jody Colero
Jim McGrath
Stephen Stohn
David Ogilvie
Opening theme Whatever It Takes
Composer(s) Jim McGrath
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 134 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Linda Schuyler
Stephen Stohn
Brendon Yorke
Location(s) Toronto, ON, Canada
Running time 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Flag of Canada CTV
Flag of the United States The N
Original run October 14, 2001 – Present
Chronology
Preceded by Degrassi High
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as D:TNG, DTNG, Degrassi:TNG, or simply Degrassi) is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore that premiered on CTV in Canada on October 14, 2001. It is the fifth series set in the fictional Degrassi universe created by Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. Like its predecessors, Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face exaggerated instances of challenges common to teen life.

D:TNG is produced by Epitome Pictures in association with CTVglobemedia and distributed by Alliance Atlantis. The series airs on CTV, although seasons six and seven premiered on the United States cable channel The N before they were broadcast in Canada. As of June 2, 2008, 133 episodes have aired. The current executive producers are Epitome Pictures founders Schuyler and husband Stephen Stohn, and Brendon Yorke. The executive creative consultant is James Hurst. Jody Colero is the music supervisor and selects all the music for the show, while the music score is composed by Jim McGrath. Filming takes place at Epitome's studios in Toronto, Ontario.

A critical and popular success, D:TNG is the most-watched domestic drama series in Canada, and the highest-rated show on The N network in the United States. In 2004, one episode received over half a million viewers in the U.S., and just under one million in Canada. The show has won numerous awards, including nine Gemini Awards, two Teen Choice Awards and five Directors Guild of Canada Awards, as well as nominations for nine other Gemini Awards, three more Director's Guild of Canada Awards and recognition from GLAAD. D:TNG's success has also led to a number of tie-in miniseries and webseries, an encyclopædic guide and a series of graphic novels.

Contents

[edit] Production

[edit] Concept

The character Emma Nelson, introduced in Degrassi Junior High, inspired the creation of Degrassi: The Next Generation.
The character Emma Nelson, introduced in Degrassi Junior High, inspired the creation of Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Linda Schuyler, a former school teacher, and her partner Kit Hood, under their production company Playing With Time created the Degrassi universe in 1980. The franchise began with The Kids of Degrassi Street, which was spawned out of three half-hour short films.[1] Degrassi Junior High followed in 1987, Degrassi High came in 1989, and the television movie School's Out premiered in 1992.

In 1999, Schuyler and original Degrassi series head writer Yan Moore were developing a new teen drama.[2] Over the following months, they slowly started planning what had happened to the characters of Degrassi High in order to develop a reunion-themed show.[2] However, the two decided that a series would not work effectively if it was based around adults instead of kids.[2] Moore realized that the character Emma Nelson, born at the end of Degrassi Junior High's second season, would soon be entering junior high school.[2], and development for the series took a new direction. The series was built around Emma as a main character and what her school experiences would include.[2][3] The new series would be similar to the style of the original, but would be technologically advanced and would expand the series beyond television to include an interactive website, along with having new media be a vital component of the plotlines.[2] The project was pitched to CTV with the original reunion episode serving as the pilot to the new series in May 2000.[2]

Stephen Stohn, Schuyler's husband suggested Degrassi: The Next Generation as the name for the new sequel series, borrowing the concept from Star Trek: The Next Generation, of which he was a fan.[4]

[edit] Executive producers, script-writers and directors

Produced by Epitome Pictures Inc, in association with CTVglobemedia, D:TNG receives funding from The Canadian Television Fund and BCE-CTV Benefits,[5] the Shaw Rocket Fund,[6] Mountain Cable Program and the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund,[7] and the Cogeco Program Development Fund.[8]

The current executive producers are Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, and Brendon Yorke. James Hurst, now the executive creative consultant, and Aaron Martin have also served as executive producers.[9] Shelley Scarrow, James Hurst, Aaron Martin and Sean Reycraft have served as story editors. Directors include Phil Earnshaw, Stefan Scaini and Bruce McDonald.[9]

When production of season three began, a user on the official D:TNG website with the alias "ExecProducer" began a thread called "Shooting Season 3",[10] revealing production details, guest actors, scheduling information and DVD release details. He referred to himself as "Stephen Stohn" in one post, although it was not until the release of the Degrassi: Generations - The Official 411 guidebook in 2005, when Stohn confirmed his identity.[11]

[edit] Episode format

Each episode of D:TNG is written following a specific formula: Two or three storylines (Plot A, Plot B and Plot C) are presented in each show. The main storyline, A, opens and closes the episode and is usually driven by a single character. Plot B is usually more comedic in tone and sometimes slightly intertwined with the other stories, often moving story arcs forward. Plot C, when used, is usually a thread in a season-long arc.[12] The problems and issues presented in the episode are not always resolved by the end of the episode, and are carried over to the next, or create a mini-arc over a number of episodes. One rule always enforced is that no adult except those who were students during DJH or DH can appear in a scene without a Degrassi student present.[12]

[edit] Opening sequence

Main article: Degrassi theme songs and opening credits
The series' evolved intertitles (from top to bottom): seasons 1-2; seasons 3-5; season 6; season 7
The series' evolved intertitles (from top to bottom): seasons 1-2; seasons 3-5; season 6; season 7

The Degrassi: The Next Generation opening sequence follows a two to three minute cold open. During the first five seasons these credits showed the characters on the school premises and followed a mini storyline.[13] Beginning with season six, the titles showed the actors breaking the fourth wall and facing on the camera, over a montage of character videos from past seasons, saturated with blue color.[14]

The theme tune, "Whatever it Takes", was written by Jim McGrath, Jody Colero and Stephen Stohn. McGrath composed the music, and Colero and Stohn wrote the lyrics which include the lines, "Whatever it takes, I know I can make it through/Be the best, the best I can be", to convey a "sense of joy and optimism".[15] A children's choir performed the lyrics over an 80's pop music style tune during the first three seasons.[15] Dave Ogilvie and Anthony Valcic of Canadian industrial/pop group Jakalope reworked and performed the song with a heavier sound, reflecting the growing maturity of the characters in season four.[15] For season six onwards the theme, still performed by Jakalope, was remixed and stripped of vocals.[16]

[edit] Music

Jim McGrath creates the musical score using an instrumental version of the theme music. He also works with actors Jake Epstein and Melissa McIntyre when writing music for their characters Craig Manning and Ashley Kerwin to perform in the show's bands Downtown Sasquatch, Paige Michalchuk and the Sexkittens and Hell Hath No Fury.[17][18]

D:TNG features a mix of original emo, alternative rock and pop music. Popular songs are used sparingly in the series, mainly because of budget constraints. Instead, music supervisor Jody Colero selects songs from little-known, unsigned Canadian artists.[15] These songs are included pursuant to action in the show. For example, well-known songs are played during Ashley's party in the first season episode "Jagged Little Pill" and at the wedding reception in the fifth season episode "Weddings, Parties, Anything".[19][20]

[edit] Filming locations

The Degrassi universe is based on the real De Grassi Street in Toronto, Canada, and the first four shows were filmed on and near it.[21] Degrassi: The Next Generation, however, is filmed at Epitome Pictures' studios in Toronto. The 100,000-square-foot former printing factory was converted in 1997 for Epitome, consisting of four soundstages and a backlot.[22]

Producers of Degrassi Junior High used Vincent Massey Public School, then known as Daisy Avenue Public School, as their main filming location, and Centennial College was used for Degrassi High. D:TNG, on the other hand, is filmed mostly in studios. The exterior of Degrassi Community School is located on the studio's backlot, and uses the same colors and glass pattern as Degrassi High's Centennial College. The school exterior also features a "hoarding area", where students gather, and a bus stop across the road.[23] The backlot is also used for exterior shots of the characters' houses, which are actually the same unit dressed differently for each house, and The Dot Grill.[23] The building for The Dot is the only one on the backlot big enough to allow filming inside; scenes taking places inside the school and house interiors are filmed on one of four soundstages.[22]

Stage A holds the sets for the university house, an interior house set used in Instant Star, and the school's hallways, washrooms, cafeteria and classroom.[22] The hallways are stenciled with phrases such as "the perfect human being is all human", found at the Etobicoke School for the Arts, one of the schools used for research. The washroom set has graffiti on the walls to look authentic, and is used for the girls' and boys' room; urinals are installed and removed as needed. The set used for the cafeteria is "purposefully bland to take the edge off the rest of the school looking so beautiful".[24] It is also used as the studio's cafeteria where the cast and crew eat.[24]

Stage B contains the sets for the characters' houses and the Core newspaper office, as well as sets for Instant Star, another series produced by Epitome Pictures.

Stage C holds the sets for the school's entrance foyer, the gymnasium, the media lab and the hallway with the lockers.[22] As the series progressed and the budget increased, a stairway and balcony was installed in the foyer in an attempt to get characters off the floor, and not all in the same geometric plane. For the first few seasons, the gym floor was wooden floorboard; due to warping, it was replaced by concrete painted to look like wood.[25]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main roles

Main article: List of Degrassi: The Next Generation characters

The opening season of Degrassi: The Next Generation featured thirteen actors in starring roles. Providing ties to the previous series in the Degrassi universe, Stefan Brogren was hired to play his old character Archie "Snake" Simpson, now working at the school as the media immersion teacher. Dan Woods reprised his role as Mr. Raditch, now promoted to school principal. Amanda Stepto also returned to the franchise to play her character Christine "Spike" Nelson in a supporting role.[26][27]

For the new generation of students, the producers chose eleven school-aged children from six hundred applicants in an attempt to provide characters to which the teenage target audience could relate.[28] This was in contrast to other shows of the same period, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek, which cast actors in their twenties as teenagers.[29]

In season two, former Degrassi actor Pat Mastroianni returned to the franchise as Joey Jeremiah.[30][31] Joey's former on-screen girlfriend, Caitlyn Ryan (played by Stacie Mistysyn) returned to the franchise in the third season.[32]

There have been a number departures from the series, and season six depicted the first death of one of the show's main characters, when J.T. Yorke (played by Ryan Cooley) was stabbed and killed.[33] Daniel Clark's character Sean Cameron has been written out of the show twice. He left the series during the fourth season in the wake of the shooting death of Rick Murray, and returned at the beginning of the sixth season, only to leave again at the end of that season.[34][35] Joey Jeremiah moved to Calgary, Alberta with his step-son Craig and his daughter Angie. Craig was sent there after Manny and Ellie found out about his cocaine addiction, he is now in rehab. Another character, such as Caitlyn Ryan simply did not appear in the series at the beginning of the sixth season, and no explanation was given to her disappearance.

A number of cast additions were made in season seven, when Degrassi Community School merged with a nearby school; in all, six new actors were given starring roles.[36][37]

[edit] Guest roles

As well as Dan Woods, Stefan Brogren, Stacie Mistysyn, Amanda Stepto, and Pat Mastroianni having starring roles, a number of other actors from Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High have returned to guest star in their old roles throughout D:TNG's run. The pilot episode featured the return of seven Degrassi alumni.[38] In the second season, Anais Granofsky guested again in the "White Wedding" double episode when her character attended the wedding of Spike and Snake.[39] In the fifth season, Cathy Keenan and Neil Hope guested a second time when their characters returned to console Spike and Snake after their separation.[40]

From left to right: Jason Mewes, Alanis Morissette and Kevin Smith outside Degrassi Community School
From left to right: Jason Mewes, Alanis Morissette and Kevin Smith outside Degrassi Community School

Movie director Kevin Smith has been a fan of the Degrassi series from the early 1990s, when he worked at a convenience store in Leonardo, NJ.[41] Actor Jason Mewes was his co-worker at the time and also became a fan. Every Sunday morning at work, Smith and Mewes watched episodes of Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High on PBS.[42] Smith has paid homage to Degrassi by making reference to it in several of his films. For example, he named a Clerks character Caitlin Bree after his favorite Degrassi character, Caitlin Ryan.[42] He also wrote Shannen Doherty's character Rene wearing a Degrassi jacket throughout his Mallrats film,[43] and had Jason Lee's character in Chasing Amy specifically mention Degrassi Junior High as a TV show he wants to watch, rather than going out.[44]

Smith and Mewes guest starred as themselves in the final three episodes of the fourth season. The plot for these episodes involves the pair working on Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!, a fictional feature film in the View Askewniverse, using Degrassi Community School as a filming location.[45][46][47] Singer Alanis Morissette, who had worked with Smith in the past, also guest stars in "Going Down the Road, Part One" as herself, playing a school principal.[48][49]

Smith and Mewes returned to D:TNG as themselves for two episodes in season five, for the premiere of Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh! Alanis Morissette also appeared in character as the school principal when scenes from the season four episode "Going Down the Road, Part 1" were shown during the screening of the movie.[50]

[edit] Broadcast and distribution

[edit] First run broadcast

See also: List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes

While the earlier Degrassi series aired in Canada on CBC, Degrassi: The Next Generation airs on CTV, and the French language channel VRAK.TV as Degrassi, nouvelle génération.[51] In the U.S., where the earlier Degrassi series aired on PBS, Degrassi: The Next Generation airs on digital cable network The N. In Australia, ABC1 screened the first three seasons in its "ABC Kids" lineup. In Europe it is broadcast on Filles TV in France, where it is called Degrassi: la nouvelle génération,[52] and on ZigZap in Poland titled Degrassi: Nowe Pokolenie.[53]

Seasons one to five of D:TNG premiered in Canada on CTV before they were aired in the U.S. on The N. Season six, however, premiered on The N two months before its CTV debut;[54][55] it wasn't until the ninth episode that CTV aired an episode before The N. Season seven also premiered on The N, three months before it did on CTV, which was able to premiere the thirteenth episode before The N. New episodes currently air at 7:30 p.m. ET in Canada,[56] and 8:00 p.m. ET in the U.S.[57]

[edit] Post-broadcast distribution

In Canada, CTV airs strip repeats of D:TNG on its secondary A-Channel system at 7:30 p.m. every day except Monday.[58]

On September 24, 2006 Program Partners, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television, announced that they acquired the syndication rights to the first 119 episodes of the show in the United States.[59][60] In December 2006, Program Partners had reached agreements with the Tribune Company for every station it owned, as well as The CW Plus affiliated stations, and many other stations owned by major media conglomerates, clearing D:TNG in 60% of the country, including all five of the top five media markets, with eight of the top ten markets, 15 of the top 20 and 18 of the top 25 markets.[61] By March 2007, they had cleared it in over 70% of the country after stations owned by Hearst-Argyle Television, Capitol Broadcasting Company, and ACME Communications signed on.[62]

In addition to traditional television broadcasting, Degrassi: The Next Generation is available as streaming video on the websites of CTV and The N.[63][64] In Canada episodes are available for download from Puretracks.[65] The episodes are in a Windows Media 10 file, and the purchaser owns them forever, although the episodes can only be burned onto a disc three times and copied to a device three times.[65] Registered users of the Canadian and American iTunes Stores may purchase episodes for playback on home computers and certain iPods.[66]

[edit] DVD releases

The Degrassi: The Next Generation DVD boxsets are released in Canada by Alliance Atlantis, and in The U.S. by FUNimation Entertainment. Each season boxset includes extra features such as pictures, karaoke sessions, audition tapes, bloopers, deleted scenes and commentaries.[67]

The three episode story arc from the fourth season in which Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes guest star has also been released as a full screen, single disc Region 1 DVD. FUNimation Entertainment released the disc on November 8, 2005, in two versions: the first was "Uncut, Uncensored and Unrated",[68] and the second was "Rated".[69] Each release had the same DVD extras, including an interview with Kevin Smith, bloopers and a Jay and Silent Bob Photo Album. The Unrated release also featured episode commentaries by Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Stacie Mistysyn, the associate producer Jim Jackman and writer Aaron Martin.[68]

[edit] Impact

[edit] Television ratings

Degrassi: The Next Generation averaged 365,000 viewers aged 18–49 years old in season one, and became the most watched domestic drama in Canada.[70] By the end of season two, it had become the most popular Canadian show for the three youngest age groups (children aged 2–12, teenagerss aged 13–17 and young adults aged 18–34).[71] In the third season, D:TNG was again the most-watched all-Canadian drama series, and the most watched Canadian drama among adults 18–49.[72] In season four, an episode featuring a storyline about a school shooting received 930,000 viewers, its highest ever rating.[73] A second episode with a storyline about oral sex also earned just under 1,000,000 viewers.[74] Overall, the season averaged 600,000, and was again the top Canadian drama for teens aged 13–17, and adults in three age brackets: ages 18–34, ages 18–49 and ages 25–54.[73][74] It averaged 250,000 U.S. viewers in 2004 and was the highest rated show in the U.S. in 2006.[75] While that figure is still far lower than successful shows on the "big four" networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), recent season premieres have achieved higher audience figures with females aged 13–34.[59] 2004 also saw the school-shooting episode receive more than half a million U.S. viewers.[76] With characters from Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High appearing in The Next Generation, viewers of the older shows now in their 20s and 30s make up a dedicated fan base. Approximately 40% of the show’s viewers are outside of D:TNG's 13–17 year-old target audience.[77]

[edit] Awards

Main article: Degrassi series awards and nominations

Beginning with the first season, D:TNG has won a variety of awards in Canada and the United States. In April 2002, a month after the first season ended, it was awarded "Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)" at The 23rd Annual Young Artist Awards held in Studio City, California.[78] The show was also nominated for "Best Family TV Comedy Series", but lost to Malcolm in the Middle, while Ryan Cooley and Jake Goldsbie received nominations in the category for "Leading Young Actor in a TV Comedy Series", but lost to Malcolm's Frankie Muniz. At the National Council on Family Relations' 34th Annual Media Awards, four D:TNG episodes received a 1st Place Award; a fifth episode was awarded 2nd Place.[79] In 2002 D:TNG received an award from the Directors Guild of Canada for "Outstanding Achievement in a Children's Television Series" for the episode "Mother and Child Reunion", directed by Bruce McDonald,[80] and won the "Most Innovative Website Competition" at the Gemini Awards.[79]

In the following years the show has received further recognition from the Gemini Awards and the Directors Guild of Canada, as well as winning two Teen Choice Awards and two Canadian Screenwriter Awards. In 2004, the show received a nomination for a GLAAD award,[81] but lost to the sports drama Playmakers.[82] In July 2005, Degrassi: The Next Generation won the Television Critics Association Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming". It was only the second time that a non-U.S. series has won an award in this category (the first time was Degrassi Junior High in 1988).[83]

[edit] Critical reception

D:TNG has received mixed critical reviews. Entertainment Weekly has called it "a cult hit", and The New York Times named it "Tha Best Teen TV N da WRLD (The best teen TV in the world)".[75][84] Of the first season, The Ottawa Citizen's Tony Atherton had mixed feelings of the new incarnation, saying it "has a cleaner, more polished look, has lost its edge [and offers] nothing new to viewers familiar with the groundbreaking preceding series, nor to anyone else who has watched the deluge of teen dramas since ... there is a sense of déjà vu with regards to the plots and characters".[85] He did, however, praise the show for having "the same simple narrative told from a kid's viewpoint, and the same regard for unvarnished reality [as Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High]".[85] Before its U.S. debut, The Seattle Times' Melanie McFarland wondered whether the series would do well, writing: "soft-pedaling through the issues might work for today's family of viewers, but what's gentle enough for Mom and Dad's peace of mind might not be enough to hook Junior or the original Degrassi's older fans".[86] In spite of these comments, The N held back one of the more controversial episodes of the season, which showed a character losing control after taking an ecstacy pill, and refused to show it until they were presented with an edited copy.[84][87][88]

The N objected to episodes in seasons two and three, one whose storyline revolved around the subject of date-rape, the other showed a fifteen-year-old character having an abortion after having sexual intercourse with her boyfriend.[89] The third season episodes were not shown in the U.S., causing an uproar amongst fans who organized a petition that caught the attention of the New York Times, as well as CBC, the National Post and The London Free Press in Canada.[90][91][92] The episodes were eventually aired three years later as part of an "every episode ever" marathon.[93] Another storyline was featured in the media after ten children from a Québécois school were found to have a number of cuts on their bodies. They said they had copied the show when one character began cutting herself in an episode.[94]

The series has also been reproached for its lack of ethnic diversity. After watching nearly seventy hours of twenty-one Canadian-produced programs, the Simon Fraser University cited Degrassi: The Next Generation's first season in their report as one of the Canadian television programmes that is "too Caucasian".[95][96] The producers did not make any changes to the ethnicity of the cast as a result of the university's findings.

[edit] Complementary media

The popular success of D:TNG, especially in the United States, has spurred the producers to make a number of media products complementary to the show. These include a number of web series and a podcast, three mini-series, and three special episodes.

[edit] Online content

Prior to broadcast of the series, the producers created a website with a "virtual school" that fans could "enroll" in order to receive regular e-mails from their character "classmates" and discuss ongoing plots, in an effort to provide a complete viewing experience for the audience. In February 2001, it was revealed in The Record that the producers of the show had threatened the owner of a Degrassi fansite with a lawsuit to hand over the ownership of three domains using the Degrassi name.[97]

The first podcast was released on January 16, 2007, and featured actors Mike Lobel and Daniel Clark. Each podcast features interviews with castmembers, producers, and writers, the D:TNG podcasts are recorded behind-the-scenes at the studios.[98] Nine podcasts have been released as of February 27, 2008.[99][100]

In 2006 CTV and The N began streaming D:TNG episodes on their websites, and on February 2, 2006, they premiered the first internet-only web series, Degrassi Minis, produced by Stefan Brogren. Some of the two to three minute long webisodes take place between existing episodes of the television show, whereas others are completely fantastical takes on the Degrassi universe.[101][102]

Degrassi on the Set also premiered in 2006, with twenty-five episodes available as of March 2008. The series shows backstage action from seasons six and seven.[103] Degrassi Mangasodes, a third web series, is a collection of animated shorts. Only two episodes have been made, using stories adapted from scenes from the Degrassi: Extra Credit books written by J. Torres.[104] The episodes were produced by Yowza! Animation,[105] scripted by J. Torres,[106] and animated by James McCrimmon.[105] The episodes feature Degrassi: The Next Generation actors providing voices for their animated characters.[107]

[edit] Mini-series

A mini-series named Degrassi Crash Course: The 100 Most Intense Moments was aired in 2003. It consisted of four half-hour episodes counting down the 100 most intense moments of the first two seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Each episode was hosted by two different actors, and included a sneak peak of the upcoming third season.[108]

Degrassi Unscripted, premiered on August 27, 2004. Eight half-hour episodes documented the lives of different Degrassi: The Next Generation actors. The first five episodes aired in the weeks before the fourth D:TNG season began; the final three episodes were aired in June 2005, before the second half of the season. The actors featured were Miriam McDonald, Adamo Ruggiero, Cassie Steele, Jake Epstein, Lauren Collins, Stacy Farber, Aubrey Graham and Melissa McIntyre.[109]

Degrassi's 40 Most Go There-est Moments was the last mini-series to be made, and aired during September 2006 as a teaser for season six of D:TNG. In a similar style to Degrassi Crash Course: The 100 Most Intense Moments the series counted down the most "Degrassi-est" moments from the previous five seasons over four weekly episodes. The specials highlighted ten moments each and featured commentaries by actors of the show. Fans of the show were encouraged to vote for their "Degrassi-est" moment on The N's website, each week one viewer's choice from a different category was shown.[110]

[edit] Special episodes

On September 30, 2005, The N aired a special episode, "Degrassi Behind The Scenes", which celebrated 25 years of the Degrassi franchise.[111][112] It featured interviews with the cast, bloopers and deleted scenes from the series.

"Degrassi in Kenya" ("Degrassi: Doing What Matters" in the U.S.) was the second special episode, and aired October 18, 2007 on MTV Canada, and March 14, 2008 on The N.[113] It documented the D:TNG cast visiting the Masai Mara, Kenya to build an extension onto Motony Primary School.[114][115]

"Degrassi of the Dead", parodying the zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, was a Halloween special episode which aired on October 26, 2007 on The N, and four days later on CTV.[116] The episode was not part of the regular episodes or Degrassi continuity, although it did feature a number of D:TNG actors in character, some of whom had turned into zombies after eating genetically modified food in the school cafeteria, while others were trying to escape.[117] The second half of the show was a behind-the-scenes look at the episode with Cassie Steele, Aubrey Graham and Lauren Collins. The episode was directed by Stefan Brogren, and originally made as five Degrassi Minis, with an additional streaming video of Aubrey Graham dancing to a Halloween themed rap performed by Brogren.[118][119][120]

[edit] Licensed merchandise

On November 1, 2005, a soundtrack album for the show was released by Orange Record Label in Canada entitled Songs from Degrassi: The Next Generation.[121] The N released The N Soundtrack through Nick Records on August 28, 2006 in the United States.[122] The album includes an extended version of the theme song, featuring a rap written and performed by Turkish rapper Evren Ozdemir.[123] It also includes other songs from D:TNG, as well as other shows on The N, including Instant Star, South of Nowhere, Beyond the Break, and Whistler.

"Turning Japanese", the first graphic novel in the Degrassi: Extra Credit series, was released on October 12, 2006 in Canada by H.B. Fenn,[124] and November 21, 2006 in the U.S. by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.[125] Three more graphic novels have been also released: "Suddenly, Last Summer", "Missing You" and "Safety Dance".[126][127][128] The stories in Degrassi: Extra Credit cover and expand upon plots and elements not seen on the show.[129] On August 23, 2005 H.B. Fenn published Degrassi: Generations - The Official 411, an encyclopædic guidebook that includes script guidelines for the show, biographies of actors from Degrassi High and D:TNG, and information about the show's bands.[130]

[edit] Notes

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  7. ^ Funded Projects. Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (2007-10-10). Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  8. ^ - Venus (Part I) Degrassi: The Next Generation Credits. Degrassi.tv. Epitome Virtual Reality. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  9. ^ a b Various authors (Updated 2007). Degrassi: The Next Generation. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  10. ^ Stohn, Stephen (2003-05-23). Shooting Season 3 (note: Requires registration). Degrassi Message Boards. Epitome Virtual Reality. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  11. ^ Ellis, pp. 12–3
  12. ^ a b Ellis: p. 22
  13. ^ Yan Moore (co-creator); Linda Schuyler (co-creator, executive producer); Stephen Stohn (executive producer). (2001–2006). Degrassi: The Next Generation (Seasons 1–5) [DVD]. Alliance Atlantis. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
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