| Degrassi: The Other Generation (season 1) | |
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| Starring |
Sonja Hernandez Cathie Roberson Anne Lewis Nicki Henderson Bon Philips Chris Stewart Tim Hughes Scott Hunter Mads Pearson Darin Jones Mr. Fitzgerald |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Wikia |
| Original release | January 1 – July 1, 2017 |
The first season of Degrassi: The Other Generation commenced airing in Canada on January 1, 2017 and concluded on February 1, 2017, and contains 21 episodes. It introduces a group of seventh and eighth grade schoolchildren, and follows their lives as they deal with the typical issues and challenges of teenage life. This season depicts the 2016-2017 school year.
On March 17, 2017, Degrassi was renewed for a second season consisting of 24 episodes.[1] The success of the series first ten episodes also led ETV to pick up the series for a full season of 22 episodes,[2] and after given many episodes, they used the last four to create a movie thanks to the success.[3] It is the only Degrassi: The Other Generation movie created thus far, though the producers have expressed interest in creating a sequel.[4]
Main characters[]
The following 13 characters received star billing:[5]
Grade 8[]
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Grade 7[]
Adults and staff[]
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Recurring characters[]
Grade 8[]
Other students[]
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Grade 7[]
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Adults and staff[]
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Episodes[]
Plots:
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No. in season |
Title | Main plot | Subject | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "It's a New Day (1)" | Sonja | First day of school | January 6, 2017 | 5.38[6] | |
| Best friends Sonja and Cathie are about to go into Grade 8, so as a result Sonja decides to change her appearance to "look more mature." Meanwhile, Nicki tells her younger stepbrother to not hang around her anymore during school to have a better image and become the next school council president. Series premiere.[7] | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "It's a New Day (2)" | Sonja Nicki |
Class president | January 6, 2017 | 4.57[8] | |
| As the first week of school continues, the race to become class president closes. Mr. Fitzgerald shortlists the two candidates after seeing their speeches, and it is now down to 8th grader Sonja and 7th grader Nicki. Will bribery get the better of the two, or will they win fair and square? | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "I Won't Be Ignored" | April | Grade retention | January 13, 2017 | 3.97[9] | |
| 4 | 4 | "When I Kissed the Teacher" | Mads | Student/teacher relationship | January 20, 2017 | 3.62[10] | |
| 5 | 5 | "Protest the Hero (1)" | Nicki | Student protest | January 27, 2017 | 3.67[11] | |
| 6 | 6 | "Protest the Hero (2)" | Sonja Nicki |
Student protest | January 30, 2017 | 3.82[12] | |
| 7 | 7 | "Can't We Be Friends?" | Sonja | Criminal record | February 3, 2017 | 3.79[13] | |
| 8 | 8 | "I Don't Like You" | TBA | TBA | February 17, 2017 | 3.42[14] | |
| 9 | 9 | "We Belong Together" | TBA | TBA | February 24, 2017 | 3.30[15] | |
| 10 | 10 | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | Mike | School transfer | March 3, 2017 | 3.72[16] | |
Due to Mike's decrease in grades of his classes, Mr. Fitzgerald tells him that the experiment he took part in was not successful and that he would have to transfer back to middle school. Feeling guilty, his best friend Zach decides to go with him to be by his side; in the mid-season finale.[17]
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| 11 | 11 | "Something Better Beginning" | TBA | TBA | May 5, 2017 | 4.03[18] | |
In the mid-season premiere,[19] some new students arrive in time for the second semester.
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| 12 | 12 | "Brand New Life" | TBA | TBA | May 12, 2017 | 3.42[20] | |
| 13 | 13 | "Hate Me Some More (1)" | Nicki | TBA | May 19, 2017 | 3.67[21] | |
| Nicki returns to Degrassi. | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Hate Me Some More (2)" | Nicki | TBA | May 22, 2017 | 3.75[22] | |
| Nicki returns to Degrassi. | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Built for Blame" | TBA | May 26, 2017 | 3.22[23] | ||
| 16 | 16 | "Let the Guilt Go" | TBA | June 2, 2017 | 3.39[24] | ||
| 17 | 17 | "School for Scandal" | Fitzgerald Sonja |
Child sexual abuse | June 9, 2017 | 3.76[25] | |
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| 18-21 | 18-21 | "School's Out!"[26] | Sonja Anne Mads |
Summer vacation | July 1, 2017 | 4.98[27] | |
In the season finale,[28] a long scandalous and terrifying year finally comes to an end in Degrassi, so as a gift as condolence, the new Principal Willis awards the students with an optional summer-long trip to Las Vegas.
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DVD release[]
| The Complete First Season | |||||
| Archive details | Special features | ||||
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- ↑ ETV renews Degrassi: The Other Generation for 24-episode second season
- ↑ Degrassi: The Other Generation picked up for 11 new episodes
- ↑ New Degrassi: The Other Generation movie set to air July 1st, instead of 4 episodes
- ↑ Degrassi producers hint of 'School's Out' movie sequel, but "no release in near future"
- ↑ Degrassi: The Other Generation - Series Regulars in Season 1
- ↑ Watched by 5.38 million viewers.
- ↑ First episode in the series.
- ↑ Watched by 4.57 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.97 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.62 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.97 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.82 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.79 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.42 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.30 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.72 million viewers.
- ↑ After this episode, none aired till early May.
- ↑ Watched by 4.03 million viewers.
- ↑ First episode since March; two months apart from last episode.
- ↑ Watched by 3.42 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.67 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.75 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.22 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.39 million viewers.
- ↑ Watched by 3.76 million viewers.
- ↑ Degrassi 'School's Out!' movie premieres July 1 exclusively on ETV
- ↑ Watched by 4.98 million viewers.
- ↑ Aired as four episodes; promoted as film