Degrassi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Degrassi is a Canadian teen drama television series, set in the fictional universe created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. It is the fourth fictional series in the franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High. Like its predecessors, the show follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.

Series details

• Title: Degrassi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2001-10-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-08-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MTV
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 3628

Cast and credited roles

• Cassie Steele — Manny Santos
• Shane Kippel — Gavin 'Spinner' Mason
• Miriam McDonald — Emma Nelson
• Stefan Brogren — Archie 'Snake' Simpson
• Lauren Collins — Paige Michalchuk
• Drake — Jimmy Brooks
• Ryan Cooley — J.T. Yorke
• Jake Goldsbie — Toby Isaacs
• Sarah Barrable-Tishauer — Liberty Van Zandt
• Adamo Ruggiero — Marco Del Rossi
• Melissa McIntyre — Ashley Kerwin
• Jake Epstein — Craig Manning

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-10-14; final listed air date 2002-03-03.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-09-29; final listed air date 2003-02-23.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-09-17; final listed air date 2004-04-05.
• Season 4: premiered 2004-09-07; final listed air date 2005-02-14.
• Season 5: premiered 2005-09-19; final listed air date 2006-03-20.
• Season 6: premiered 2006-09-29; final listed air date 2007-05-14.
• Season 7: premiered 2007-10-05; final listed air date 2008-06-23.
• Season 8: premiered 2008-10-05; final listed air date 2009-08-14.
• Season 9: premiered 2009-10-04; final listed air date 2010-07-16.
• Season 10: premiered 2010-07-19; final listed air date 2011-04-22.
• Season 11: premiered 2011-07-18; final listed air date 2012-05-18.
• Season 12: premiered 2012-07-16; final listed air date 2013-06-21.
• Season 13: premiered 2013-07-11; final listed air date 2014-07-29.
• Season 14: premiered 2014-10-28; final listed air date 2015-08-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from Degrassi on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.