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The Best Years: Story, Cast and Series Facts

The Best Years (2007): Drama. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.

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Story and premise

"The Best Years", the highly anticipated hour-long drama created by Aaron Martin (Degrassi: The Next Generation), follows orphaned and full-ride scholar, Samantha Best, as she starts her freshman year at the prestigious Charles University in Boston, Massachusetts. Samantha has been shuffled through the foster care system her entire life and is finally looking forward to a future of new opportunities and friendships. She has to contend with the ins and outs of college as she struggles to find her own identity.

Series details

  • Title: The Best Years
  • Format: Scripted
  • Language: English
  • Genres: Drama
  • Premiere date: 2007-05-22
  • Final broadcast date listed: 2009-05-15
  • Status in TVmaze: Ended
  • Network listed by TVmaze: Global
  • Network country: Canada
  • Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
  • TVMaze ID: 4472

Cast and credited roles

  • Athena Karkanis — Dawn Vargaz
  • Brandon Jay McLaren — Devon Sylver
  • Charity Shea — Samantha Best
  • Jennifer Miller — Kathryn Klarner
  • Niall Matter — Trent Hamilton
  • Randal Edwards — Noah Jensen

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

  • Season 1: premiered 2007-05-22; final listed air date 2007-08-14.
  • Season 2: premiered 2009-04-03; final listed air date 2009-05-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Best Years 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.

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