The TV Show That Means The World To Us

We all have that one TV show that means the world to us. It’s the go-to source of entertainment that if you didn’t have in your life, you’d have a lot more free time on your hands and no idea what to do with it. For me, that show was Degrassi.

For me, I was bit by the Degrassi bug in my senior year of high school and my obsession has only grown larger and larger since then. While friends around me were dealing with relationships, drug use, and generally where they stood in the world, I decided to ignore all of that and live vicariously through the best that Canadian YA melodrama had to offer. I was there for the death of JT Yorke, Riley Stavros coming out of the closet, and the wedding between Spinner Mason and Emma Nelson.

With that being said, what do I do now that the show has been cancelled? I was bit by the Degrassi bug in my senior year of high school and my obsession has only grown larger and larger since then. On Mar. 7 of this year, longtime cast member and producer Stefan Brogren confirmed that the latest incarnation of the Degrassi franchise, Next Class, had been cancelled after four seasons on Netflix and the Family Channel in Canada.

After Degrassi High left the air back in 1991, and the 1992 made-for-TV movie School’s Out , it took over nine years for the franchise to come back as Degrassi: The Next Generation. With this move, the franchise captured the hearts of a new audience of young viewers like myself who were growing up in the early days of the Internet and witnessing firsthand the rise of smartphone technology in everyday life. On the grimmer side of the cancellation, the end to Next Class might be the ultimate end to Degrassi as we know it.

Sure, we can rewatch all the episodes that made us fall in love with Canadian TV, but how long can a whole generation of viewers live in the past before they go crazy? It seems almost unfeasible to recreate such a uniquely structured franchise. It’s sad to say, but pop culture could now be witness to the mass displacement of fans spread from the shores of Newfoundland all the way down to the beaches of Florida.

Who Is The Producer Of Degrassi: First Class?

Producer Stefan Brogren just revealed Netflix has cancelled the TV show. Part of the Degrassi franchise, the teen drama follows a group of Toronto high school students tackling difficult topics as they come of age. The cast includes Amanda Arcuri, Amir Bageria, Soma Bhatia, Jamie Bloch, Chelsea Clark, Reiya Downs, Ana Golja, and Nikki Gould.

As of reporting, the streaming service has not confirmed the news. Working on new directors reel right now and I’m totally lost watching #DegrassiNextClass. Damn it’s so good!