Degrassi Junior High

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Template:Infobox television Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult issues such as drug use, pedophilia, teen pregnancy and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism.

Degrassi Junior High spanned 42 episodes, covering grades 7 through 9. The first season premiered January 18, 1987 with 13 episodes. It premiered Sunday afternoons, and was brought up to prime time in the second season. Some of the characters were in grades 7-8, and in the second season the characters remained in the same grades, as the season was not their next academic school year, but instead, their second semester (the first two seasons happened in the 1987-1988 school year). The characters were in grades 8 and 9 in the third year of the series. The ninth-graders stayed in junior high, but attended science class at Borden High School.

It followed the series The Kids of Degrassi Street, and directly preceded the series Degrassi High.

The program also aired on PBS in the United States, the BBC in the UK and western Europe, and the ABC in Australia. A DVD containing all the show's episodes was released in October 2005. Also, as of October 2005, American cable network The N (Which airs Degrassi: The Next Generation) has aired Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High as it's "Degrassi Old School" block. As of September 2005 in Canada, both shows are rebroadcast on Showcase Television every weekday during midday.

1 School
2 Cast
3 Episodes
4 External links

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School

Degrassi Junior high was filmed in Vincent Massey Public School.

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Cast

The series was a realistic portrayal of junior high (and later high school) life; for this reason, hundreds of actors appeared on the series throughout its run, and no complete cast list can be made. This list shows the main characters.