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Degrassi is the longest running dramatic television series in Canadian history, capturing the joy and angst of high school, and reminding everyone: You are not alone.
Degrassi is the longest running dramatic television series in Canadian history, capturing the joy and angst of high school, and reminding everyone: You are not alone.
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What would Bayside High be without its fearless leader? No, we're not talking about Zack Morris — although maybe we should be! We're talking about Mr. Richard Belding. Psych alum Ken Tremblett has been cast as...

Drake won't be doing any more magazine interviews — or so he says. The rapper and Degrassi alum slammed Rolling Stone Thursday for misquoting him about mentor Kanye West — and for "taking his cover" in favor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died earlier this month.

The Mindy Project went through so many cast shakeups in its first season, it felt like the ever-changing face of Degrassi. And on Tuesday (9:30/8:30c, Fox), we'll be introduced to yet another new series regular, Adam Pally. The Happy Endings alum plays Peter Prentiss, a fratty new doctor at Schulman & Associates who doesn't exactly make a good first impression on his co-workers. "He's smart and a really good gynecologist. He actually takes his job really seriously," Pally tells TVGuide.com. "But...

There's something really special happening in television right now. Jenji Kohan'sOrange Is the New Black not only features a nearly all-female cast depicting a diverse spectrum of race, sexuality and body types, but it also includes a trans woman of color actually playing a trans woman of color — a first on mainstream television. Former reality star and producer Laverne Cox plays Sophia Burset, a firefighter whose wife Crystal is less disturbed by her transition than her decision to steal credit cards.

What's a Degrassi finale without something going terribly wrong? Degrassi: Where we left off and what to expect In this exclusive clip from Part 1 of the Season 12 summer finale, Eli (Munro Chambers) gets disappointing news that some parents are concerned about the content of his play. Principal Simpson then tells him that he may have to make major revisions on the eve of opening night — and we all know how well Eli handles change and rejection.

Chaz Bono is heading back to high school! The transgender activist has landed a guest spot on Degrassi: The Next Generation, People reports.Bono will appear as himself, playing a celebrity guest judge at Degrassi's Battle of the Bands in an episode scheduled to air this fall.

Sex, stripping and hot twentysomethings trying to make it in Hollywood? Yep, welcome to your newest guilty pleasure, The L.A. Complex. VIDEO: Watch the series premiere of L.A. Complex now The new CW series, imported from Canada, features an group of friends living in a seedy motel-style apartment complex struggling to make it in Tinseltown. At the focus is Abby, played by Degrassi alum Cassie Steele, a talented actress who has yet to get her big break. And if you've seen the opening scene of the premiere (the full episode is online), there's nothing glamorous about Abby's or her friends' paths to success. "Quite often people get into very desperate and bad places," Steele tells TVGuide.com. "That's what's interesting [about the show], seeing what people have to deal with on the dark side to get where they want to in life."
A week before The L.A. Complex premieres on The CW, you can watch the first episode online now. Melrose Place 3.0? CW is buying the Canadian series L.A. Complex

News broke Thursday that Degrassi star Neil Hope has been dead for five years, Canada's National Post reports. Several sites reported that Hope's death was made official on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. However, a...

Debby Ryan is going from Jessie to Radio Rebel. In the upcoming Disney Channel film, Ryan stars as Tara Adams, an introverted teen who's painfully shy in school and a popular (yet anonymous) podcast host at night. As her show's reputation grows, it becomes increasingly difficult for Tara to lead two lives as the students are determined to find the host's identity. VIDEO: Debby Ryan Dishes on New Disney Series Jessie

It's awkward enough when your mom marries the dad of one of your high school classmates, but what about when that classmate is your ex-boyfriend? Exclusive Video: Will Degrassi's Holly J. make it to prom? In this exclusive clip from the upcoming Degrassi: Nowhere to Run special, Claire (Aislinn Paul) is reunited with Jake (Justin Kelly) at their parents' wedding — and he's looking to reconnect.

Degrassi's Holly J. Sinclair (Charlotte Arnold) has had a tough senior year. After being diagnosed with kidney failure and subsequently learning she was adopted, now it seems the high school senior will have to miss prom to have surgery. Fortunately, Holly's best friend Fiona (Annie Clark) has a plan to cheer her up.

A wish is coming true for Keke Palmer: She's appearing on Degrassi: The Next Generation. "When I started working with Nickelodeon [in 2008] I said if there's any way ever I could be a part of the show, please let me know. They finally found a time and a way to fit me in," she tells TVGuide.com. VIDEO: Keke Palmer reveals her teen idol

Fresh off their Golden Globe victories, Glee and The Kids Are All Right are among the nominees for the 22nd GLAAD Media Awards. Check out our full Golden Globes coverage Glee, which won the Globe for best comedy series this week, received a nod for ...

Does no one have an original idea in TV land anymore? Judging from tonight's latest batch of mid-season offerings, it hardly appears so. Programmers have either gone to England for inspiration, rarely improving on the source material, or back to the drawing board of tried-and-true formats like the courtroom drama, resulting in an unhappy epidemic of deja view viewing.Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!The best of tonight's premieres is Syfy's remake of Being Human (9/8c), and even it is a pale imitation of the provocative British original. Given the relatively limited reach of BBC America...

Imagine Glee without attention hog Rachel Berry, outspoken Kurt or ditzy Brittany. Well, a new crop of McKinley High students may be infiltrating New Directions sooner than you'd think. Less than halfway through its sophomore season, series co-creator Ryan Murphy is already looking to the future of the popular musical comedy. He says he plans to replace the current cast with new actors once their characters graduate at the end of 2012. Watch full episodes of Glee in our Online Video Guide "Every year we're going to...

The 10th season of Degrassi: The Next Generation (Monday, 9/8c, TeenNick) will be airing four nights a week for six straight weeks. Star Raymond Ablack says "there is no way it'll be smooth sailing" for his character, Sav, this season — which is aptly dubbed "The Boiling Point." Charlotte Arnold echoes her co-star's sentiments, teasing a big rivalry between Sav and her character, Holly J. Watch the video for more scoop on Degrassi's new season.
The Bachelorette8 pm/ET ABC Roberto, Chris L. or Frank — who'll Ali choose? That's one question you might be asking as this romance sweepstakes enters the cavorting-and-canoodling-in-a-tropical-paradise stage. (This time it's Tahiti.) But another question might be: Who'll Frank choose? Rumor has it that Ali might not be the only lady in Frank's heart, and he was hesitant at times in Chicago last week. We'll see for certain tonight. In any event, Ali will pick the final winner Aug. 2 (next week is the "Men Tell All" show) in Bora Bora. — Paul DroeschRead on for previews of Secret Life of the American Teenager, Lucky, The Client List, True Beauty and more!

You can get 18 to Life on the CW this summer. Top Model, Hellcats to kick off CW's new season The network announced Thursday that the Canadian comedy, a modern-day...

Too hot outside? If you'd rather spend July Fourth on a couch, there's plenty of TV to watch. Check out our marathon roundup for the holiday weekend: (All times are ET/PT and subject to change) Monday, July 5Real Housewives of New Jersey marathon (3 p.m.-Midnight, Bravo)Cake Boss marathon (6 a.m.-8 p.m., TLC)

White Collar10/9c USA The discovery of a large cache of gold puts Neal and Peter on the trail of a smuggler who's dealing in Iraqi artifacts. At the start of their investigation, they suspect a U.S. soldier may be involved in the dirty dealings. But soon a corrupt news producer who's embedded in the area catches their attention and could possibly lead them to the missing artifacts.Read on for previews of Smallville, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Medium and Law & Order.

Good Morning America7/6 CT ABC Kelly Clarkson, the first American Idol winner and, many say, the best, doesn't have a new album coming out this week (her latest, All I Ever Wanted, has been a fixture on the Billboard 200 since its release in March), but the third single from it, "Already Gone," has already established its own Billboard beachhead. You can expect that she'll perform the new single this morning when she headlines GMA's Central Park summer concert.Read on for previews of Southland, Real Time with Bill Maher, Degrassi: The Next Generation and Dog Whisperer.

NUMB3RS10 pm/ET CBS Charlie doesn't like it, but he's forced to team up with an archrival (Colin Hanks) to solve a case. Read on for previews of Degrassi in Ecuador, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, Whale Wars and Ghost Whisperer.

Thank goodness my sons have moved on to Wolverine, War Machine and whatnot. Nick Jr. on March 14, at noon/ET, will premiere Dora Undercover Spies, a new hour-long movie featuring that ageless explorer. Then, later that night, The N will debut Degrassi in Kenya, a documentary in which seven of the series' cast members team up with Free the Children, a nonprofit educational organization.The Degrassi adventures continue (and get a bit less altruistic) on April 4, when The N unveils The Degrassi Spring Break Movie, which promises "breakups, makeups and mayhem." Well, of course it does.

If Degrassi: The Next Generation is the Canuck 90210, then creator Linda Schuyler is Canada's answer to Aaron Spelling. More plugged in to the youth culture than most youths, the lively and delightful Schuyler has been telling the stories of kids, tweens and teens since unleashing the original The Kids of Degrassi Street back in 1980. Almost three decades and as many Degrassi incarnations later, she's ready to take D:TNG into the great unknown — adulthood. And it all starts this Friday at 8 pm/ET, when the show returns to wrap up Season 6 with new episodes and a far-reaching story line for fan-favorite Paige. TV Guide: This first episode back seems to be setting up something very big for Paige (played by Laur

Fox Reality will make the first episode of My Bare Lady, in which U.S. adult-film stars vie to become legit stage actresses in London's West End, available for download at iTunes on Nov. 30, days before its on-air debut.... Starting today, The-N.com is hosting the Give Some, Get Some Giveaway, an online auction of items culled from Beyond the Break, Degrassi, Instant Star and South of Nowhere. Someone hide Angel Cohn's MasterCard, now.... WGN has picked up U.S. rights to Corner Gas, Canada's top-rated scripted TV series, about life in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Look for an early-2007 premiere.
Per Variety, Degrassi: The Next Generation show runner Aaron Martin has received a green light from The N for The Best Years, a drama about a girl's freshman year at college (university?), and to bow next summer.... Per Reuters, NBC is close to ordering pilots based on a trio of international series: I'm with Stupid, a BBC comedy about a down-and-out guy who moves into a home for the disabled; Kath & Kim, an Aussie offering about a divorced mom and her miserable daughter; and The IT Crowd, a U.K. take on a company's "the geeky and underappreciated information-technology workers." (Note to TV Guide ITers: "geeky" was the wire report's adjective, not mine.)
David Hasselhoff will don a dress and tap-dance as Adolf Hitler in a Las Vegas production of The Producers, beginning its run Jan. 31, 2007.... The N's Degrassi: The Next Generation presents its mid-Season 6 finale on Nov. 17.... Reminder: Fox's Vanished (finally) returns tonight at 8 pm/ET.... WE has announced a Dec. 6 premiere for its Dirty Dancing reality series.... Adrienne Shelly, best known for her roles in Hal Hartley's Trust and The Unbelievable Truth, was found hanged in her New York City office on Wednesday evening. She was 40.
Question: Do you have any scoop on the new season of Degrassi: The Next Generation?Answer: Speaking of shows I know I'd love but don't watch! I just heard that a major character will die around Episode 10 this season.
Michael Davis and Mark Nollinger, two dads who write and edit the family page for TV Guide, got to talking recently about the state of teen TV, the importation of Canadian angst, bikini shows and snow parkas. Michael Davis: What do you think is the best show for teens on TV? My favorite, Everwood, got killed when WB merged with UPN to form CW. So CW is dead to me, even though it hasn't signed on yet. Mark Nollinger: Yeah, it's too bad about Everwood. I think Smallville and Veronica Mars are pretty cool, too. But speaking as a parent, my favorite show — for older teens, anyway — isn't aimed at teens at all:

New characters! New episodes! New seasons! Check out our helpful guide to our favorite returning kids shows on broadcast, cable and satellite. PreschoolFirst up, Sesame Street (PBS) celebrates the start of Season 37 next week by adding the magical Abby Cadabby, a delightful (if mistake-prone) sprite who represents the first new female Sesame Muppet in more than 13 years. [Look for a TVGuide.com Insider Q&A with Abby on Monday, Aug. 14.] Barney & Friends (Sept. 15, PBS) also waited 13 years to introduce Riff, their new dino character, whose musical imagination helps usher in an era of more varied tunes. New playmates will also populate the worlds of
