Degrassi

Degrassi is a Canadian television franchise centered on teenagers at the fictional Degrassi school. Its drama series portray changing generations of students across several decades.

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The Kids of Degrassi Street: A Canadian children’s television series about young people on a Toronto street, first broadcast in 1979. This precursor established Degrassi’s neighborhood before the franchise moved its focus to school.
Teen drama: A dramatic genre centered on adolescents’ relationships, conflicts, and transitions into adulthood. Degrassi belongs to this genre while using a recurring school and evolving cast.
Linda Schuyler: A Canadian television producer who co-created The Kids of Degrassi Street and helped develop the Degrassi franchise. Her work across the franchise’s early development shaped its enduring school-centered identity.
Canadian television: Television programming produced in Canada or created for Canadian audiences. Degrassi became one of Canadian television’s most recognizable long-running dramatic franchises.
Degrassi Junior High: A Canadian teen drama series about students at Degrassi Junior High, broadcast from 1987 to 1989. This series launched the school-centered format and introduced its first prominent student generation.
Ensemble cast: A group of principal characters who share narrative importance in a film or television production. Rotating attention among students lets Degrassi portray a broad peer community.
Kit Hood: A Canadian television director and producer who co-created The Kids of Degrassi Street with Linda Schuyler. His collaboration with Schuyler began the series lineage that became Degrassi.
Canadian Screen Award for Best Youth Program or Series: A Canadian Screen Award recognizing television programming made for young audiences. Degrassi’s youth-oriented format belongs to the production tradition this award recognizes.
Degrassi High: A Canadian teen drama series following Degrassi Junior High’s students into high school, broadcast from 1989 to 1991. It continued the original students’ stories as they moved into adolescence and high school.
Serial (radio and television): A narrative form in which a story continues across multiple episodes or installments. Ongoing relationships and consequences give Degrassi’s school-year stories continuity.