Season Six

Read the Season Six Press Release - CTV and Season Six Press Release - The-N

Degrassi: The Next Generation - Season 6 (19 x 30 mins)
For the first time, the Degrassi series will follow its graduates as they enter university and discover life beyond high school. The younger class, who are now in their final year of high school, get caught up in a vicious school rivalry that will have life-altering affects on some of its students. In fact, this year a member of the regular cast will die. Produced by Epitome Productions in association with CTV. (From ctv.ca Press Release 5 June 2006)

Cast (100% confirmed thus far)

Dalmar Abuzeid as Danny

Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty

John Bregar as Dylan

Deanna Casaluce as Alex

Daniel Clark as Sean

Lauren Collins as Paige

Ryan Cooley as JT

Jake Epstein as Craig

Stacey Farber as Ellie

Jake Goldsbie as Toby

Aubrey Graham as Jimmy

Shenae Grimes as Darcy

Johnston as Peter

Shane Kippel as Spinner

Mike Lobel as Jay

Miriam McDonald as Emma

Melissa McIntyre as Ashley

Adamo Ruggiero as Marco

Cassie Steele as Manny

Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson

Amanda Stepto as Christine "Spike" Nelson

Melissa Dimarco as Principal Hatzilakos

There will be two new characters named Jesse and Mia.

There will be a new character who is a 16 year-old single mother.

Andrea Lewis (Hazel), Stacie Mystisyn (Caitlin Ryan), and Pat Mastroianni (Joey Jeremiah) will not be returning as regular cast members.

Andrea Lewis (Hazel) will be returning as a guest star sometime in Season Six.

Episodes

There will be 19 episodes of Season Six.

601 Here Comes Your Man (I)

602 Here Comes Your Man (II)

603 Can’t Hardly Wait (might be switched with 604)

604 True Colours (might be switched with 603)

605 Eyes Without a Face (I)

606 Eyes Without a Face (II)

607 Working for the Weekend

608 Crazy Little Thing Called Love

609 Shake the Disease (I)

610 Shake the Disease (II)

Storylines

There will be a "vicious school rivalry"
A regular character MIGHT die (Degrassi's Executive Producer has said that a character may or may not die).
"For the first time, the Degrassi series follows some of its graduates through university as they face the ups and downs of post-secondary life. This season, Ellie, Paige, Marco and Craig experience a whole new series of challenges at another level."
Ellie will be in a relationship with an older man.
Jimmy will "find news ways to deal with his sexuality"
A character will end up in jail.
A "social networking site becomes dangerous"
There will be drag racing involved in one plot. The drag race will involve a light blue Saab, an orange Acura Intergra and a modified Honda Civic coupe. The Saab will be driven by a "hotshot rich kid." The drag race scene will be in the first episode of Season Six.
Ellie will feature "a lot" in episodes 608 and 609.
Craig will return from Vancouver sometime after the first six episodes.
Jay will show more of his good side.
Episodes 609 and 610 will feature a character "who is linked to music".
Taking Back Sunday will be in two episodes (and one webisode); during these two episodes Craig will feature, along with a character whose initials are "HS". During these same episodes, Manny and Ellie will both play a part in the storyline.

Other

There will be at least 19 webisodes.
The theme song will remain the same (the Jakalope version) although it is being remixed and there will be no vocals.
There there will be an entirely different opening sequence. It will feature shots of individual characters in the foreground with important scenes of them in the background.
All episodes will be available (to Canadians only) online at ctv.ca after they have aired on CTV.
Episodes will be available (to Americans only) only at The-N.com after they have aired on TV.
The set of The Dot is being renovated.

Air Dates

The-N: 28 September 2006 or 6 October 2006

CTV: MId-November 2006

There will be two new episodes a week on CTV.

Episode Teasers:

601 Here Comes Your Man (I)

Senior year kicks off in high gear when hunky grease-monkey Sean returns to town to throw a wrench into Emma and Peter's romance. And if that's not teen-soapy enough for you, Marco and Dylan are shacking up and Ash has done some serious growing up over the summer.