Degrassi: Next Class to debut on Family Channel, Netflix

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The kids of Degrassi will have to go back to school in the fall after all. The decades-old franchise has found a new home on Family Channel and Netflix after being cancelled by MTV Canada and TeenNick last week.

The new show, Degrassi: Next Class, will debut on Family Channel in January 2016, DHX Media announced Tuesday. It will start streaming on Netflix in early 2016, except for the online service in Canada, Australia and France.

Netflix Canada will stream the newest Degrassi spinoff after its run on Family Channel, Jamie Basset, DHX Television's director of communications said.

Degrassi: The Next Class will have 20 half-hour episodes in its first season.

"We are looking forward to reaching a fresh new audience with Degrassi: Next Class," executive producer Linda Schuyler said in a statement. "We are energized and excited to work with Family Channel as we tell stories for the new post millennial teen cohort known as Generation Z, most of whom weren't even born when Degrassi returned in 2001."

Degrassi: The Next Generation debuted in 2001 and has been running for 14 seasons. It was a spinoff of the 1980s and 90s shows Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High.

Degrassi: The Next Generation continues the second half of its fourteenth season on July 20 on MTV Canada. The channel will run 12 half-hour episodes over two weeks.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/degrassi-next-class-to-debut-on-family-channel-netflix-1.3105809

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