Pop CultureTHE DRAMA INDEX

Degrassi: The Next Generation turns 25 today

The teen drama premiered on CTV on October fourteenth, two thousand one, and ran fourteen seasons; E! News checks in on the cast today.

On air: Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This Morning
Published 8:18 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

At a glance

First reported by E! News: “Whatever It Takes, You'll Want to See Where Degrassi's Stars Are Now”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 8:18 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield.

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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDegrassi: The Next Generation turns twenty-five today, and E! News says it premiered on CTV on October fourteenth, two thousand one, and ran for fourteen seasons.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwenty-five years. I'm sure that's a long time for people who watched it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou're humming the theme song right now.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's just my phone ringtone. It's been there since middle school.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorE! has a where-are-they-now on the stars, and I'm treating it like a class reunion I'm hosting from the couch.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFourteen seasons of hallway drama, and the school still never got a better lock on anything.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI give it a Drama Index of eight, for a quarter century of hallway crises and the group chat it just started.