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Degrassi: The Next Generation marks 25th anniversary

The teen drama premiered on CTV on October fourteenth, two thousand one, and ran fourteen seasons; E! News used the anniversary to check in on its cast.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Overnight
Published 12:54 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Degrassi: The Next Generation — Photo: globochem3x1minus1 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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 Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 12:54 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield; aired 2 times.

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E! NewsWhatever It Takes, You'll Want to See Where Degrassi's Stars Are Now

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOn October fourteenth, two thousand twenty-six, E! News marked twenty-five years since Degrassi: The Next Generation premiered on CTV on October fourteenth, two thousand one.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered treaties with less ceremony.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a teen show, Gloria. E! just checked in on where the cast is now.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe series ran fourteen seasons, following the lives of its students. Fourteen years of hallway negotiations, and not one ratified.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFourteen seasons is just a really long group chat.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen the cast check-in is a delegation returning from a long posting abroad, and I will not have it trivialized.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBold stance, since you've never watched it.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI watched all of it, Kenji. Through a window in Ottawa, during an incident I cannot discuss.