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May 31, 2013 | 0 Comments

Degrassi Recap: Hangout With Chloe Rose

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Yesterday, Chloe swung by the set of Degrassi to do a live stream for fans.  Olivia, Lyle and Annie also made surprise appearances during the chat.  Below are direct links to some of the questions fans asked Chloe:

*What was your favorite scene to film? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=586s

*Where would you like to travel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=664s

*Which Degrassi couples do you ship? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=717s

*Chloe’s tattoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=1254s

*Chloe loves tumblr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=1439s

*Mythical creature Chloe wants as a pet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=1900s

*How Chloe got into acting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2003s

*Past characters on Degrassi you would’ve liked playing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2156s

*Katie Matlin’s biggest flaw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2235s

*Would you ever do comedy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2714s

*Favorite episode in season 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2835s

*Off-set relationship with Olivia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=2939s

*If you could be on any other TV show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=3271s

*Where would you be without Degrassi? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=3514s

*What do you like to do outside of acting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=3676s

*What would study in University? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IoIhi5n4O30#t=3766s

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May 29, 2013 | 2 Comments

What’s Happening on the Set of Degrassi Today? (5/29/13)

Stephen Stohn isn’t at Epitome today (he’s headed to L.A.), but before he left he posted a vague tweet:

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And as I was typing this blog post, some of the cast members happened to drop a hint:

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TeenNick’s crew on the set of Degrassi in April for promo planning.

So what exactly is happening on the set of Degrassi today?

It’s been confirmed that TeenNick is on set today.  Weeks after a visit to the set for production planning, TeenNick’s director and crew returned to Epitome yesterday and they’re filming promo stuff today.

Normally TeenNick’s big summer promo would’ve been released this week, but that’s obviously not going to happen since the season 12 finale still hasn’t aired yet.  The night that bad boy airs though (June 21st), you can expect promo heaven as TeenNick’s promo is expected to be shown right after The Time of My Life (fingers crossed).

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May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

Degrassi Wins 2 Youth Media Awards

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The Youth Media Alliance held its award ceremony tonight, honoring the achievements of Canadian productions that create TV and digital content for young viewers.  Degrassi was nominated in two categories: Best Television Program in the teen category for Never Ever Pt. 2, and Best Convergent App for the Degrassi Mobile Game.

They won both.  Congrats to them on their victories!! Below are pictures from the awards ceremony:

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May 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Degrassi News 5/28/13: Episode Title (1313), New Character Revealed?

We’re getting a *little* progress in regards to receiving season 13 news, with Stephen Stohn releasing a new episode title yesterday:

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The cast was on set yesterday for the s13 gallery shoot, and for a readthrough of episodes 1313-1316.

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New Character Revealed?

Several days ago a guy named Nick Goluza announced via twitter that he had landed a role on Degrassi:

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Of course this meant researching the heck out of the guy since neither the networks nor Epitome have announced new characters yet.  Via his Instagram (5/22/13):

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On the same day he was on set, he received a tweet from Sarah:

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Instant reaction is that if legit, he isn’t a main character mainly because:

1) I assume Epitome has tight reigns on the new series regulars to keep them from revealing their identities on social media before they’re allowed to.

2) This situation is almost identical to how Kevin Alves announced that he was going to be playing Ari (name later changed to Fab) on Degrassi in Season 12.

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FYI: Have you seen what Much’s summer schedule for Degrassi might look like? The update from yesterday can be found here: http://degrassiblog.com/2013/05/27/degrassi-summer-2013-schedule-update/

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May 27, 2013 | 9 Comments

Degrassi Summer 2013 Schedule Update

This info has worked its way into the fandom way earlier than anticipated, so here goes:

There’s been a lot of anticipation/confusion in recent weeks given the news of Degrassi premiering a summer block on a day that isn’t a Monday, as well as the heavy speculation that there will be no telenovela this summer.  Given the updated news today, I’m not sure how much more blunt the networks can be without actually saying “Sorry kids, no telenovela this year.”

The latest teaser:

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MuchMusic’s #1 hit show kicks off it’s season premiere with back-to-back episodes Thursday July 11 9p + 9:30p ET.

Degrassi has been a groundbreaking series addressing the issues and circumstances of young people’s lives with honesty and frankness. With its first ever Emmy nomination, Degrassi’s game-changing television continues to bring to light the issues that affect teens today.

High school is all about preparing for the future, but nobody knows for sure what the future holds. This season at Degrassi, people are changing. Relationships are changing. Futures are changing. Just when you think you know someone, you realize — you don’t.
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As of now, it looks like Degrassi (the #1 Canadian show on MuchMusic and MuchMusic.com, as well as TeenNick’s #1 show overall) will shift to Thursday nights at 9pm for the summer block.

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With that schedule it means the summer block would consist of eight 30-minute episodes.  Here’s what that summer schedule looks like:

Friday 6/21, 9pm – The Time of My Life (1-hour special)
Thursday 7/11, 9pm – Summertime (1-hour premiere)
Thursday 7/18, 9pm – Ep 1303
Thursday 7/25, 9pm – Ep 1304
Thursday 8/1, 9pm – Ep 1305
Thursday 8/8, 9pm – Ep 1306
Thursday 8/15, 9pm – Ep 1307
Thursday 8/22, 9pm – Ep 1308 (summer block finale)

This info all comes from Much, so it’s still unclear if TeenNick will follow suit (Remember, TeenNick spent the spring branding a Friday lineup of Degrassi at 9pm, and TeenNick Top 10 at 10pm).

NOTE: Epitome says they can’t discuss season 13 details until the networks make an official announcement (so harassing the Stohn about this info will do you no good). Public confirmation of the season 13 info by the networks is set to happen right after TTOML airs in June:

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May 27, 2013 | 5 Comments

Degrassi News 5/27/13: Fan Video, Gallery Shoot, When To Expect A New Promo

Degrassi Fan Video

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Degrassi uploaded its first fan video today (somehow my nonsense made the cut).  They’ll be creating more videos in the future, so be on the lookout for more chances to submit your own video!

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Degrassi Gallery Shoot

Prepping Degrassi’s gym for today’s Season 13 gallery shoot on set.

The Degrassi cast is on set today, and one of the things they’re doing is their season 13 gallery shoot:

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Hopefully we’ll get a sneak peek soon, but we probably won’t see the bulk of them until the networks officially announce season 13.

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When Can We Expect A New Degrassi Promo?

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For a while now, I’ve casually mentioned that the season 12 finale, The Time of My Life, will be airing on Friday, June 21st.  Much has marked their calendar (see above), and so should you…however, when can we expect to actually get a new promo or something to announce this?

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This wait has been difficult based on the fact we know there’s a plethora of information there, it’s just being withheld longer than normal.  The good news is that since the news is so compressed, once the floodgates are open our heads will explode from the amount of news revealed.

But for now, let’s just take a look back at the last two TeenNick summer promos, which were released on/around today:

Steal Your Heart

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Bite Your Tongue

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May 22, 2013 | 1 Comment

Degrassi News 5/22/13: Season 12 DVD, Hangout with Chloe Rose

SEASON 12 DVD TO CONTAIN ALL 40 EPISODES

The past two seasons Epitome and Echo Bridge Entertainment have been splitting up the seasons in half DVD wise, releasing the telenovelas as their own dvd set, then releasing another dvd containing the rest of the episodes from the fall/spring blocks.  Normally we would’ve heard something by now if they were just releasing the Showdown telenovela, but the Stohn clarified their DVD plans yesterday:

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With that said, I’m still not sure when we can expect information about the DVD’s features and preorder links to start popping up.

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HANGOUT WITH CHLOE ROSE

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Degrassi’s next Google+ Hangout will take place on Thursday, May 30th at 5pm with Chloe Rose.  She’ll be answering fan questions, and the event will be streamed LIVE on Degrassi’s youtube page (if you can’t watch live, the stream is recorded…it will be uploaded soon after the livestream ends).

A handful of fans will be chosen to hang out in the livestream with Chloe.  There’s no age restriction, however, there are rules that must be followed if you’re under 18.  If you want to sign up for the chance to be in the stream with Chloe, please read and follow the instructions from the Degrassi Digital team below carefully:

1. Visit google.com/+Degrassi and add our page to your circles. If you haven’t we unfortunately have no way to contact you if you win and later invite you into the broadcast.

2. In the comments section of this post on our Google+ page, please comment with the following information:
First Name: _______
Age: ___
Country: _______________
2 questions I’d like to ask Chloe are….____________________________

3. We want to give those under 18 a chance to participate. Based on Google regulations, you must be 18+ to join a live broadcast hangout. However, if you are under the age of 18, you can join by carefully following these steps:

A. Your parent/guardian must create a Google+ account through which you can enter the contest by answering the above questions on our Google+ page.
B. If you are selected, you must join the Hangout through the parent/guardian’s account and have the parent/guardian in frame on camera with you at all times.
C. We will be confirming with winners under 18 and their parent/guardian.

4. The deadline for entries is 10 PM on Monday, May 27th. The lucky winners will be notified on Tuesday, May 28th. So be sure to check your Google+ account that day for a potential message!

5. Everyone else can also participate by watching the chat live on YouTube! Tune in at 5 pm EST on May 30th on our channel youtube.com/Degrassi – Comment on the YouTube video during the live-stream interview and Chloe will answer the selected questions live!

We can’t wait!!!

May 21, 2013 | 2 Comments

Recap: Munro Takes Over Degrassi Digital

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It’s been almost 3 years since the Degrassi fandom coaxed Munro into getting a twitter.  Though he doesn’t tweet nearly as much as some of the other cast members (except when the Leafs are playing), he took over Degrassi’s social media accounts today.

Degrassi Twitter: https://twitter.com/degrassi

Degrassi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Degrassi

Degrassi Tumblr: http://degrassi.tumblr.com/

Degrassi Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Degrassi

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Below are pictures and video from Munro’s takeover today:

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Munro Has No Idea What He’s Doing!

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Luke Joins The Digital Takeover

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Taking Pics on Luke’s iPad

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Munro Wraps Up The Takeover

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May 20, 2013 | 9 Comments

Alicia Josipovic Returns to Degrassi in Season 13

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In November of last year Alicia and many of the other seniors filmed their last scenes of season 12.  If you didn’t know it by then, their responses on twitter confirmed that their characters were indeed graduating.

There’s long been speculation that Imogen is actually going to stay behind and be around in season 13 (amplified by certain hints in TeenNick’s TTOML promo).  Now we can add Bianca to that list, as Alicia tweeted that she was on set Friday.

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Alicia was there for the night shoot, along with Jessica, Melinda, AJ, Luke, Demetrius and Jahmil.  There’s no reason to believe she was sitting out there in freezing weather just for the fun of it.  Out of everyone graduating, Bianca returning in some capacity makes sense and shouldn’t be a shock to anyone…after all that effort the show put into Drianca (which led to their eventual engagement), it would be a cop out to have them suddenly implode in TTOML or Summertime, and they can’t pretend Drianca doesn’t exist just because Bianca’s far away at university.

So how much of a role would Bianca play in season 13? That’s unclear, but there’s one thing we do know:  Degrassi wrapped episodes 1301-1304 on May 7th, so whatever they were filming on Friday is probably from 1305-1308.  If MuchMusic is still hell-bent on the show being aired in a weekly format this summer as opposed to the telenovela, we could see Bianca deep into the summer block.

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May 17, 2013 | 8 Comments

Degrassi News 5/17/13

I apologize for the lack of updates recently, I’ve been preoccupied with a lot of work stuff over the past week.  Below is a recap of some of the minor Degrassi-related stuff to hit the web recently, as well as what I know about Degrassi Season 13.

Actually, the last part of that sentence is a lie.

We’re still currently in the phase where the networks are figuring out and tweaking their summer lineups (aka MuchMusic…TeenNick doesn’t really have a lineup).  Some information has been released about Degrassi season 13′s schedule, but because it’s still in the tentative stages I’ve watched it change literally overnight.

I was this close to posting some good s13 info on Thursday, then *BAM* it all changed out of nowhere.

I don’t know what the heck they’re doing, but I don’t feel like getting the fandom riled up over info that could change just as quickly as I post it.  It looks like we really are going to have to wait until Much and the Stohn make an announcement.  However, there are two things I feel strongly about:

1) The Time of My Life airs on Friday, June 21st.  Out of all the info that’s changed about this summer (Even this week the Stohn said they’ve changed the episode titles of 1301/1302 to “Summertime”), TTOML’s airdate is the only piece of info that hasn’t changed.

2) I’m about 99.999993418323% sure there will be NO telenovela this summer. Some really early press stuff from Much got out that mentioned season 13 would begin on Friday, July 12th.  There was also the random tweet from the Degrassi twitter about Degrassi on Fridays.  The networks keep switching scheduling info, but within that there’s never any mention of the telenovela format.  Epitome has been abnormally secretive about season 13…the fact things have been so quiet when for the past two years they’ve willingly posted info about the upcoming season WHILE the current season was still airing suggests there’s a significant change coming.

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Degrassi Digital

This week, it was announced that Munro Chambers will take over all of Degrassi’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+) on Tuesday, May 21st.  The news made me laugh out loud:

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Degrassi’s Dress Rehearsal Process

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Olivia’s Tip of the Day

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Beauty Secrets With Jessica Tyler

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