This is turning out to be a big week for Degrassi news!
Yesterday it was announced that Season 2 of Degrassi: Next Class will be released on Netflix starting July 22. Today, Entertainment Weekly broke the news that Degrassi has officially been renewed for Seasons 3 and 4:
Epitome Pictures has already been preparing for s3 and s4 for a while now, they’ve just been waiting on official word of a renewal. Last month, auditions were held for two new characters who will make their debut in Season 3.
Both seasons will follow the same 10-episode format as Seasons 1 and 2. Filming for Seasons 3Â and 4 will begin in a couple of months, and the episodes will air in 2017.
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Does anyone else wish the new episodes would be an hour long? I think that would be nice since there are only ten episodes in the season. And I hope we get to learn a little more about what is going on with Hunter in the next couple seasons.
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An hour long each would be nice since its 10 eps per season and it looks like they are only going to do 2 seasons per year. That’s not a lot for a half hour show, especially when anyone watching on Netflix will probably watch the whole season in 1-3 days. I guess irs most important to just do the shows as well as possible, become established on Netflix, and then maybe expand length or eps in the future.
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There should be 100 1 hour episodes in a season!
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Personally, I wish they’d just do 1 season a year, with 20, 24, or 26 episodes split (10&10, 12&12, or 13&13). Like 1.0 (or 1A) released in January and then 1.5 (or 1B) released in the summer or Fall, and repeat that cycle each year. It’s better then releasing 2 seasons a year with only 10 episodes a season. That way, we’re getting more episodes a season and more content in general. So my hopes that when they get renewed next year for season 5 (that’ll air in 2018), they just give them a big episode order for the season and split the season into parts. Continuing on the 2 seasons a year format will ensure we’re at 20 seasons in 10 years.
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The Season numbering on Family Channel is that. 20 episodes a season (1 broadcast year from Fall to Fall), but Netflix doesn’t release anything less than a season. So we get different numbering between the two release venues. I do wish the seasons had a few more episodes, but complaining that they release two 10 episode seasons a year instead of one 20 episode season is just… nonsense.
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That’s not why I’m “complaining”. That’s not even what I was saying. I don’t want 2 10 episode seasons a year. I just want 1 20 episode (or more ) seasons a year. Family hasn’t stated what they’ll be doing in terms of seasons yet. We don’t know if the episodes airing in the summer is 1B or season 2 for Family. Re-read what I posted. And also, Netflix has actually ventured into releasing more than a season. Their new show The Ranch is being released in 2 parts of 10 episodes under the season 1 title. It’s not “s1” and “s 2”, just 1 with 20 episodes. That’s why I’m saying it’d be best to release Next Class like that. If Family is airing the 20 episodes as season 1, Netflix should as well.
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How do you audition for season 4? I really wanna try:)
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