Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as D:TNG, DTNG, Degrassi:TNG, or simply Degrassi) is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore that premiered on CTV in Canada on October 14, 2001. It is the fifth series set in the fictional Degrassi universe created by Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. Like its predecessors, Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students who face exaggerated instances of challenges common to teen life.

D:TNG is produced by Epitome Pictures in association with CTVglobemedia and distributed by Alliance Atlantis. The series airs on CTV, although seasons six and seven premiered on the United States cable channel The N before they were broadcast in Canada. 128 episodes have aired as of April 18, 2008. The current executive producers are Epitome Pictures founders Schuyler and husband Stephen Stohn, and Brendon Yorke. The executive creative consultant is James Hurst. Jody Colero is the music supervisor and selects all the music for the show, while the music score is composed by Jim McGrath. Filming takes place at Epitome's studios in Toronto, Ontario.

A critical and popular success, D:TNG is the most-watched domestic drama series in Canada, and the highest-rated show on The N network in the United States. In 2004, one episode received over half a million viewers in the U.S., and just under one million in Canada. The show has won numerous awards, including nine Gemini Awards, two Teen Choice Awards and five Directors Guild of Canada Awards, as well as nominations for nine other Gemini Awards, three more Director's Guild of Canada Awards and recognition from GLAAD. D:TNG's success has also led to a number of tie-in miniseries and webseries, an encyclopędic guide and a series of graphic novels.

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