Degrassi Season 12 Premiere Release & New Time

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Canada's #1 Summer Series DEGRASSI Returns to MuchMusic With Season 12 Premiere, July 16

–Emmy®-nominated, Much original series returns, with all new episodes
Monday - Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET –
– Fans can get schooled on past episodes on www.muchmusic.com –

Toronto, ON (June 11, 2012) – Summer school sucks, unless it's DEGRASSI summer school! Fans won't want to miss the highly anticipated return of DEGRASSI to MuchMusic, with the Season 12 premiere, Monday July 16 at 10 p.m. ET. The latest season of DEGRASSI is sure to bring on the heat with new storylines and students. Viewers can watch full episodes on muchmusic.com after the broadcast.


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Season 11 of DEGRASSI ranked as the #1 Canadian series on MuchMusic for the broadcast year, among total viewers and among teens 12-17, people 12-34, adults 18-34 and 18-49 and female viewers aged 12-34, 12-17, 18-34, and 18-49. In the dramatic season finale, Fiona and Imogen shared their first kiss and the will-they-won't-they couple of the century, Eli and Clare, indulged in a not-so first kiss. With the premiere episode, "Come As You Are", (Part 1), the halls of Degrassi are full of fresh faces and returning favourites, ready for a whole new year of drama!

This year, with MuchCloser, the exclusive MuchMusic social rewards and loyalty program, fans of the series can watch DEGRASSI and then log on to muchmusic.com where they can earn points and rewards by interacting with the site- sharing, exploring, commenting and much more!
In the premiere episode, Drew (Luke Bilyk) is ready to break-up with Katie (Chloe Rose) for Bianca (Alicia Josipovic) but dreads the drama and looks to some liquid courage to get the job done. Clare (Aislinn Paul) wants to be with Eli (Munro Chambers) but worries that he doesn't feel the same way. Plus, complicating life for the crew is the arrival of a dozen hotties, as Degrassi welcomes players from a junior hockey team to the school.
Encore episodes air Saturdays (2 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET) and Sundays from (8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET) so fans can catch up on the week's action.

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About DEGRASSI
DEGRASSI is produced by Epitome Pictures (THE L.A. COMPLEX, INSTANT STAR) in association with MuchMusic/CTV. The series was co-created by Linda Schuyler, co-producer of the original DEGRASSI series and Yan Moore. Schuyler and Stephen Stohn serve as Executive Producers. Sarah Glinski executive produces. Distribution company for the series is Echo Bridge Entertainment. For Bell Media, Gosia Kamela and Mike Richardson are Production Executives. Trish Williams is Director, Drama, Independent Production. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production. Neil Staite is Vice-President and General Manager, Music and Entertainment. Catherine MacLeod is Vice-President, Specialty Channels. Rick Brace is President, Specialty Channels and CTV Production, and Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.

About Bell Media Independent Production
Bell Media has produced some of Canada's most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming in partnership with Canadian independent producers, including, most recently, ratings success stories FLASHPOINT and THE LISTENER, Emmy Award-winning period drama THE BORGIAS, international hit DEGRASSI, Gemini Award-winning comedy TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL, sci-fi fan favourite SANCTUARY, critically acclaimed sketch comedy series PICNICFACE, upcoming theatre docu-series WAY OFF BROADWAY, sexy drama THE L.A. COMPLEX, upcoming hospital drama SAVING HOPE, and mythological action/adventure series PRIMEVIL: NEW WORLD. The company has also ordered two-hour drama pilot, BOREALIS, and the television feature THE HORSES OF McBRIDE.

About MuchMusic
As the No. 1 Canadian brand for young adults, Much is an integral part of today's pop-culture landscape. Live performances and interviews with the best Canadian and international artists, and celebrity guests put fans in the centre of the action making Much's acclaimed street-level Toronto headquarters Canada's epicentre of celebrity. A multiplatform Canadian icon, MuchMusic.com is a favourite destination for youth delivering music videos, user-generated content and more. Much spotlights homegrown talent through original productions and nurtures the Canadian music video production industry through its annual, multi-million dollar contribution to MuchFACT. It is available in 8.6 million households across Canada via cable, satellite, and mobile. Much is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company.

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TeenNick is also moving it to 10pm, it's most likely due to Nick at Nite having their own serial drama in the 9pm slot for the summer.

I might as well reveal it too, two other series will be returning too. South of Nowhere beginning 7/2 in a marathon all week between 10pm and 12am, the following week it's Degrassi all week from the 9th to the 16th between 11am - 11pm, then after that it's Dance Academy at 8, Lightning Poin..er...Alien Surf Girls at 8:30pm, back to back South of Nowhere at 9pm, back to back Degrassi at 10pm. A few weeks later back to back episodes of Beyond the Break moves into the 8pm slot.

EDIT: they reverted the schedule for most of July back to a generic schedule including the week of the Degrassi marathon, it looks like they're back on the no episodic specific data until the last minute kick again. Hopefully they'll confirm it either way next week.

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MuchMusic posted more photos for Season 12, it's like a cast reunion of The Latest Buzz with Demetrius Joyette joining the cast. The only one who hasn't appeared on Degrassi is Vanessa Morgan.