Global InformationDegrassi season 10 information
| Degrassi | |
|---|---|
| Season 10 | |
 Degrassi Season 10 DVD | |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MuchMusic (Canada) TeenNick (United States) |
| Original release | July 19, 2010 – April 22, 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
The tenth season of the Canadian teen drama television series Degrassi, formerly known as Degrassi: The Next Generation,[1] premiered in Canada on July 19, 2010, concluded on April 22, 2011, and consists of 44 episodes. Due to the titular "next generation" of students having been written out by this time, the suffix was dropped. With the start of the tenth season, the series survived longer than the nine-year gap between the Degrassi High telemovie School's Out (1992) and The Next Generation's premiere episode "Mother and Child Reunion" (2001).
Though only two school years have passed in the story timeline since season six, season ten is set from the fall semester through the first term of the spring semester, in which the years it aired. Writers were able to use a semi-floating timeline, so that the issues depicted are modern for their viewers. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduates as they deal with some of the challenges and issues that teenagers face such as domestic violence, dysfunctional families, self image, bullying, sexual harassment, gender identity/transsexualism, teenage pregnancy, online predators, homophobia, school violence, divorce, religion, kidney failure, self-harm, alcoholism, sexual identity, financial difficulties, running away and relationships.
This season doubled the order of episodes, and switched to a telenovela/soap opera format, with the show airing new episodes four days a week, for the first 24 episodes.[2][3] Production for the season began on March 26, 2010[4] at Epitome Pictures' studios in Toronto, Ontario. This was the first season not to air on broadcast television. It is also the first season to have simultaneous airings in Canada and the United States.[5] This was the earliest start to a season. In the US, the first 24 episodes of season ten were promoted as Degrassi: The Boiling Point, while the final twelve episodes of the season were promoted as Degrassi: In Too Deep.[6] The fifth Degrassi dedicated soundtrack, Degrassi: The Boiling Point, was released February 1, 2011.
- ^ The Canadian Press (July 15, 2010). "'Degrassi' tackles transgender storyline". CTV News. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
- ^ Stohn, Stephen [@stephenstohn] (March 18, 2011). "actually we ended up at 44 episodes for Season 10..." (Tweet). Retrieved March 18, 2011 – via Twitter.
- ^ Richard Huff (March 12, 2010). "Testing soap-y waters: Nickelodeon to use 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' to try out telenovelas". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ "Degrassi Season 10 Starts Shooting March 26". DegrassiBlog.com. March 6, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Stephen Stohn [@stephenstohn] (March 19, 2010). "lol no it'll be four new eps per week for 6 weeks on TeenNick, same on Much!" (Tweet). Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Degrassi: In Too Deep". TeenNick. January 15, 2011. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2011.