About 'Degrassi Junior High'

Premiere:

Jan 18, 1987

Original Network:

Playing with Time

Premise of 'Degrassi Junior High'

"Degrassi Junior High" follows the exploits of Canadian youngsters in the late 1980s. The first soap opera for kids, "Degrassi Junior High" doesn't sugarcoat the problems facing Canadian (or American) youth. It focuses on such formerly taboo topics as alcoholism, interracial relationships, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse and homosexuality. Most of the action takes place outside the classroom, as the students interact in school hallways or lunchrooms, or after school.

Cast of 'Degrassi Junior High'

• Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah
• Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson
• Neil Hope as Derek "Wheels" Wheeler
• Stacie Mistysyn as Caitlin Ryan
• Angela Deiseach as Erica Farrell
• Anais Granofsky as Lucy Fernandez

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