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The seventh season of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' commenced airing in Canada on 14 January 2008, concluded on 23 June 2008, and consists of twenty-four episodes. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season takes place during the second semester of the school year that began in season six and continues to depict the lives of a group of high school sophomores, juniors, seniors and college freshman as they deal with some of the challenges and issues young adults face, such as rape, school violence, cancer, drug use, prostitution, sexual misconduct, racism, sexism, parenthood, HIV and relationships. Season seven aired Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (7:00 p.m. in Quebec) on CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network. In the United States it aired Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on The N, a digital cable network aimed at teenagers and young adults. Season seven premiered in the US three months before it began broadcasting in Canada, on 5 October 2007.〔 In total sixteen episodes aired in the US before they did Canada. Further to being broadcast on television, episodes were made available for free streaming on CTV's website; registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores are also able to purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods.〔 The second ''Degrassi'' dedicated soundtrack, ''Music from Degrassi: The Next Generation'', was released 9 December 2008. Production took place in Toronto, Ontario between April and December 2007. In addition to the twenty-four regular episodes, two "special episodes" were produced, not part of the Degrassi continuity. In the U.S. Bust, "A Move Part 1 and 2" were formed together to form "Degrassi Spring Break Movie". The first, "Degrassi in Kenya" depicted the cast members travelling to Africa to assist the building of a school. It aired 18 October 2007 on MTV Canada, and 14 March 2008 on The N. The second, "Degrassi of the Dead", was a Halloween special, and featured the characters being turned into zombies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Degrassi of the Dead'' )〕 It aired on 26 October 2007 on The N, and four days later on CTV. Viewing figures for season seven were not as high as previous seasons; by the twelfth episode, figures were down to 314,000 viewers, a 46% decrease from the season premiere which was watched by 585,000 viewers. Despite the decrease in viewers, however, reviews for the season were of praise, rather than criticism. ==Cast== The seventh season features twenty actors who receive star billing with fourteen of them returning from the previous season. Returning cast members include: * Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt (12 episodes) * Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson (12 episodes) * Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk (7 episodes) * Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos (14 episodes) * Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash (9 episodes) * Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks (13 episodes) * Shenae Grimes as Darcy Edwards (12 episodes) * Jamie Johnston as Peter Stone (12 episodes) * Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason (14 episodes) * Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart (8 episodes) * Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson (18 episodes) * Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi (9 episodes) * Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos (17 episodes) * Amanda Stepto as Spike Nelson (4 episodes) Joining the main cast are Charlotte Arnold, Paula Brancati, and Mazin Elsadig as Holly J. Sinclair (11 episodes), Jane Vaughn (11 episodes), and Damian Hayes (7 episodes). Dalmar Abuzeid, Nina Dobrev, and Marc Donato as Danny Van Zandt (13 episodes), Mia Jones (6 episodes), and Derek Haig (11 episodes) were promoted after recurring in the previous seasons. The three actors from season six who did not return this season were Deanna Casaluce as Alex Nuñez, Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron, and Ryan Cooley as James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke. All left the series, except for Deanna Casaluce, who appeared in two episodes and Daniel Clark, who guest starred later on this season. Returning in their recurring roles are Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs, Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin, Scott Paterson as Johnny DiMarco, Steve Belford as Jesse Stefanovic, Linlyn Lue as Ms. Kwan, and Jennifer Podemski as Ms. Sauve. Raymond Ablack, Marc Minardi and Samantha Munro are introduced in recurring roles as former Lakehurst students Sav Bhandari, Lucas Valieri and Anya MacPherson. Nathan Stephenson also joins the roster of recurring cast members as Griffin, the new roommate in Ellie, Marco and Paige's apartment. Stacie Mistysyn, who portrayed Caitlin Ryan in the earlier incarnations of Degrassi, as well as seasons one to five of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'', guest stars in episode eight, "Jessie's Girl". Jake Epstein, who had appeared in seasons two through five in a starring role as Craig Manning, guest stars in the fourteenth episode "Bust a Move, Part Two", which also features a guest appearance from Shirley Douglas as Smithdale University's Professor Dunwoody. Episode twenty features a guest appearance from Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger as himself. English pop singer Natasha Bedingfield appears in the season finale performing her songs "Unwritten" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" at the prom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 7)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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