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The fifth season of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' commenced airing in Canada on 19 September 2005, concluded on 20 March 2006 and contains nineteen episodes. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors as they deal with the some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as body image, teenage pregnancy, drug dealing, coming out, sexual identity, religion, eating disorders and relationships. Filming took place between May 2005 and November 2005. Season five aired Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network. In the United States, it was broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on The N, a digital cable network aimed at teenagers and young adults. The season was released on DVD as a four disc boxed set on 3 July 2007 by Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment in Canada, and by FUNimation Entertainment in the US. Registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores are also able purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods. ''The N Soundtrack'' was released on 1 August 2006, following this season. The fifth season of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' was the most successful season to date, averaging 767,000 viewers in Canada, and had one episode watched by a million viewers. It received praise for its depiction of a relationship between two gay characters, but mixed reviews for highlighting the issue of anorexia and bulimia in teenage girls. ==Cast== The fifth season features twenty actors who receive star billing with sixteen of them returning from the previous season. Returning cast members include: * Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt (13 episodes) * Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson (13 episodes) * Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk (15 episodes) * Ryan Cooley as James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke (14 episodes) * Jake Epstein as Craig Manning (11 episodes) * Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash (10 episodes) * Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs (14 episodes) * Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks (13 episodes) * Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason (10 episodes) * Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden (11 episodes) * Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah (4 episodes) * Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson (13 episodes) * Stacie Mistysyn as Caitlin Ryan (1 episode) * Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi (14 episodes) * Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos (14 episodes) * Amanda Stepto as Spike Nelson (6 episodes) Joining the main cast are Jamie Johnston, who was cast as Peter Stone (10 episodes). Mike Lobel, Deanna Casaluce, and Melissa DiMarco as Jay Hogart (7 episodes), Alex Nuñez (9 episodes), and Daphne Hatzilakos (13 episodes) were promoted after recurring in the previous seasons. The three actors from season four who did not return this season were Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron, Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin, and Dan Woods as Mr. Raditch. All left the series, except for Melissa McIntyre, who made her return in the season finale and Daniel Clark, who made his return in season six. Returning in their recurring roles are John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk, Shenae Grimes as Darcy Edwards, Dalmar Abuzeid as Danny Van Zandt, Alex Steele as Angela Jeremiah, Linlyn Lue as Ms. Kwan, and Jennifer Podemski as Ms. Sauve.〔Ellis, pp. 86–87, 89–90〕 Marc Donato is introduced as Derek Haig. Film director Kevin Smith and actor Jason Mewes returned to the show for two episodes when they guest starred as exaggerated versions of themselves (for example Kevin is portrayed as being unmarried and childless). The episodes depict the premiere of ''Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!'', a fictional feature film in the View Askewniverse series that used Degrassi Community School as a filming location during season four. The scenes Alanis Morissette had filmed in season four to play the film's school principal were replayed as part of the film at the premiere. 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 5)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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