| Degrassi | |
|---|---|
| Season 12 | |
 Degrassi Season 12 DVD | |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MuchMusic (Canada) TeenNick (United States) |
| Original release | July 16, 2012 – June 21, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The twelfth season of the Canadian teen drama television series Degrassi, formerly known as Degrassi: The Next Generation, premiered on July 16, 2012, concluded on June 21, 2013, and consists of 40 episodes. Although only three school years have passed in the story timeline since season six, season twelve is set in the spring semester in the years it aired. Writers have been able to use a semi-floating timeline, so that the issues depicted are modern for their viewers. This season again depicts the lives of a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors as they deal with some of the challenges and issues that teenagers face such as homophobia, theft, religion, sexual harassment, dysfunctional families, peer pressure, pregnancy scares, stress, self image, self-injury, suicide, drug use, burglary, parenthood, depression, grief and relationships.
This season continues the telenovela/soap opera format that began in season 10, with new episodes premiering four days a week, for the first five weeks. MuchMusic announced renewing the series for a twelfth season in June 2011.[1] The series' American broadcaster, TeenNick, announced a summer run, following the season 11 finale.[2][3] Production for the season began on February 27, 2012, at Epitome Pictures' studios in Toronto, Ontario.[4] The first 20 episodes were promoted as Degrassi Showdown.
- ^ Stohn, Stephen (June 2, 2011). "Tweet 76420895824035840". Twitter. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ "Whose Side Are You On?". TeenNick. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ^ "Degrassi: Coming This Summer". TeenNick. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ^ Stohn, Stephen (2012). A series of Twitter posts, February 27, February 27. Retrieved March 31, 2012.