Degrassi: The Next Generation season 4

Degrassi: The Next Generation
Season 4
Degrassi: The Next Generation Season 4 DVD
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkCTV
Original release7 September 2004 (2004-09-07) –
14 February 2005 (2005-02-14)
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The fourth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 7 September 2004, concluded on 14 February 2005 and contains twenty-two 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 and juniors as they deal with some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as bullying, dysfunctional families, school shootings, mental disorders, STDs, disabilities, gambling, homosexuality, and inappropriate student-teacher relationships.

Every episode is titled after a song from the 1980s,[1] except for the two-part season finale "Goin' Down the Road", which took its name from the 1970 Canadian film Goin' Down the Road.[2] Filming took place between April and November 2004.[3]

The first six episodes of season four aired Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network, before settling into its regular 8:30 p.m. timeslot.[4] When the season returned to the schedules in January 2005 following a break over the Christmas period, it aired on Mondays at 8:30 p.m.[5] In the United States, it was broadcast on the Noggin cable channel during its programming block for teenagers, The N. The season was released on DVD as a four disc boxed set on 28 November 2006 by Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment in Canada, and by FUNimation Entertainment in the US on 24 October 2006. The last three episodes were also sold in the US, packaged together in two different releases; one version was dubbed "unrated, uncensored and uncut" and featured an audio commentary and other bonus material, the other version was dubbed "rated", and did not feature the audio commentary. The season is available on iTunes. This was the first season to release a soundtrack, Songs from Degrassi: The Next Generation was available as a digital download on 1 November 2005.

Season four was one of Degrassi: The Next Generation's most successful seasons for viewing figures. Two episodes were watched by nearly a million Canadian viewers and helped the season garner an average audience of 600,000, making it the most-viewed domestic drama in Canada. In the US, one episode from the season was watched by over half-a-million viewers, the highest audience figure The N had ever had. Only three awards were won for the season, from a total of nine nominations.

Season four is considered to be the darkest and most controversial season of the show, due to multiple storylines that dealt with harsh and dark issues, especially the two-part episode "Time Stands Still", which involves a school shooting. This garnered the show more international attention than originally.

  1. ^ Ellis 2005, p. 179
  2. ^ Ellis 2005, pp. 179, 189
  3. ^ City of Toronto Film and Television Office (2005-01-28). "2004 Production List" (PDF). City of Toronto. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-12-02. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  4. ^ "Classes Begin at Degrassi September 7 on CTV" (Press release). CTV Television Network. 2004-09-01. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  5. ^ Stohn, Stephen (2004-12-14). "Shooting Season 3". Degrassi.tv. Epitome Virtual Reality. Archived from the original (Note: Requires registration) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2008-02-07.