Syndication company Program Partners has acquired the U.S. broadcast syndication rights to Canadian teen series "Degrassi: The Next Generation" to run as a strip beginning in fall 2007. The series, the latest edition in the 25-year-old "Degrassi" teen relationship franchise, has been enjoying a successful run on cable network The N. Program Partners is marketing Degrassi" as an outgrowth of its worldwide distribution agreement with Vancouver-based Thunderbird Films. "Degrassi" is produced by Epitome Pictures in Toronto. The series will "fill the void created by the declining availability of off-net half-hours," Program Partners said in a statement announcing the deal. "’Degrassi’ is lightning in a bottle," Josh Raphaelson, one of Program Partners’ founders, said in a statement. "The N has built a terrific franchise, and we’re excited to bring it to syndication."
Degrassi
This show will sell like hot cakes! And don’t forget all new epsiodes premiere on The N this Friday at 8p est/5p pst!
