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The eighth season of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' premiered in Canada on 5 October 2008, concluded on 30 August 2009, and consists of twenty-two episodes (18 episodes, and 1 movie). ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. Although only one school year passed in the story timeline since season six, season eight is set in the first semester of the year in which it aired. Writers have been able to use a semi-floating timeline, so that the issues depicted are modern for their viewers. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school freshman, juniors, seniors, and college freshman as they deal with some of the challenges and issues young adults face such as careers, sex, sexism, sexual identity, financial difficulties, drug use, mental disorders, cyberbullying, child molestation, stress, hostage situations, racism, and relationships. Thirteen actors are added to the ensemble cast, while fourteen cast members have either left the series or been dropped from the main cast to recurring roles. The season focuses heavily on the new generation of students at Degrassi Community School, although it included storylines about those who have graduated and gone on to university. Season eight aired Sundays at 7:30 p.m. on CTV, a Canadian television network.〔 Episodes were repeated on CTV's sister cable speciality network, MuchMusic, on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. In the United States, the season began on 10 October 2008 and aired in its usual timeslot on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on The N. Unlike seasons six and seven, which premiered in the US, "Uptown Girl Part One", this season's premiere episode, was broadcast in Canada first,〔 〕 with "Uptown Girl Part Two" airing a week later; in the US, however, both parts aired together as an hour-long special.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Degrassi )〕 As well as airing on television, the season's episodes were also streamed on the websites of CTV and The N,〔 and registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores can purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods. Production for the season began in May 2008 at Epitome Pictures' studios in Toronto, Ontario, and were completed in late October 2008. The final episodes of the season were filmed in part in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and were written and directed by Stefan Brogren, who plays Archie "Snake" Simpson.〔 This was the last season to air on The N, before its change to the TeenNick name, in the United States. ==Cast== The eighth season features twenty-four actors who receive star billing with eleven of them returning from the previous season. Returning cast members include: * Dalmar Abuzeid as Danny Van Zandt (20 episodes) * Charlotte Arnold as Holly J. Sinclair (16 episodes) * Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt (6 episodes) * Paula Brancati as Jane Vaughn (10 episodes) * Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson (11 episodes) * Nina Dobrev as Mia Jones (19 episodes) * Marc Donato as Derek Haig (10 episodes) * Jamie Johnston as Peter Stone (18 episodes) * Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason (13 episodes) * Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson (10 episodes) * Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos (10 episodes) To replace the outgoing actors, seven new characters were introduced to the series. Joining the main cast are Sam Earle, Jordan Hudyma, Judy Jiao, Argiris Karras, A.J. Saudin, Melinda Shankar and Evan Williams as K.C. Guthrie (9 episodes), Blue Chessex (6 episodes), Leia Chang (8 episodes), Riley Stavros (9 episodes), Connor Deslauriers (11 episodes), Alli Bhandari (15 episodes) and Kelly Ashoona (10 episodes). Raymond Ablack, Jajube Mandiela, Samantha Munro, Scott Paterson, Aislinn Paul, and Natty Zavitz as Sav Bhandari (19 episodes), Chantay Black (12 episodes), Anya MacPherson (17 episodes), Johnny DiMarco (7 episodes), Clare Edwards (12 episodes), and Bruce the Moose (12 episodes) were promoted after recurring in the previous seasons. The nine actors who did not return this season were Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk, Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos, Mazin Elsadig as Damian Hayes, Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash, Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks, Shenae Grimes as Darcy Edwards, Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart, Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi, and Amanda Stepto as Christine "Spike" Nelson. Mazin Elsadig, who portrayed Damian Hayes, was the only actor who did not reprise his role this season after receiving a star billing in Season 7. The rest of the actors who received star billings, who left the series after season 7 returned this season in a recurring role. Jake Goldsbie and Aubrey Graham who have played Toby Isaacs and Jimmy Brooks since the first season reprised their roles in a guest appearance in "Lost in Love: Part 1". Kevin Jubinville plays the new Degrassi principal, Mr. Shepherd ("The Shep"), previously the principal of Lakehurst before the merger of the two schools. Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, who both made guest appearances in seasons four and five, and former cast members Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Adamo Ruggiero (Marco Del Rossi) and Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk) returned with "many other guest stars" for a four-part season finale, which is set and filmed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.〔 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 8)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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