The one-hour eighth season opener shows that the series can revitalize itself while still keeping the traditional issue-of-the-week format.
Degrassi: The Next Generation is back, and apparently the writers and producers mean to bring it back fresh. The Canadian-based teen drama set largely in the fictional Degrassi Community School has been largely chasing its own shadow in the last couple of seasons with cast members getting old and characters getting stale. “Uptown...