DEGRASSI ( Season 12)
The twelfth season of Degrassi premiered on July 16,2012 at the new time of 10pm on
Teen Nick. This first half of the season followed a 5-week telenovela format with 20 episodes ,airing Monday through Thursdays at 10pm, marketed as
Degrassi : Showdown, depicting the time right after winter break of the 2011- 2012 school year. The next part of the season will follow a weekly format with 8 episodes, airing Friday nights at 9pm, named simply Degrassi , depicting the time about a week after where Showdown left off. The final part of the season will air during Spring 2013. Four actors have been added to the main cast : Dylan Everett, Sarah Fisher, Craig Arnold and Demetrius Joyette. Production and casting for the season began on February 27, 2012 with filming beginning on March 19, 2012, at Epitome Pictures studios in Toronto, Ontario.
Teen Nick has two slogans for this season, "Whose Side Are You On ? and The Showdown That Will Tear Degrassi Apart", while the
Much Music slogan is , The Kids at Degrassi Come Undone".