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NETWORK TV Fall 2024

It's that time of year again! The networks are releasing their fall line ups


Fall Line up: FOX NBC CBS ABC The CW

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

CW Announces Spring Programming

The CW  TV News Spring TV




   The CW, which had to shift it's programming around due to pandemic protcols, has announced the premiere dates of new dramas : Kung Fu and The Republic of Sarah;  and new seasons of  Dynasty, DC's Legends of Tomorrow,  and In the Dark.    Also time changes for  Batwoman and Charmed.

    

   A remake of that 1970's series "Kung Fu" will premiere  on Wednesday, April 7th  and new series "The Republic of Sarah" will premiere Monday, June 14th.  "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" will come in on May 2nd with "Batwoman" moving to the later time of 9pmet.; Sundays.  Season 4  of "Dynasty" starts  May 7th at 9pmet, after "Charmed" which moves back to  Fridays. Season 3 of  "In the Dark" premieres on Wednesday, June 9th, at 9pmet.  

       Here's the full details. (all times ET/PT) 
  
 Wednesday, April 7
 8PM   Kung Fu (Series Premiere) 
9PM   Nancy Drew (Original episode) 

Friday, April 30 
8PM  World's Funniest Animals: Spring Fling  ( All-New Special)
9PM   Penn & Teller : Fool US ( Encore episode) 

Sunday, May 2
8PM  DC's Legends of Tomorrow ( Season Premiere) 
9PM  Batwoman  (New Time Period) 

Friday,  May 7
8PM  Charmed  (New Time Period) 
9PM  Dynasty (Season Premiere) 

Wednesday, June 9
8PM    Kung Fu (Original Episode) 
9PM In the Dark (Season Premiere) 

Monday, June 14
8PM  All American (Original Episode) 
9PM   The Republic of Sarah ( Series Premiere) 


     

Friday, February 19, 2021

TVLOOKFALL 2021 : What's New, What's Renewed, What's Ended?

TVLOOK FALL 2021 ABC CBS CW FOX NBC



 Last updated:May 15, 2021 @4:37pm MT

It's our annual list of network TV moves either shows being renewed or canceled /ending. Also what's new? For disclosure, we are going to count reboot or one of those shows that are returning after ending as new , just to keep this list consistent.

Also to be determined is our list for shows that haven't been officially given a status so, it's constantly changing. (red font shows are shows that have moved to or are summer series meaning they are in a different rule)

       ABC
Renewed
The $100,000 Pyramid 
America's Funniest Home Videos 
American Idol
A Million Little Things 
The Bachelorette 
Bachelor in Paradise (coming summer 2021) 
Big Sky
black-ish   (ending with season 8) 
Celebrity Family Feud 
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 
The Chase 
The Conners
Dancing with the Stars 
The Goldbergs
The Good Doctor 
Grey's Anatomy 
Holey Moley (renewed for seasons 3 and 4) 
Home Economics
The Hustler
Press Your Luck 
The Rookie
Shark Tank 
Station 19
Supermarket Sweep 




Canceled 
American Housewife
For Life
Call Your Mother 
mixed-ish
Rebel 



 




Reality/Summer shows  (Determined in their own time) 
The Bachelor 
Card Sharks 
Match Game
Pooch Perfect
To Tell the Truth 
Who wants to be a Millionaire 


 



New Series 
Abbott Elementary 
Maggie 
Queens 
The wonder Years 






   CBS
Renewed
B Positive
Blue Bloods 
Bob Hearts Abishola
Bull
The Equalizer 
FBI :
FBI : Most Wanted 
Love Island 
Magnum P.I 
NCIS 
NCIS :Los Angeles 
The Neighborhood 
S.W.A.T
Survivor 
Tough as Nails
Undercover Boss
United States of Al 
Young Sheldon ( 3 seasons) 


Canceled 
All Rise 
MacGyver 
Mom
NCIS: New Orleans
The Unicorn



CBS decided to Move this to Paramount Plus 
Clarice
Evil
SEAL Team





Reality/Summer shows  (Determined in their own time) 
The Amazing Race 
Big Brother 
Blood & Treasure  (Season 2 premieres summer 2021) 





New Series 
NCIS : Hawaii


   CW
Renewed
All American 
Batwoman 
Charmed
Coroner 
Dynasty 
The Flash 
In the Dark 
Kung Fu
Legacies 
Legends of Tomorrow 
Nancy Drew 
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Roswell, New Mexico
Riverdale 
Stargirl 
Superman and Lois 
Walker 

Canceled 
Black Lightning
Supergirl 
Trickster 




To be Determined
The Outpost 
Pandora 
The Republic of Sarah

Reality/Summer shows  (Determined in their own time) 
Whose Line is it Anyway?

New Series 




    FOX
Renewed
9-1-1
9-1-1: Lone Star
Bob's Burgers\
Call Me Kat
Duncanville 
Family Guy 
Friday Night SmackDown (Through 2024)
The Great North  (Also renewed for a 3rd season ) 
Hell's Kitchen
Lego Masters
The Moodys
The Resident 
The Simpsons (Now renewed to season 34)

Canceled 
Bless the Harts
Filthy Rich
Last Man Standing 
The Moodys
Next
Prodigal Son 






Reality/Summer shows  (Determined in their own time) 
Beat Shazam 
Housebroken
MasterChef
Masterchef Junior
The Masked Singer
Mental Samurai
So You Think You Can Dance
Ultimate Tag



New Series 



   NBC
Renewed
The Blacklist
Brooklyn  Nine-Nine  (ending after season 8) 
Chicago Fire
Chicago Med 
Chicago P.D 
Kenan
Law & Order : Organized Crime
Law & Order :SVU
Mr.Mayor
New Amsterdam (throu season 5, season 3 startd March 2, 2021) 
This is Us     (Final Season) 
Transplant 
Who Do You Think you Are?
Young Rock 

Canceled 
World of Dance 


To Be Determined 
Debris
Good Girls 
Making It
Manifest
Nurses
Songland





Reality/Summer shows  (Determined in their own time) 
America's Got Talent 
American Ninja Warrior 
Ellen's Game of Games 
Little Big Shots
Small Fortune 
That's My Jam
The Titan Games
True Story
The Voice 
The Wall





New Series 
AGT: Extreme 
American Auto
American Song Contest
Grand Crew'
Home Sweet Home 
La Brea
Ordinary Joe
Law & Order: For the Defense 
That's my Jam 
The Thing about Pam
The Wheel 



     

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

CNN moves Brianna Keilar to Mornings and more CNN Changes

CNN TV News 



       CNN is making changes to their line up, in daytime, starting from April.  First, off their morning program "New Day" is switching out co-anchors.  Current daytime anchor  Briana Keilar is replacing Alisyn Camerota, as co-anchor of "New Day", John Berman is staying as co-anchor. 
 
    Meanwhile, Alisyn Camerota is moving to afternoons  and will joined current "New Day Weekend" co-host Victor Blackwell, weekdays from 2-4PMET.  Current 3PMET anchor, Brooke Baldwin announced she is leaving the network in April. 



     Meanwhile current weekend "Newsroom" anchor Ana Cabrera is moving to weekdays, she'll anchor the 1-2pmet  block.  


 


    Boris Sanchez will replace Victor Blackwell on "New Day Weekend" and Jim Acosta  will anchor weekends  3-6pmet .  Previously announced, Jake Tapper's program will be expanding to 4-6pmet around that time as well. 


Press Release after the Jump 

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Afterschool Sessions: It Must be Love (Cause I feel so Dumb)

The lookback  ABC 



   I think it's time to dip into another "ABC Afterschool Special" yes, it's a good time to do so.  Today's special comes from October 1975. It's called "It must be Love ('Cause I feel so Dumb)  This special starts Alfred Lutter who played Tommy in the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and Tommy for the pilot episode of "Alice".   
Did you win the lottery, boy? 


                   Lutter plays a 13-year-old-boy (hard to do) named Erik who has a crush on cheerleader named Lisa Dwyer. He doesn't seem to have many friends, there is one girl who seems to want to talk to him, she even likes his dog.  So much stuff going on the first 3 minutes, jeeze, he goes to the orthodontist to get his braces removed and starts imagining Lisa standing over him. Later at  school, Lisa  his having a problem with the school Coke product placement machine.  He helps her get a coke then it sprays her because comic timing.
Here's the real thing, alright!


  
            He later tries to call the and his little sister listens into the phone call, because sister reasons.  Lisa doesn't know Erik  until he mentions the soda incident. His sister says something on the phone and comedy ensues.  Back to the other girl who likes the dog, she has braces like he did, oh her name is Cathy. She invites Erik to her party. (I wonder if she likes him, because I think she likes him) She also mentioned this idea she had in class that she wondered if Erik liked it or not. 
So you like...books ...too?


more after the jump

Thursday, February 04, 2021

PSAs: Farms are dangerous stay away!

PSA  Joshuaonline Uk 


           Last time we went through a long public information film, we saw children being run over by trains in various ways. (From January 2017)  This was a way to make sure that people never ever even breathe near a train again.  Now we need children to stay away from farms that brings us to our topic today. 
 
  Our 27 minute film  was released in 1977 and is called "Apaches".   It was produced by Graphic Films (which is a great name)  and Central Of  Information.  So now we look at this film meant to make sure to tell you that farms don't play. 

  Let's take a look at the 1977 public information film called "Apaches".
 
  It starts with dramatic intros like you are about to watch some cowboys fight some Indians in a film from 1954.  It's narrated by a child while we see some children playing as Apaches hence the title.

Now we need to introduce the kids in this film.
  First there's Kim , she's eight , Sharon she's 9, Michael , he's daft  because Apaches didn't wear red (guess his age doesn't matter) and our narrator who is telling us this information is named Danny,  there's also Tom and Robert, there's no more information about them. ( I see how Danny feels about them)
 pictured: Kim, Sharon, Michael, Danny,Tom and Robert




   Danny says that his mom and dad are getting ready for a party as it cuts to a scene with a table being clothed.  Now the kids are at farm still playing their  game.  There's a tractor doing farm stuff. The children decide to charge the tractor that's pulling a trailer because reasons.  The farmer actually plays with them by "shooting" at them while they shoot.    Kim was standing on the trailer jumping  when she falls and gets crushed by the big wheel and the shot changes to a school where Kim's coat hook is without a coat while a man takes her name off the wall near the hook.
       
Also the names might be in first name order, not surname , so interesting. 

   Danny talks about his mom and dad prepping for the party while the other remaining kids are talking in a barn.  Danny gets bored of this and they all go to play as soon as they figure out what to do. They settle on playing kick the can. There's a lot of running around the farm while the children are  trying to hide from being tagged by Danny.  Tom runs and falls into a pit called a slurry pit, which is fit with animal waste and other organic material and is quite liquid. He calls for help  but sadly drowns.  The school shot is used again this time a desk being cleaned out the belongings being put into a bag with Tom's name on it.


 The party is mentioned again and Danny talks about how adult parties are boring as we see a table being made with flat ware.   The children are playing at the farm again , though now there are four. Sharon even mentions that there are only four them making their game of Calvary and Indians hard.   The farmer even play shoots back at them again as they "shoot" at  his tractor. (alright then) After the "Apaches" take their win they decide to celebrate.  In a barn there's a bottle that's unmarked but they are at least smart to be wary of it as it might be poison.  Sharon says they should mime it. So they fake a drink  except Sharon whom accidentally swallows it bit spits out some.   Sharon starts feeling strange as she goes home and spends the night in pain. (The screams are harrowing)The next shot is a bedroom being cleaned and emptied.
Yeah don't do that? 

   

    Back to the party thing, Danny wonders why adults drink.  Back at the farm, the 3 remaining  children  play again. Michael almost gets run over but, this film isn't going to repeat a run over. (Does make you think he will be though) They are pretending to be "Starsky and Hutch"  Michael and Robert pretend to be the duo as they are chasing Danny.  When Michael jumps from behind a metal gate that was on a wall it falls on Robert. (The film shows his body while bleeding instead of implying it like the last few) The film cuts back to the party  as guests start showing up.
               
Starskey and Hutch remake is weird man

    There are now two children left, Michael and Danny. They play another game  as the Apaches. Danny decides to jump on a tractor to fake drive it  while the farmer says "be careful" he accidentally hits the parking brake and the machine moves he screams for help  it falls off a cliff and it cuts back to a woman in a room while a man walks in.  To find out that this party is not a party but funeral for Danny. Michael of the six is the only one left as he's at the funeral.   Danny narrates that it's a nice party that's where we find out that Michael is his cousin.  The film ends with names of children who were killed in farm accidents.


       more after the jump

Wednesday, February 03, 2021

2021 Golden Globes Awards nominations

Golden Globes  Awards 




   The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations have been announced , the awards air February 28th at 8/5pmet on NBC.   It will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.   

      Here's the list 

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Emily in Paris” (Netflix)
“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
“The Great” (Hulu) 
“Schitt’s Creek” (CBC) 
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) 
Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) 
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Al Pacino (“Hunters”) 
Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 
Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”) 
Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”)
Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) 
Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”) 
Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”) 

Best Director – Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix) 
Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) 
Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 
Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 
Kate Hudson (“Music”)
Michelle Pfeiffer (“French Exit”) 
Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”)
Anya Taylor-Joy (“Emma”) 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) 
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 
Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) 
Gary Oldman (“Mank”) 
Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”)

Best Television Series – Drama 
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Lovecraft Country” (HBO Max) 
“The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) 
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Ratched” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 
Olivia Colman (“The Crown”) 
Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) 
Laura Linney (“Ozark”) 
Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 
Bryan Cranston (“Your Honor”)
Jeff Daniels (“The Comey Rule”) 
Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) 
Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”) 
Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”) 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 
Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 
James Corden (“The Prom”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) 
Dev Patel (“The Personal History of David Copperfield”) 
Andy Samberg (“Palm Springs”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 
Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) 
Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) 
Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) 
Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) 

Best Motion Picture – Drama 
“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) 
“Mank” (Netflix) 
“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 
“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) 
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) 
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) 
Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)
Bill Murray (“On the Rocks”) 
Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 
“The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat 
“Tenet” (Warner Bros.) – Ludwig Göransson 
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard 
“Mank” (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 
“Soul” (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 
Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”)
Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) 
Elle Fanning (“The Great”) 
Jane Levy (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) 
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 
“Normal People” (Hulu/BBC) 
“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) 
“Small Axe” (Amazon Studios/BBC) 
“The Undoing” (HBO) 
“Unorthodox” (Netflix) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 
John Boyega (“Small Axe”) 
Brendan Gleeson (“The Comey Rule”) 
Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
Jim Parsons (“Hollywood”)
Donald Sutherland (“The Undoing”) 

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) 
“Hamilton” (Walt Disney Pictures) 
“Palm Springs” (Neon) 
“Music” (Vertical Entertainment)
“The Prom” (Netflix) 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 
Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”) 
Olivia Colman (“The Father”) 
Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”)
Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”) 
Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language 
“Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films) 
“La Llorona” (Shudder) 
“The Life Ahead” (Netflix) 
“Minari” (A24) 
“Two of Us” (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 
Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) 
Jack Fincher – “Mank” (Netflix) 
Aaron Sorkin – “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 
Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton – “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) 
Chloe Zhao – “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 
Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)
Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”) 
Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) 
Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 
Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”) 
Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”) 
Julia Garner (“Ozark”) 
Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
Cynthia Nixon (“Ratched”)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.) – H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas 
“Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Daniel Pemberton, Celeste
“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi 
“Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth 
“Tigress & Tweed” from “The United States vs. Billie Holliday” (Hulu) – Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq

Best Motion Picture – Animated 
“The Croods: A New Age” (Universal Pictures) 
“Onward” (Walt Disney Pictures) 
“Over the Moon” (Netflix) 
“Soul” (Walt Disney Pictures) 
“Wolfwalkers” (Cartoon Saloon) 

Monday, January 25, 2021

WGN America to Rebrand as NewsNation

Cable TV News WGN America  NewsNation 


 
      Nexstar Media Group's WGN America will be rebranding as News Nation, on the 6th month anniversary launch of "News Nation" also on that date , they are adding two new live hours of programming.  
  
    On  March 1st, cable network WGN America, will be full rebranding into NewsNation.  Weekdays live programming which currently runs from 8-11pmet/ 7-10pm CT will be expanding to start at 6pmet.  
  
    NewsNation Early Edition  will launch  at 6pmet , Nichole Berlie, who currently co-anchors the weekend  version of NewsNation  will be the anchor of this new hour.  
       
        The Donlon Report    current co-anchor  of the weeknight version of NewsNation , Joe Donlon will host his own hour long program weeknights 7pmet.  This program will have a  mixture of news and interviews. 

         The current News Nation program will be branded as NewsNation Prime;  Marni Hughes and Rob Nelson, who have been part of the anchoring team since launch will continue to anchor that. The program will be cut to 2 hours as , the previously announced,  Banfield program launches that evening at 10pmet. 
  
           NewsNation launched on September 1st 2020 on WGN America, Nexstar purachased WGN America along with it's parent company, Tribune, in 2019.  News Nation is viewing themselves as a news service to against the opinion filled cable news channels on American TV.   

 Currently, WGN America airs reruns of dramas and sitcoms through the day with News in the evening, it does come to wonder what happens to those on March 1st as the rebrand happens, or is Nexstar doing a piece meal approach and will wait a while to expand further? 

Press release after the jump 

Thursday, January 21, 2021

The Lookback: Degrassi Jr. High

The Lookback Joshuaonline Canada 





        Previously on Joshuaonline, we looked at Degrassi's very first piece of media called "Ida Makes a Movie" which was part of  the first Degrassi series called "Kids of Degrassi Street" which I would love to do more of, I hopefully one day will.  This time, we are skipping ahead to what became a follow up series called "Degrasi Jr. High". 
       
        Degrassi Jr. High followed up "Kids of Degrassi Street" meaning it premiered and a year after the other series. Following along with the concpept of what "Degrassi" was about, it was a series that really depict childhood in a close to accurate way or at least, be accurate to relate to a child. In this series' case was to relate to middle schoolers.   
     
        This series is not a direct sequel to "Kids" even though some of the actors did move on to this series in different roles. This series was a sequel in the sense that they took place at a Degrassi school on Degrassi street.  This series premiered on CBC on January 18, 1987 and ran 3 seasons until 1989. The series made it to United States where it ran on PBS (yes, PBS)  which was a bump from being on  premium cable the predecessor series was placed.   It also ran on other channels in other countries. 
      
     The first season was 13 episodes, this series amassed a total of 43 episodes.  I'm going to talk about the very first episode, in this post, and maybe come back to this series in more depth even more in the future.  This is really to give a feel for what the series was, (and coming back means I can  talk about a very specific episode important in Degrassi history) 

      The first episode is called "Kiss me, Steph".

            The episode starts with a boy named Arthur trying to get the attention of a girl named Stephanie, who pretends she doesn't know him because they are brother and sister because reasons. They also don't live together because their parents are divorced.  (very expositional intro)  She's a grade 8 and he's a grade 7 student.  The theme song is very 80's  like too 80's for the 80's. (I'm scared) 

Hey wait! / Copyright Wild Brain 



          It's a brand new school year (wonderful!) The show's atmosphere fits more like camera is just following kids around kind of like how "Kids of Degrassi Street" felt.    While Steph goes in all confident and exuding her know how of how things are done, her brother is new at the school is going through it like a lost puppy in a mall. (what?)   Steph hears the school is doing a school election, because we are getting that plot on the very episode, and decides she should run for president. 
Markers are most used during elections than any other thing / Copyright Wild Brain


        There's a boy named Joey who fake helps Arthur find his class, instead directing him to a janitor's closet. (Arthur was naive enough to let this  happen and Joey is dumb enough to let this work) A boy finds Arthur locked in the closet and they are both trying to find the right class room.  They find her. (That was easy)  
Yes, you are here/ Copyright Wild Brain 




            The episode flies by in time apparently, because Steph has already started campaigning and making posters and other election-y election stuff.  The background music during this show is interesting, not bad, maybe that depends on taste, just slightly interesting.  There's another person running, his name is Snake. (Oooh, those who know will know, I'll say nothing otherwise)  
Rock n' Roll President / Copyright Wild Brain 



      Joey is back he's weird and maybe creepy.  So then a dumb campaign offer comes up, read the title of the episode. Steph offers free kisses for votes. (what the heck? )   Voula, her best friend, doesn't like this plan at all, because it's dumb plan. She kind of just goes along with after being convinced slightly.  She's also losing the girl vote and gathering the horny boy vote. (There's no other way to put that)  Steph thanks Joey, forgetting her own friend. (I hope Voula does something to screw this election up for Steph. ) 
I will not forget this/ Copyright Wild Brain




       Now it's election results time. (Shorter than our election)  Steph wins the election ( I thought this was going go some other direction, oh well)  Before the strange kissing stuff, Steph was really being helped by Voula in her speech making for example, and guess who's mad at her?  (George?)  She does help her brother not get stuffed in a locker by Joey.  Voula tells Steph off for how she treated her, throws the friendship bracelet back at her. 


       After school, Arthur thanks her for helping earlier and offers to help her with her speech to the PTA since Voula won't.  So, she takes the offer.  The episode just kind of ends there.. like just stops and ends there.  The show has continuity , so the next episode, Voula is still mad at her in the next episode and it seems if they are going to make up, it's going to take some time. 
        
         The idea of the show is to have some contained plots but also continuity meaning, nothing goes straight back to normal/ status quo in the next episode. This is the start of what Degrassi did as a series.  The plot of this first episode is relatable to viewers in many ways and the idea of doing anything for popularity is shown well here. I think showing the arc with Steph and her  brother, showing that she does care about him and maybe at least patched something with him, was a nice touch to show she isn't too far gone.   One day, we'll return to Degrassi and even more return turn to Degrassi Jr. High.