Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as D:TNG, DTNG, Degrassi:TNG, or simply Degrassi) is a Canaian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore that premiered on CTV in Canada on October 14, 2001. It is the fifth series set in the fictional Degrassi universe created by Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. Like its predecessors, Degrassi: The Next Generation follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face exaggerated instances of challenges common to teen life.