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Theme music composer
  
Mark Wiebe

Original language(s)
  
English

Program creator
  
Aaron Martin

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Created by
  
Aaron Martin

Country of origin
  
Canada

Genre
  
Teen drama

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Starring
  
Charity Shea Randal Edwards Brandon Jay McLaren Athena Karkanis Jennifer Miller Sherry Miller Niall Matter

Opening theme
  
"Infinite Possibility" by Markattack

Networks
  
Global Television Network, TeenNick, E!

Cast
  
Charity Shea, Brandon Jay McLaren, Athena Karkanis, Niall Matter, Randal Edwards

The Best Years is a Canadian teen drama television series set in Boston, Massachusetts. The series was created by producer and writer of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Aaron Martin. The first season was shown on Global in Canada and The N in the United States. The second season was shown in the US on The N and in Canada on E!, CanWest's secondary network.

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Synopsis

The show revolves around Samantha Best (Charity Shea), who receives a scholarship to attend Charles University, a fictional Ivy League school, despite bouncing between foster homes for ten years.

Storylines

The storyline follows Samantha Best, who grew up in foster care, and her classmates as they attend the university. The first season included episodes involving cocaine addiction, child molestation, and suicide. The second and final season picked up eight months after season one with many characters absent and replaced with new characters and focused romantic entanglements.

Cast

  • Charity Shea as Samantha Best
  • Randal Edwards as Noah Jensen
  • Jennifer Miller as Kathryn Klarner
  • Brandon Jay McLaren as Devon Sylver (season 1)
  • Athena Karkanis as Dawn Vargaz (season 1)
  • Niall Matter as Trent Hamilton (season 1)
  • Tommy Lioutas as Rich Powell (season 2)
  • Michael Xavier as Delman (season 2)
  • Nadiya Chettiar as Poppi Bansal (season 2)
  • Mishael Morgan as Robyn Crawford (season 2)

    • Reoccurring Cast

  • Sherry Miller as Dorothy O'Sullivan
  • Lauren Collins as Alicia O'Sullivan (guest star, season 1; recurring, season 2)
  • Ashley Diana Morris as Shannon Biel (season 1)
  • Alan Van Sprang as Lee Campbell (season 1)
  • Evan Buliung as Professor Warren

    • Ratings

    According to Mediaweek, ratings the show debuted with 323,250 total viewers on Friday, June 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET, which more than doubled the time period average.

    Season 1 (2007)

    The first season of The Best Years was first shown in Canada on Global between May 22, 2007, and August 14, 2007. In the U.S., it appeared on The-N between on June 29, 2007, and September 21, 2007 at 8:30 to 9:30 pm EST on Friday nights.

    Home release

    Entertainment One has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1.

    References

    The Best Years Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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