The sixth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 28 November 2006, concluded on 14 May 2007 and contains nineteen episodes. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. Season six depicts the lives of high school juniors, seniors and college freshmen as they deal with the some of the challenges and issues young adults face such as imprisonment, disability, stalking, burglary, financial difficulties, school rivalries, substance abuse, and death. Unlike the previous seasons, which took place over the course of a school year, season six only covered one semester of school, utilizing a semi-floating timeline. It also marks the first death of a main character in the series. Production took place between May and September 2006. Season six also aired in the United States Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on The N, a digital cable network aimed at teenagers and young adults. The season actually premiered on The N, on 29 September 2006, two months before CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network, began to screen it. By broadcasting two episodes every Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., CTV were able to broadcast the final ten episodes of the season before The N. The season was released on DVD as a four disc boxed set on 27 May 2008 by Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment in Canada, and FUNimation Entertainment in the United States. Registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores are also able purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods.