Amy Sky, Images in Vogue and Malcolm Burn. Release Broadcast School's Out aired on CBC Television at 8:00.p.m on January 5, 1992. The film drew 2.3 million viewers on the network, doubling the average audience that Degrassi High received. In Australia, the film premiered on ABC TV at 8:30.p.m on May 17, 1993, preceded by an introduction from Afternoon Show host Michael Tunn. The film did not premiere in the United States until over two years later, when it aired on PBS, the network that aired the television series, on June 20, 1994. Home media School's Out was released on VHS by ABC Video and Roadshow Entertainment in Australia in 1993, and WGBH Boston Home Video in the United States on March 7, 2000. It was later released as part of the Degrassi High: The Complete Collection DVD box set by WGBH on October 9, 2007, and on the Degrassi High Collection set by Force Entertainment in Australia on March 12, 2008. Critical reception School's Out received critical praise from the Canadian press on its original broadcast. Writing for the Vancouver Sun, Hester Riches felt that like the movie successfully "took risks" in the same vein as the preceding series. She called the choice to center the movie on Joey and Caitlin, whose actors she felt were the strongest, a wise decision. Writing for The Canadian Press, Bill Anderson stated that although the love triangle made up a significant part of the film's story, the inclusion of "deft subplotting" resulted in a "memorable" end to the film's story, and that the movie put "a brilliant cap" on the "honest, compelling" tradition that the Degrassi shows had created. Riches, along with columnist Janice Kennedy, both noted the inclusion of a scene of Lucy Fernandez showing Caitlin Ryan how to apply a condom to a man's genitals, despite CBC's refusal to run advertisements about condoms. Writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, Alison Stewart praised the film and called it "much more real television" than its American counterpart Beverly Hills, 90210. Australian film critic Adrian Martin, who noted that he was an avid fan of the TV series, gave the film a mixed to negative review, feeling that the movie was "a little disappointing" and a departure from the "daggy everydayness" typical of the shows. In addition, Martin pointed out a "punishing sense of morality" exemplified by the catastrophic events experienced by several