OC Mania, So Good While It Lasted
Published January 25th, 2007 in General OC News.
“The OC” is ending on Feb. 22, a fact that viewers may have gleaned from the sudden rush of promotional might that Fox has thrown behind the show. “There’s been an increase in promotional time and audience that’s seeing it,” Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori said at the recent TV critics’ press tour in Pasadena, California.
“Again, it’s a reality of our schedule across the board. If we’re able to put an ‘OC’ promo within ‘[American] Idol,’ within ‘24,’ it’s just naturally getting a greater audience. And, you know, I’m hoping that the show responds accordingly.”
Thus far, ratings haven’t changed appreciably, which shouldn’t be surprising given that “The OC” airs at 9 p.m. opposite “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI,” to say nothing of The CW’s “Supernatural” and NBC’s young-skewing comedies.
Much has been written already about the slow trickle of promotion that greeted the fourth-year soap’s November premiere, a silence that operated in contrast to the show’s early-season creative resurgence.
Since Fox and “OC” creator Josh Schwartz announced the end/cancellation, however, the network has had an active countdown warning that life as “OC” fans know it is coming to an end.
“We have something else to promote with, which is the series finale,” Liguori noted. “And, you know, one thing about Josh is this season he really has gone back to the old ‘OC.’ There’s a greater sense of humor. There’s a greater sense of frivolity. All the characters are highly activated. We wish we were ending on a higher ratings note. But again, I think this is respectful to Josh, all the actors, the show, its legacy, and, most importantly, the audience.”
Liguori noted that the show’s dedicated fanbase was actually the reason why the end was announced officially earlier this month, leaving no hope for a reprieve.
“I think, for loyal fans, announcing that this is the final season puts them on notice, alerts them, lets them realize and anticipate that Josh is going to end this with a flurry,” Liguori said. “I just think it’s respectful to fans to do that.”
Many factors have been cited in the show’s demise - poor scheduling, the death of Mischa Barton’s Marissa, the show’s second-season creative dip - leaving Liguori at a bit of a loss to explain things in hindsight.
“You know, I can always Monday-morning quarterback our lack of successes,” he says. “Yeah, I can sit back and say, ‘I wish we put more money against promoting it.’ I can’t tell you that would have made that much of a difference. I could sit back say, ‘Should we have moved it out of Thursday night and avoided those big shows?’ Yeah. I could second-guess myself to death. The fact is that we have supported the show. The fact is that it has continued to hit its stride creatively. And these white-hot shows, they come and go a little bit quicker than your more standard fare.”
Source: Zap2it.com
143 Responses to “OC Mania, So Good While It Lasted”
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The oc is a show that i love. so you than move to the cw and keep on thursday night at 8:00p.m i love the oc . i will cry the oc will lete.
This show is too great. My life will start to plummet.
Goodbye.
I will miss this show greatly. I’ve watched every single episode from each season. I was hoping this wouldnt happen, But it did and we all must accept it. Life wont go on in the Oc but in my life it will. Thanks to the cast and creator for making my teen years a little bit better.
Jack
I’m sorry to have to do this especially since the finale is only 5 short episodes away, but I have been waiting until our webmaster put up a new posting for us to comment and I feel the need to clear the air on a few points that I had to get off my chest.
First off, last week’s episode “The Dream Lover” was probably the worst episode I have ever seen in 87 episodes watched! Are you kidding me? I was sitting in front of my T.V. thinking, what am I watching? This is so lame? It just went nowhere, was so boring and I could not believe that the show was going out this way. If you really want to feel bad, pop in your DVD disc one or two from season one and just ponder how we got to this point. Ryan is running around with Taylor, and they have absolutely no chemistry and it doesn’t fit with the premise of the show. Now the writers want to set Julie up with Bullet? I mean give me a break! Can they put her with Jimmy or at least give her someone her own age for like two seconds? Julie rocks and maybe this show should end because I’m finally starting to see why so many people have gotten pissed off about the direction. Sandy? Anyone seen Sandy lately? He must be hiding in season 1 or 2. Josh promised FOX he was going to “reinvent” the show around Kaitlin? The only thing I’ve seen is her playing side companion to her mom’s boy toys and some garbage with Chris Brown and band geeks? What high school teens can even relate to that, it’s so below even their maturity level this season. Let’s be for real, this show started off amazing this 4th season and 9 episodes later I could barely keep my eyes open. You’re blowing it!!!
If these last 5 episodes don’t build up to end this thing with a bang then The O.C. will quietly slip away under the rug and could potential go down as one of the biggest T.V. blunders in the history of programming.
Seriously, the quotes from Josh Schwartz stating, “how happy he is that the show is going out on a creative high note with our best season yet?” Hey Josh, lay off the Crack pipe. Your best season yet? You have to be kidding me. I agree that the first 9 episodes of this season are an improvement over some of the crap you put on T.V. for season 3, but if you think Season 4 is better then Seasons 1 and 2 then there is no hope for us fans for the end. Let’s at least be honest here. There was a marked contrast after Season 2 (which by the way is much better then it got credit for) and the fire seems always just out of reach and flickers back from time to time but just may not be able to set ablaze before the final curtain closes. Please 5 episodes left, at least give the faithful what we deserve.
The O.C is legend… i dont see why it has 2 end in the 1st place!!!! And whoever thought that the 4th season wouldnt be half as good without Mischa Barton was very wrong, the episode where Ryan and Taylor fall off the roof is the best by far!!! Thank god 4 the internet or I’d be only just watching the 1st few episodes!!!! All i can say is well done Josh Schwartz!!!!!
I agree that last week’s episode was the worst thus far, but the other episodes this season as well as tonight’s have more than made up for it. Is The OC the same as Season 1 or 2? No. It was a drama with humor before, but now it’s more a comedy with drama. And I totally agree with Patrick that season 2 was FAR better than most people make it out to be. But I agree with those who feel that any OC is better than no OC at all. I’m brokenhearted that soon we’ll never again see Ryan, Sandy, Seth and the others. I just hope that Ben gets another series so I can see him again every week!
Peter Liguori is an idiot, someone needs to call the village and let them know we found him, unfortunately.
I love The OC, the good, the bad and the ugly, whatever form it comes in. Tonights episode was golden, I just adored it, I beg to differ, Ryan and Taylor have chemistry in spades, it’s a different chemistry than Ryan and Marissa, it’s a grown-up chemistry. Taylor was hilarious tonight. They are being written just right, not over the top, just moving into it maturely.
I just adore Kid Chino and I’m not ready to say goodbye to him or his friends, I love them all. And I will never feel quite the same way about anything else I ever see on Television or in the Movies, The OC stole a piece of my heart and part of my soul and I will never be the same for it.
Perfectly said, Cathy! The OC stole my heart too, and NOTHING will ever top it. I’m going to say it again, as others have: The OC is one of (if not THE) best show(s) in the history of television! May it PLEASE live on in reruns so the rest of the world can finally learn what we already know!
i dont get why the show is ending. what am i going to do with myself on thursday nights now?
Goodbye oc I will miss you and the show
What am i supposed to do without my weekly benjamin mckenzie fix????????????
the oc has definitely brightened up my teen years and no matter what u say about josh i just have to say thank you, for changing my life.
but to peter ligouri thanks for ruining it…bastard
“Yeah. I could second-guess myself to death.”
Ligouri said it, not me but he may as well go do that as this falls on him - his watch…his head. Nice though how he’s taking credit for the big promo of the Finale. Because where exactly was all that other promo stuff you were doing? Bitter much? Who me?
i must say i was shocked to hear my favorite show going to be cancelled. i have never missed a show and own all the season’s. it was like the new melrose place or party of five. well i hope josh can put something else together because i love his work. im sorry to see the show go. i guess its all about reruns now. boo hoo….first friends and now the oc oh dont forget sex an dthe city. there’s nothing left now but hockey. so sad
Peter Liguori can bite me =)
i cant beleive that the show is ending.
the peter liguoir is really an idiot.
im an real oc adicit i cant belive it .
goodbye oc
i will miss u
I truly can’t understand why the show is being taken off the air. If the time is not right show it at a different time. To me all the episodes are great! This is the ONLY show I actually care to watch and keep up with. There have been so many people discussing the O.C. going off the air that I can’t see how the ratings aren’t high enough to keep it going. Listen you gave us this show to love so you need to find a way to make us happy and keep it going. I mean come on with all the stupid shows out there the O.C. has to rate above them and they are not being canceled. Can’t you just give it one more season? I have talked with people that have just heard of the show and started watching it and love it.
I CANT BELIVE THAT KIRSTEN IS PREGNANT!!! OH WELL YEAH WHY MAKE A BIG THING WHEN THE SHOW IS ABOUT TO END?!?!?! WELL THE SHOW IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING, I LIKE TO WATCH IT BUT I AM STARTING TO GET BORED OF IT… ITS NOT FUN ANYMORE… ITS OBVIOUS… AND THEN LIKE IT WAS ALL ABOUT MARISSA AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN ABOUT 1 EPOSODE ITS ALL GONE AND ITS ALL ABOUT TAYLOR!!! ITS ALL GAY!!! LOL… WELL YEAH THATS ALL I CAN THINK OF NOW…
WOW.. i thought this show will end in its 6th or 7th season.. it was an awesome show i really loved it ever since it aired
… well bon voyaje the OC.. i really loved the show n i wish all the cast their best n i really loved them all sooooooo much 
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Well, if Peter Liguori wasn’t such a moron, this show would still be going.
First he forced Charlotte on us last season and stuck his big, fat nose in where it didn’t belong, and then he only ordered 16 episodes and used .003% of one brain cell and put the show on 9pm Thursday night.
He killed the show.
Jerk.
I agree with Lisa, we usually see eye to eye. I will say after my long rant earlier that last nights “The Groundhog Day” was a really good episode, which I enjoyed. Hopefully they can keep it going a few more weeks. Season 4 has been hot and then it totally cooled off for about 3 or 4 episodes, so maybe they are getting back on track to end this thing. The O.C. will be going off the air with less then 100 episodes made, so it is 50/50 as if it will hit re-runs on FX or another station though it would be cool to see. I prefer the DVDs on plasma widescreen, which is incredible. They crop the picture every week to fit regular TV screens and it is much clearer on DVD and not distracting with commercials. After season 2 they changed the lighting and camera angles that they film the show in, so the look went down hill along with the plot and the writing. I have been told that One Tree Hill has been picked up for a 5th season on The CW for those of you who like that show, and Steven Colletti from The real O.C. Laguna Beach is guest staring. He would be a cool regular character. I’m hoping for the best for the last 4 O.C. episodes!
yeah jerk
I have been watching The OC since day one and will truly miss it. The cast and crew have done a great job and I wish nothing but the best to them all…….. :0(
i really love how Liguori or whatever his name is, made it seem as if he was the goodguy. Saying things such as “Liguori noted that the show’s dedicated fanbase was actually the reason why the end was announced officially earlier this month, leaving no hope for a reprieve.” making it seem like we were the reason for cancelleation or whatever.
I dont even knwo if Im making sense right now, but I’m so pissed off.
i have one question: what the fuck is going on with the baby that is either ryan’s or eddie’s? they never wrapped that up and its ridiculous!
Obviously, I am a huge fan of the show. Hey, I tell it like it is… I expect it to be good, that’s why I got into it in the first place. When it rocks I sing it praise, because it should, it showed it can rock from day one. When they do a half ass job they should expect we will be disappointed and we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t hold them accountable.
I mean you have people talking about killing themselves because the show is going off the air, let’s not get crazy, but that is the way some people feel. I get it. The ratings started off really low this season post Mischa but did actually creep back up to modest levels by episode 4.8 “The Earth Girls Are Easy”. Then the ratings slipped back down right when the show had 3 bad episodes and has not rebounded since the announcement that the show got canceled. That is a clear reflection of product. When it is boring the average viewer changes the channel. At the end of the day it was ratings that killed the show. It’s a real shame.
Brrrat, at the end of Season 3 watch episodes 21 and 22 If you have the DVDs. Ryan finds out from Teresa that the baby WAS Eddies but Eddie is a jerk and she is going to raise the kid on her own. She also tells Ryan they have no future because he wants to fight Volechek and she has grown up and can’t have that in her life.
Hope that helps~
I was in love with seasons 1-3. I liked the beginning episodes of season 4 and absolutely LOVED the Christmas episode. Probably my favorite from this season. But I knew that this season would be the end. As much as I loved it, I do agree in Josh’s second guesses that the combination of killing Marissa and airing it during Grey’s was a huge mistake. And as for Taylor, maybe she’d carry her weight more and not be so annoying on the show to me had the writers not made her out to be EVIL, trying to ruin the fab-four’s lives mutliple times! I will never understand what you guys were trying to do with that character. Ryan Taylor just doesn’t cut it, and the show’s spark has gone by the wayside fast. Goodbye, O.C. I’ll still have you on DVD and appreciate the better days when the two REAL couples reigned supreme.
i totally agree with everything Patrick has siad in ALL of his entries! this season really isn’t that great and i hope it picks up here in the next 4 episodes. i love the show and hate to see it go, i am a huge fan and love watching the DVD’s! i wonder if they will even have this season out on DVD to buy or not?? and if so will they just put the 16 episodes on it?? anyway, the last episode was pretty good but nothing compaired to the other seasons! well, other than that i think Patrick has summed it all up for me, thanks!!
and also, the whole ryan-taylor thing is pathetic!
Shelby, thanks for the support. I’m totally a devoted fan but even for me I gotta tell it like it is. I think it is pathetic to be like oh it’s so great when I feel very little effort goes into a specific episode. I try to give fair and thoughtful commentary. I also agree with Lisa that any O.C. of course would be better then no O.C. but seeing as the decision has been made to give the show the axe, we might as well be honest with our comments. Plus I think it makes it easier to handle the fact that the show is not coming back and you can deal with the Networks decision realistically. TV is a business, and if you watch the rating every week like I do you can see that there was little hope that FOX executives could continue to pay for the show when the ratings did not recover. You might say that the 4th season 16 episodes was FOX’s gift to us fans because they felt they owed it to the show and its’ following. I don’t know for sure what happened between the time season 2 ended and season 3 started but it was never the same and all the viewers who are not die hard fans like us on this page lost interest and without their ratings the show could not go on. And for the record, let’s not forget that I was the one that pitched The CW (my brother) to try and get the show picked up. Truth is that The CW was willing to try and bid for this show and The O.C. staff chose to peruse their other projects and let the show die on the Fox Network. Anyone can second guess and Monday morning quarterback, but the bottom line is that people turned off their TVs or changed the channel because the show didn’t live up to the bar they set themselves. I tip my hat to much improvement this year from last year and continue to hope that they get it right in the end.
It’s sad to see the OC ending. We have watched all the seasons and love it. It would be great to see it continue and if we hear that it moved to a different network ~ we would totally “move” too! We love it!!
The oc is definately a class show and is big in England! we’re slightly behind you guys on episode 4 however the show is a big hit over the pond! carnt believe its going to end just because of some stupid rating figures. The show should defo go on for the loyal fans but it seems as if the story lines are getting ridiculous according to you lot. So if it ends on a high, and the show gets the ending it deserves, the fans i reckon will be happy rather than left frustrated!
Yo this is bullshit, move the show. I will write so good epasodes aswell cause they cant. We love the show for the characters not the storylines it been three seasons without ant good sotrylines. I LOVE SETH thats my homie. Fuck FOX i’m out
I agree with you guys that it sucks the show is ending. Personaly i think we should have saw this coming. I mean the whole season 4 wasn’t living up to the rest of the seasons. Honestly I was a huge fan of the fantastic four. After the character marisa was killed off the show it changed everything. The whole taylor and ryan shit it bullshit, yet so predictable. How do they go from having taylor be this annoying bitch trying to take marisas place, to her actually taking marisas place. well i trully will miss the o.c. and wish it didn’t have to end. I guess reruns is all we have left. I love the o.c. Farewell
Seriously, this season 4 has not been so productive as the other season look at summer and seth did they break up? or are they still together. Ryan and taylor.
taylor told ryan they should take time apart and the next epsiode she spying on him . well to tell you the truth the show shouldnt be cancelled. Its the best show.
Hell its even better than smallville and you dont see them getting cancelled .
Please dont cancel the show…………
Think about it.
im sooo sad the oc is over….i feel as if i grew up with it..
ok….well i am a HUGE oc fan and i love the show to death i make sure not to miss an episode….but i understand that this is probably the right time to end the world’s greatest show…..i mean come on people what did you expect to see seth summer and ryan grow old…..i dont know i love the show and everything…..california here we come…..california here we go….PEACE out o.c.
patrick and shelby you guys are not even close to lyaly fans cause if you were you dont talk bad about the show ryan and taylor hooking up is not bad is cool so dont talk the oc season 4 has been the best and all the seasons have none of the season were not good
I just wish that everyone could keep in mind what a great ride The OC has given us over the years and remember how much we love the show, these characters, and these actors. Like I said before, any OC is better than no OC, and to me, it’s still the best show in the history of television. I have never nor will I ever have anything bad to say about The OC, and I just wish that all fans, past and present, would give it the respect it deserves for having given us so much over the years. I will desperately miss Ryan/Ben, Sandy/Peter, Seth/Adam and all the others.
i’m from australia, and i havn’t really gotton into the OC till now! in my school holidays i have watched every episode on dvd and enjoyed almost all of them, although i can’t stand ryan. but hey, personal choice. i’m pretty sad bout it ending due to me finally getting into it. we wil miss the OC!!!!!!!
im from australia too! i have loved THE OC since day 1 and i am so upset that a show as original as this has been cancelled when there are countless amounts of various crime and other crappy shows on tv that are all about the same stuff its pathetic. And to those people who have stopped watching the oc because marissa died (dont get me wrong i miss the character) but they musnt of been true OC fans…thats all i have to say. love the OC forever
oh and i think that a major contributor to the Oc’s rating dropping is channel 10 having 2 week breaks between some recent episodes (2 were only shown in a month at one point) When season 4 came back on aussie screens late 2006 they advertised that we would see it the same time as the US does! and now we are over 2 1/2 weeks behind the US. and from early this week when the french connection aired they moved the timeslot from 8:30pm to 9:30pm so there goes even more ratings. thanks alot channel 10
the o.c is the best show in the world an i am completely in love with it, but some of you are forgetting all the good thing an sayin your goina miss it but then goin on to talk trash about it. i live in england but i have seen as many episodes as you on youtube but i still think its THE best show ever an i will never talk crap about it its brilliant it has always been brilliant an if you have sumthin bad to say about then your not a true o.c fan
theres a petitin to stop the o.c from goin offline an if anyone wants to sign it an show there REAL SUPORT then it is http://www.fox.com/oc/savetheoc/
R.I.P o.c i will miss you
i started watching the oc half way through its first season. and to be quite honest, season 2 and season 4 have been my favorites so far. you can call me what ever you want. i hated marissa’s character after a while. and i hated the fact that there was always that chance that she could end up with ryan. who deserves better. enter taylor. the reason i still watch the show. i love her character… it also helps that i think she’s hotter than season 2 lesbian alex. it’s a shame that the show had to end so quickly. going against the grain, i can still honestly say that i’ve enjoyed watching the show this season more than any of the other seasons. my thursday night show will be missed.
all of the seasons will be bought. i will enjoy re-watching the episodes as much as i enjoy re-watching my saved by the bell episodes. things change. move on.
now let’s give autumn her own series!!!
im just glad that we have other shows like desperate housewives, ugly betty and skins, my tuesday nights are never gona be the same
Hey I just want to say I love the oc, the fact it’s ending is sooo sad but like I did with sex an the city and Friends have a little cry watch it til the end and allow the great episodes to live on. I still watch all my favourite shows on DVD so as long as I have the oc sesons 1-4 I’ll survive. You just have to remeber that a show as good as this couldn’t go on forever, I mean there’s only soo much that can happen to these people before you just think Huh! But i will miss it more then any other series simply because we can all relate to one of these amazing characters….
Well done Josh for a great show, and well done to the cast. Keep watching til the end I know I will !
i am sorry if you guys got the wrong idea about what i have said! i have and always will LOVE the oc! i own all the seasons on dvd and watch it every thursday. all i meant to say was that this season isn’t MY favourite. it is still really really good but just not as awesome as the others!
and i love ryan and taylor, just not together!
4 Episodes left. how will it end?????
i think it is going to be one of the best finales we have seen yet!!! i am soooo excited!!!
I think Summer and Seth will probably stay together (maybe get married) , Kirsten and Sandy will decide to leave Newport and move back to Berkely CA.
Ryan will make peace with his own family, Julie will pick Frank Atwood over Bullet. I don’t think Ryan and Taylor should stay together though they most likely will.
The fourth season is the best one i think! I love willa holland
Don’t stop!!!!!!!!!! I’m from Holland and everybody overhere loves the show!!
They must go on!!! please please please… THINK about it!!!!!!!! PLEASE….!!!!!!!!
Holland loves the OC
bummer
i heard that theres gona be a big earthquake an sum1 will die but thats just a rumor :s
I CANT BELIVE THAT THE OC IS GOING TO END. OH MY GOD I CANT BELIVE IT THE BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD
its so sad im doing my I.T coursework on it im that obsessed an knw its gotta end
the o.c is a brill show but ppl need to get over the fact it is endin coz there is all the dvds an stuff
hey every1 so im loz from england and rachael is one of my best mates ive got to say this i may like the o.c i meen a lot but rach is completely obbsessed
aww its ded sad its ending
Yea, I think there is going to be an earthquake, however I don’t know about anyone diying. I don’t think we can take another meaningless killing off of another main character. I’m pretty sure they want to end this thing on more of a pleasant note.
haha i hope so i lozzie yur obsessed to just maybe not as much as me…lol… i am gona miss this show so much i will have you knw i have not been in to it for long only since 25th febuary 2006 (btw im not THAT obsessed, that was lozzies bday party an she got me in to it) but this has been the best show ever an i am gona miss it so much
maybe theyll all go into comas then ten years later theyll do the show agen an they all cum out of the comas lol
i cant believe that the oc is CANCELED!!!!!!!!! that was the best freakin show! move to CW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey, maybe for the final episode they will do a whole “10 years from now” thing! that would be pretty interesting. that way we would get to see how everyone has lived their lives! who knows, guess we will just have to wait and see. . . . . . . .
thursday.
…some say its a day of the week,
and for others..it was the day we looked forward to,
i know i did.
i hope the last episode turns out to be great
i mean..i dont like i LOVE the o.c ..
ppl call me obsessed and its probably the truth..i just can’t beleive its ending..my life is basically over wen the show comes to an end:(
I am not so sure that the OC was cancelled. they were filming today , Jan 30th at Caltech, under a large banner that read “Welcome Berkelely Class of 2012″. I am pretty sure that is in 2 years that the class of 2012 will be welcomed, so this show is not dying for long…
I love the show alot. I have a dead end job, earn little money, haven’t got many friends, got no girlfriend…my life sucks pretty much but when ‘The O.C.’ is on TV…I just sit on the couch feeling better watching it. Each time I watch an episode (doesn’t matter what episode it may be) I feel happy.
lets hope it moves to the cw.
Barra, Keep your head up, At least there are always the DVDs and once the show is gone just find something you do enjoy doing and do it! It’ll make you feel better and tomorrow is a brand new episode so that’s already something to look forward too.
i am really excited for tomorrows episode!and to make it even better, tomorrow is my birthday so the oc just adds to the special day! what could be better than the oc on your birthday??
i love this show and i really wish it comes back instead of just ending on us..it will be a sad day..
Happy Birthday Samantha!
erm whats cw, im frm england an we watch the show on E4 so i was just wonderin what that was
i heard the oc picks up 5 monthes after an earthquake
six monthes ***
omg!!!! taht can be true!! the oc is the best show ever!! i really had seen every season like 6 times!!! this cant be happening ! first it was the break up between adam & rachel know the oc finale!! this is like the apocalypse for me!!!! i really love this show i cry in every episode i will miss this so much!!! please josh if u can dont finish this showww!!!!!!!!
OM GOD DONT LEAVE PLEASE I REMEBER THIS WAS THE SHOW THT HELPED MY TEEN YEARS NOW ITS GOING I HAVE NOTHING TO FELL GOOD ABOUT———– GOD I HOPE IT MOVES TO THE CW
yes you guy have to move the oc to cw network so move the oc to cw. it is soooo good show now so move it to cw. love the oc soooo much
WOW!!! whose idea was this to cancel the show ?This is to everyone,,,especially thre negative commenters In every episode you can not possibly make everyone happy.The show was great,like 90210.I got my 52 year old mother hooked and even my 22 year old brother This show captures a wide audiance!!!humm and your gonna cancel it???
I’m from indonesia, i heard from ma fren that dis show gonna end, i can’t believe that, so i decide to look up at the website and it’s true and from what i saw in this blog so many people that feel so disappointed, i feel the same way too.. i love this show so much, i hope they don’t cancel the show. http://www.fox.com/oc/savetheoc/
My heart is totally broken…the only show I have ever loved….and refused to miss….this is truly a tragedy. Who will get ready to see on thursday nights now….Ryan is gone…and there does the love of my life….I am totally depressed about this…and I for one, did not even see it coming…so Marissa is dead, she needed to leave anyways…so the time is bad…CHANGE it….all excuses…I think they have run out of creative ideas..which sucks because this show is the only show I truly cannot miss and now it is gone….kudos you jerks…..my life is now about university and nothing more…I have lost purpose for thursdays….GRRRRRRRRRRRRR…..Goodbye Ryan and Seth and Summer and Kirstin and Sandy and Julie….xoxoxoox
and again whats cw
Still completely depressed….and I also have no idea what CW is?
i can’t believe the oc is ending right when this season has started to get interesting. FOX is making a huge mistake that they will regret later down the road!
btw - the CW is a telivision network, i think you need a special tv package. i don’t know what station it is either.
Patrick seems to know a lot about it b/c his brother works for them or something so he might know more about it!
I am a huge OC fan but i agree the show needs to end, like somet other have mentioned, it’s going nowhere. Though i don’t think we can bach the writers because they did SOOOO much with seasons 1 & 2 that they just ran out of ideas. I don’t know any person that didn’t like season 1 or 2, and even 3 was ok, then 4 started off ok w/o marissa, but lately it’s just been pointless. No one has any romantic, chemistry scenes anymore. Still, the best show I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!hands down!!
congrats on the 3 amazing seasons u put out- i own them all!!!
Goodbye OC, ill miss you!!!
ps. When is season 4 coming out? and will it have the unaired episodes on it???
:)
i have the same thoughts as meggie about the show! i love it to death but feel its time has come. i was also wondering when it was coming out on dvd and whether it was going to have the unaired episodes b/c i already have the other 3 on dvd and watch them all the time!! THE OC ROX AND WILL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART!
The people who love watching The O.C. should write a letter to tell the director or who ever in charge of the show…………………………………………. DON’T TAKE THE OC OFF THE AIR! TONS OF PEOPLE STILL WATCH IT AND ENJOY THE STORY LINES
hey i dont care what anybody says!!! the oc is the best show that i have EVER watched and i HATE TV…. Im very upset that its ending and i wish there was something that the fans could do to change the minds of the people who chose to take it off the air but we can’t….
btw- CW is a broadcasting network…. everyone knows what the WB is.. well the WB got bought out by CW
the o.c is cool an nobody will ever change my opinion it shud NOT stop hell no
I LOVE THE O.C SOOOOOOOO MUCH
Season 1,2,3,and 4 of the O.C were so much fun to watch!!!!!!!!:)
i love the oc it is so good
yeh i agree with the recent comment of patrick. i actually never thought of this season like that but now i realise it. like i knew the season wasnt at its best but i just couldnt put words to how i felt about it. that was probably the best review ive read about the oc.its true. the story lines a becoming ridiculous. the whole ryan/taylor thing? not exactly oc stuff and srsly julie was fun with her little flings before but now its just old news. whatever happened to bad chino boys and waterpolo egos and fist fights and jealousy and actually fun to watch contreversy! but anyways thanks in the long run. it was relly a majorly gud show to watch. personally i hate soap operas. im more of the reality murder show kind but i watched it and just got hooked. it was beautiful….:D lol
im going to cry when the oc ends
The OC is the best show ever. I will always remember the oc. “Nothing is for ever!”
And there we are, the OC end, is so bad to believe.
WTF?How could they cancel the O.C.?
I love the O.C. speaking as a true fan I can say how the show has gone way down hill because of Marrissa’s death and Kierston’s pregnancy. Then they bring in Willa Holland as Kaitlyn ..All I can say is WTF?The show has gone downhill but Its still a great show and I can’t believe how they are cancelling it…The show has just been a inspiration on my life.I just can’t belive that they are killing the show….Josh Swarts is a asshole and I F*c*king hate him because he was the one to decide on cancelling the show!!Burn in Hell asshole!!or as Rachel Bilson says it “I will wheelbarrel you”
I have a website for your comments and our loss of the O.C
www.Let-Us-Mourn-Our-Loss.piczo.com
Make sure you sign your name to make sure the O.C. stays on the air!
Dexter Wilkie
T-times I watched you Forever missing you,
h-hillarious moments
e-energy and life you brought to me Dexter Wilkie
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C-crazy times
Thank god for season 4. It sucks this will be the final season, seeing as its my favorite one, the one without Marissa. I love Ryan and Taylor playing off each other and in real world terms are a much better match than a drama queen who has a spoiled 5 year-olds outlook on the world. Ding Dong the Marissa’s dead and this show stopped being just another soap and actually made me laugh!
Too bad they didn’t snap the twig in season 1 back in TJ
i agree with justin its the best season yet by far an its much better now that marrissa gone
but dexter im obsessed but ur just a tad weird
god damn it!!! move to freakin cw!! i dnt even watch it in fox!! the oc cant stop!! it has moved so much things in my life! this show has changed me!! god damn you schwartz!! u have to do something! you too liguori!! if u stop this i will suicide! i swear! i cried when i found this notice, i cried a lot! u cant allow this suffering, not just for me, for other thousands of people that love the show just like me! the oc wont stop!
this show means the life for me… =0(
by the way… when is the 3rd season’s dvd going to stores, or is it already? ive got the first 2 seasons… and i have to have them all
I cannot believe the oc is fnishing i must admit i thought this season wouldnt be any good but i was proved wrong, it was brilliant (even wivout Marissa) Love live the OC… i am so still moving there hehe! it has made the last few years memorable! RACHEL BILSON rules!
LeIro i thought i was obsessed but ur just bit weird an the third season has been in the shops in england sine 1st september so itll be even longer in america
Seriously, why end a show that’s the best around? I guess all good things come to an end. What’s up with the baby thing, is it Ryan’s or Eddie’s? I guess we will never know!!!
I can’t believe they are taking the best show ever off air. For those of you who say this season was going nowhere then I don’t know what show you are whatcing because putting Taylor and Ryan was deffinatly a twist and a good one too. I like her she really cares for him. I can’t believe they are doing this to me
hey how come jimmy cooper has brown hair in uni but blonde hair now? anyway rach i admit you are not the most obssessed person about the o.c in the world there are clearly others1 toodles xx
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god.why is this happening? i love this show. this is the only show i have to watch to watch. this is so wrong please dont do this.you will upset a lt of people.you cant get us hooked then take it away soooo soon. please dont cancel the show!
This is B.S. I still can’t get over it’s ending, I don’t understand why they get people into the show just to end it the way there doing.They had fans,but not enough for Fox 13 to be happy.
I can not believe that the OC is ending. It was a shock to find out this was the last season. I looked forward to the OC coming on, every time it ended. Alot of people I know are very upset about the show canceling including my husband and I. I really hope that this could be reconsidered. It would be a great surprise if the OC came back one day. I will admit I was upset when Marissa was killed off the show, I thought Ryan would never look good with anyone else; until Taylor came along. I like Taylor and Ryan together, I wish I could of seen more of them. I would have also liked to see Kristin & Sandy’s new baby grow up or Seth & Summers wedding or even when Seth goes to college….It has been fun. Hope this ends up not being the last.
I can’t beleive my favorite show in the whole wide world is ending. I look foward every fall to watch The O.C., and I did this season too. I will admit I was alittle shocked and upset when Marissa died, because I thought Ryan wouldn’t look good as a couple with anyone else, but when Taylor came along, I saw they were ment to be. But still, I think the show was so much better without her. The show was not that great until Taylor Townsend came along. She made the show spark! She is one of my favorite people on the show. It will be sad that the show will not continue. I wish I could see more of Summer and Seth, Keirsten, Sandy, and their new baby if nothing goes wrong following the big earthquake, Julie and Katlin, and Taylor and Ryan. It would have been fun to see Sandy and Keirsten’s baby grow up, Seth going to collage, Summer traveling the world with George to talk to collage students, what happens with Katlin and Julie, and of course, Ryan and Taylor. I will miss the show dearly. I record every episode on Thursday, and when I come home from school every Friday, I watch the episode from the night before with my sister. Thats a tradition, and I guess if there are repeats, we will have to do the same… I hope that there will be re- runs, because my sister and I cant keep watching season 1 and 2 on dvd every weekend. It has been fun, watching the characters blossom in to the great acters and actresses they are now on the show.
I will miss the show to death.
Shelby.
I cant get over the fact that the show is ending. At first I was freaking out, and then I cooled-down my temper, but still i am alittle frieked out still. THE O.C. IS MY FAVORITE SHOW IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. SERIOUSLY.
please have re-runs beginning Thursday, Feb. 29th. Then I wont have to keep on watching season 1 and 2.
My friends at school dont like the show, and I say, “Dont say that. The show is my thing- let it go. If you don’t like the show, atleast watch it once, Im sorry I cant be friends with you.”
That is how much I am madly in love with the show.
Shelby.
After the show ends, my life will start to fall apart.
Infact, it already has because there are only 2 more episodes left…..
Did Keirsten loose her baby? In the commercial for the next episode, ” The Night Moves” I saw alot of blood in Seths hand on a towel saying, “Dude. It’s really bad.”
Will Taylor end up going to Berkeley with Ryan? I really want them to. Then It will be a happy ending… Is it true that in the last episode Taylor and Ryan are getting married!? That would be amazing, to get to see Ryan Atwood be a husband and Taylor Townsend be his wife. Is there a happy ending for Summer and Seth, Keirsten and Sandy, and Julie and Katlin too?
That would be amazing too.
I AM UPSESSED WITH THE O.C… IT IS MY THING. my life is falling apart as it is.
oh yeah and I loved the song at the end of the show, “The French Connection”, and ” The Shake Up” when they are in the Earth Quake… I have to say that is onje of the best episodes in all the seasons, ” The Shake Up”… and… ” The French Connection”
” I miss you. Going back home to the West Coast..”
” Da Ti Da. Da Ti Da. Da Ti Da.”
Previously on the OC..
I will always miss those words.
The OC is the single greatest show i have ever watched, the chemistry all the characters have and of course the crazy antics of seth cohen. I’m going to miss laughing at them, it will just never be the same without good old seth and his jokes. Summe is well like the hottest girl ever known ot man. Ryan remindsm e of myself and i really loved seeing him durign the show and how he went about doing things. I must say this show did influence me in some great ways……. i don’t knwo what i’m going to watch on thurs now. Greys maybe, but nothing will ever compare to the oc and the way it made me feel just dying to know how things would turn out the next week. Can’t believe there ending it, i really wish it could have gone on at least one more season, but hey at least it made it to four. I think like most people said, the schedule of the show sucked, i mean putting it on with csi and greys like come one swhartz you have a brain pic another night, honeslty people. This show could have been so much more i think people should have given it a better chance and fought for it to stay on air, but thats all in the past and we all have the great memories this show has left us with, and there all good ones…..wait great ones thanks too all the oc staff and actors for making the show such an enjoyable experience. i don’t think i’ll ever feel that way about a television series again. ps Lauren thanks for getting me to watch the oc to start with…. i o you.
Why cancel The OC??????ITs such a good show!!!Im just blessed they showed in here in South-Africa so thanx alot!!!why cant life be like the oc….Take care people…
people did you know that if you like had american $300 000 and took it to South Africa you’ll be a milionare..(R1 000 000)that not fair..but dont come here its not what you expected!!!!!!THE OC RULES!!!will always be remembered!
The hole ending is shit!
I mean there should be a real newpsie wedding for seth ‘n’ summer. ryan should tell taylor to leave him alone cause he’s still in love with marissa, sandy ‘n’ kirsten shouldn’t have a 3rd baby anyway or moving to some non newpsie home. It’s OC! Fuck! There should be a luxery ending, we aren’t at the Gilmors!
wwwwwoooooooooo the o.c is cool
I love the o.c im going to die without it, i need it to survive. It is the BEST show ever and i miss micha since she has left it has gone down hill a bit but i still love the o.c.
the oc is brilliant an if you ask me its better without marissa!!!
TAYLOR KICKS AZZ!!!!!!!
Over the past years of watching the show, i can not believe that is coming to an end. I think they could have over come the problem of “The BIG” shows on the same channel at different time, but The OC is on Thursday’s at 7 and 9 so it gives you 2 times to watch it, not enough rating? i don’t see how that is possible. I honestly think the show has deep meaning and touches people in a way that reality can’t. Why? Because thats how i feel about the show. Of course i am VERY disappointed and upset about the show being canceled also i was very upset about Mischa Barton’s (Marissa) death that was a very touching episode i think the show changed alot after that, it was way better when she was on. Taylor is awesome as well. Hopefully one day things will change and the show will come back on “HOPEFULLY”.One week left to go, i hope it will be it will be an 2 hr episode since it is the last one and that no else dies on the show. Not only am i upset but i am sure the actors on the show are upset that it it being canceled as well, a show that has been on air for 4 years, they have gone to be a family, and that is very disappointing as well. So i guess that means i have to start watching THE OC from episode 1 again, and i have no problem doing that.
It was the best show ever and will always be, No show will ever compare. I hope they know what they are doing by canceling the show, because i thought it was doing so well. Loved it while it lasted.
This fucking sucks so big!!! The O.C. Is the best series i watch in my life. Benjamin McKenzie is a great actor and the combination between all actors is mind-blowing. Somewhere in me i want season 5 but somewhere i hope fore the best ending episode in this world. So if i look back its probably best for the series if we end now, with great fans and never ending love for the series rather then poor and never ending show that only goes along because fox wants to. The O.C. is ending when is should be ended, josh will make a great last episode i hope. Good luck Benjamin, Adam, Autumn, Peter, Kelly, Rachel, Melinda, Willa and more.. you all did a great job hope you all have a good life and keep up the good work with acting. Peace all see ya in new movies or series !
Man, i am so gonna cry when they end this show. I mean first they take away Charmed( my old favorite tv show) adn now they take away The OC how much more torture can they put us through. Damn. Or as Willa Holland would say, What the hell.
Omg i love the oc. It has to be one of the best shows I have persoally ever seen. what am i going to do on thursday nights…like omg….when ever it comes on i am soooo excited. I am gonna miss the fucking show sooo much. please dont cancel it!!!!!!!!!
James
I love the OC. The OC, is so important, and it will always be. However, I haven’t seen the season 4 of the OC, i still the it’s the best show, I’ve ever had seen. Someday, when I have enough money, I will put my self on a plain, and fly to the OC cause this is something I don’t wanna miss.
Thanks for a great show!
- I don’t know what I’m going to do without it.
Andreas.
Well to start off i think that the OC was THE BEST SHOW EVER i will never forget the first time it came on and i said “mom i love this show” i never missed an episode after that. I also can’t believe that Mischa Barton was killed off the show she was my favorite character of all. I loved her sassy attitude and how she was always doing something new on the show like drinking too much or doing drugs with volchuk or always dating guys her mom hated. It made the show more interesting to see her go through all those bumps in the road and she never got the chance to over come them cause they killed her off I loved Marissa and will always miss her. I hope to see her in movies soon. I was wondering too if anyone on here knows why Marissa was killed off the show, was it because she quit or did they fire her or was it just in the writing. I really want to know. Maybe Patrick could help answer me that one. I knew that the show was coming to an end cause taylor could never take Marissa’s place she couldn’t when she was alive why would it work when she was dead. As soon as the third season ended and everyone knew Marissa was dead all they wanted to know was what was gonna happen as soon as taylor came into the picture with ryan i know my friends and i debated watching it even though we still did cause were OC fans through and through I will miss this show more than anything and I wanna wish the Cast the best and also my best to all the other fans out there i know its hard watching the characters we love sooo much go but we’ll make it through.
P.S. The last episode better be really fucking good!!!!!!!!!
hello. my friend relly love OC. she is crazy abaout it.
and she is my best friend. i love her. love maja.
the oc is one of the best american shows on tv i live in the uk and the Chrismukk-huh episode is the one were up to in the uk.although its not as good as say season 2 which was awesome ,season 4 has had some good episodes such as Chrismukk-huh which was a brilliant episode.good bye orange county u will be missed
i love the oc. please just move the time or the day dont cancel.
this is my favorite show and i have never missed an episode. I really wish that this wouldn’t be the end because i have nothing to do on thursday nights. please, please, please do not cancel it. I will love you forever
this is stupid!! why does the o.c. have to end?? you’re letting down all it’s fans!!! i don’t understand why it was even changed to 9:00 when you knew it had to compete with Grey’s Anatomy and CSI??? it’s just rediculous!!! don’t let the fans down that want to watch the show!!! move it to a different channel or a different time!!! i’m gonna start a petition!!! i’m sick of this!!! and i’m definately sick of all the people who are “happy” it’s over!! you don’t have to watch it, so don’t complain about it!!!!
oh …….i jus LUVD it ya !……..itz reali a big shock4 all the oc fans out der….y is it closing………i thot it wil end in itz 9th or 10th season…………..its an awesome show..though its fine for me rite nw ..coz in india the season3 is gona start…..lol…………buh nyways an awesum show………reali gona mis it…….oh luv ya ryan..!
Okay well I never watched The O.C when it was actually airing but In August Much started airing all of the re-runs so I decided that I would start to watch it. After I watched the first episode of it I got totally hooked on it! Now I never miss a re-run of it. I’ve only seen about the first 10 or 11 episodes of it so far, but I have to say WHY WOULD THEY CANCEL IT!!?? This has to be the best T.V show in history! Ben,Adam,Mischa and Rachel make this show I think they are such GREAT actors/actresses. Ben McKenzie and Adam Brody are soooo HOT! I really think that they should consider making a fifth season of it even if it’s not for a couple years that way there they will have fresh new ideas. I am totally completely OBSESSED with The O.C. There hasn’t been an episode so far that i haven’t cried in at some point. This show is my life! Canceling it was so stupid!! I can’t wait to buy all four seasons of it so i can watch it whenever!
LOVE THE O.C.!!!!
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wow…i just cant beleive its ended…the oc has helped me make it through my horrible teenage years as a breeze…i have cried so many times watching the show…its so so sad that it has to end. i will miss the cast so much, ryan, taylor, summer etc. Love you guys so much…BFF…if any of the cast members see this just know…you have had an impact on everyone who has watched the show..youve touched our lives in such a good way…LONG LIVE THE OC!!!!
oh yeah…one more thing i forgot to mention…bringing the oc back, even if for just one more season would be a great idea…past teenage generations probably have never seen the show but if you bring it back then maybe you will make their teenage years as memorable as mine…The OC made a difference in my life and im sure it will make a difference in other ppls lives…I vow that i will buy all four seasons and show them to my kids and grandkids, they deserve to see what true friendship means…thats what the Oc taught me…make the best of your life, dont settle for confortable, and dont ever give up on friends!…I LOVE YOU THE OC!RIP…2004-07! Good Times!
peter ligouri….YOU BASTARD!!!!!!! Thankyou Josh Schwartz for changing my life…The Oc will be missed greatly by everyone. You are a genius Josh! Thats The OC Bitch!