Orange Crushed -- FOX Cancels "The OC"

Like you didn't see this one coming down the 405?

After killing off their most famous character, turning Summer into a hippie, and forcing Ryan to fight just about everybody who looked at him the wrong way, the folks behind "The OC" have finally thrown in the beach towel.

"This feels like the best time to bring the show to its close," said Josh Schwartz, the show's creator and executive producer. According to FOX, on February 22 the struggling series will ride off into the California sunset one last time.

"The OC" was an overnight sensation when it first debuted in 2003. But darker plotlines led to a departure from what the show did best -- lighthearted comedy mixed with teen angst -- culminating in the death of Mischa Barton's character last season, and now the death of the series.



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16. Woah... .... after all those months, now OC is finally over!!!! YES!!!!!!! its time that my friends would stop bothering me! god! Never watched it before but i thought I watched one episode where a guy started to make a birdhouse with his friends and i was like "what kind of sh*t is this?".

Posted at 8:42PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by steamurface

17. Normally i'd be happy this trainwreck is over. Problem is, I was pulling for the show to make Mischa wtfever eat her own words. People said she was horrible to work with, but unfortunately, she gets the last laugh.

Posted at 9:16PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by Marquis

18. Are you people kidding, the show was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. it was getting back to what it was and noone can deny that. i loved it and im totally shocked.

Posted at 10:03PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by devastated fan.

19. I think that this is an OUTRAGE. the OC is tuned in by every teenager in Canada and the US every thursday night. Its the highlight of our week we go back to school and talk about what happened. we force our parents to let us get together on a school night to watch together. YOU CANT CANCEL. we've been loyal to this show over since the first episode and now youre just gunna cancel it?

Posted at 10:04PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by Jessica

20. Well, I as a 42 year old white guy have to admit I liked this show...four years for a show like this is probably above average in duration. I enjoyed it a lot...sorry to see it go..

Posted at 10:27PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by Edward

21. recipe for disaster. Kill off the most popular character of the show then put dark plotlinesin the name of entertainment equals canceled show. Hasta la vista OC.

Posted at 11:15PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by George B Vieto

22. Soo sad. As an OC resident, I loved this show. I even loved the Taylor/Ryan coupling. My Thursday nights will now be devoted only to Grey's Anatomy.
Boo hoo.

Posted at 1:43AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Sheri

23. About time that show sucked big time, how many lameass no talent so called actors does the public have to suffer through. too many lameass drama's with so called beautiful people. NOT!!!

Posted at 11:32AM on Jan 4th 2007 by NubianGoddez

24. I hope they don't cancel the show, I am a teacher and the kids in my class watch it all the time and talk abou tit Friday morning, I am hooked too. I thnk the show has gotten better, i found Micha annoying and her character even worse...she can't act

Posted at 12:07AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Dan

25. I have watched OC since day one. like all shows it's had its ups and downs and like all good shows they get canceled by greedy networks.fox doesn't have a lot of good on its network. too bad about this exercise in bad judgement. Fox "YOUR FIRED"

Posted at 4:13AM on Jan 4th 2007 by david

26. Surf's Up!

Posted at 4:19AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Casey Adams*

27. Thank you, Jesus

Posted at 7:29AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Message In A Bottle

28. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME..... I AM A (obviously) DEDICATED FAN OF THE OC AND WITHOUT IT IM GOING TO DIE!!! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DO THIS? ThankGOD Mischa died... ITS BETTER THAN EVER!!!!!!!!

Posted at 8:16PM on Jan 4th 2007 by Tahlia

29. This ranks very low on my give-a-sh*t-o-meter.

Posted at 7:50AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Damian

30. The OC's ratings plumetted from 10 million viewers in Season 1 to 4 million in Season 4 - thats why it got the ax. Therefore it deserves to be cancelled.

Ciao baby !!

Posted at 9:12AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Deadly Friend

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