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by Nago Nago Send a Compliment at 5:25 PDT, 28 August, 2008

Why was the O.C. cancelled?

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The O.C. was cancelled for a few reasons:


1.Josh Schwartz, the producer & creator of the show believed it was a good time for the show to end.


2. The show's ratings went down more & more by the season and had "only" 4 million viewers by its last season.


3. The hit T.V. show "Grey's Anatomy" appeared at the exact same day and time, which was why a lot of people didn't watch.


I think that when they decided Marissa's death, the show didnt't have any more meat, as for most of us, whether we liked her or not, we must admit she was really a basic character.

last edited by RachelL Send a Compliment at 13:42 PDT, 28 August, 2008

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  1. kendra Send a Compliment - 10:20 PDT, 28 August, 2008

    Great post!


    I think killing off Marissa was a terrible idea. I still enjoyed the show after that, and I guess it's good to add that extra dramatic edge that the show will allow things like that to happen, but it just wasn't the same show we knew and loved after that.

  2. jackieu0225 jackieu0225 Send a Compliment - 11:40 PDT, 28 August, 2008

    I agree with you Kendra, I quit watching it and started watching Grey's once Marissa died.

  3. RachelL Send a Compliment - 13:38 PDT, 28 August, 2008

    Think you summed it up, Nago!

    Truthfully, the OC never regained the awesomeness of the first half of the first season.

    It was like Josh Schwartz compacted all of his best ideas into the first 16 or so episodes. The second season was watchable, the third - *gulp* - and the 4th actually I thought did a decent job of improving upon the third, but the show had already lost all of its viewers.

  4. muffinman muffinman Send a Compliment - 14:46 PDT, 28 August, 2008

    "I think killing off Marissa was a terrible idea"


    In fairness I don't think they would ever have written that into the storyline if it wasn't for Mischa Barton wanting to get out.. Of course it put the nail in the coffin, but it was all that Josh Schwartz could do, short of replacing the Marissa actor.. So we can just blame her for the OC being cancelled =P

  5. SoapbarSE SoapbarSE Send a Compliment - 14:39 PDT, 11 September, 2008

    "In fairness I don't think they would ever have written that into the storyline if it wasn't for Mischa Barton wanting to get out.. Of course it put the nail in the coffin, but it was all that Josh Schwartz could do, short of replacing the Marissa actor.. So we can just blame her for the OC being cancelled =P"


    Actually Mischa Barton in a recent interview said that it was the writer's decision to kill Marissa off, and that she would have gladly stayed with the show.


    I think the show just ran out of steam towards the end, the characters went through so much that I guess they just ran out of stories to tell. Also it would have been difficult continuing the show into a 5th season as the characters would definitely be heading off to college, with Summer in Brown and Ryan in Berkeley, it would be extremely difficult to keep the show going unless you were to make all the characters go to the same college.

  6. walaa.alm walaa.alm Send a Compliment - 16:38 PDT, 14 September, 2008

    I think it was canceled coz it sucked! its horrible!

  7. EbBa EbBa Send a Compliment - 1:20 PDT, 15 September, 2008

    Mischa Barton didn´t wont to be in the show. thats why she died.

  8. eazy_z18 eazy_z18 Send a Compliment - 7:15 PDT, 10 October, 2008

    I always thought they killed off Misha Barton because she was so difficult to work with. Plus in real life she was a mess during the second/third season.

  9. sheryn_talaga10 sheryn_talaga10 Send a Compliment - 16:38 PDT, 13 October, 2008

    OC rules..


    for those of the people who said..it sucks..u just don't know how to watch a good tv show


    and kiling marissa is a terrible idea but..if they didn't kill marissa..ryan wouldn't have been funny or cute with taylor..


    he changed in some way for taylor...


    'and im a big fan of cohen and summer..so this show doesn't only show love whatever teen..but family problems occurs..


    btw..i miss the cohen family.

  10. superbius69 superbius69 Send a Compliment - 7:29 PST, 9 December, 2008

    i couldn't wait till the next episode, i loved Marrisa and thought it was a shame they killed her off. Of course in the UK we have to wait ages for these programs to arrive from the states.

  11. sigurbjorgmetta sigurbjorgmetta Send a Compliment - 17:17 PST, 28 December, 2008

    i loved the oc. and killing marissa was not a good idea :/

    i miss the oc, it was the one thing i looked forward to watch on tv (:

    maybe it'll start again? haha, i hope so.

  12. tolgahan09 tolgahan09 Send a Compliment - 18:30 PST, 15 January, 2009

    I LOVED THE SHOW , bit it started running our of steam(ideas) the only thing that wasnt getting boring was the cohen family, they should come up with a new show just about the cohens and call it the "The Cohen Family" du du du du clik clik , du du du du clik clik , du du du du, du du du du, du du du du, du du du du clik clik ! :D

  13. Maroua Maroua Send a Compliment - 5:55 PST, 19 January, 2009

    http://www.petitiononline.com/ocreturn/petition.html


    PLEASSE SIGN FOR A SPIN OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. d.sara08 Send a Compliment - 10:31 PST, 26 January, 2009

    I love the O.C. I don't mind that they killed of Marissa because that is the emotion and excitement we crave for. The show just needs a little more drama and spark. I've lost that "I can't wait to see what happens next" feeling but I still love the show and am sad to see it canceled.

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