# FOX Cancels "THE OC"-Reaction?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 14, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929 "2007-01-14T13:00:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/1 "2007-01-14T13:00:13Z")
Well, I guess the ratings were getting low. I never cared much for watching bored, rich kids-but will anybody miss this? Will there be a reunion? š
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### Author:  [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/2 "2007-01-14T13:37:05Z")
Iām still disappointed that WB cancelled Grosse Pointe.
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### Author:  [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/3 "2007-01-14T13:38:23Z")
Reaction - Whatās āThe OCā?
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Yes, I donāt watch much TV.
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### Author:  [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/4 "2007-01-14T14:07:30Z")
Reaction? āTHANK HEAVENā
What a fluffy, brain-softening piece of garbage that show was. I am so glad I donāt have cable of any kind.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/5 "2007-01-14T14:15:15Z")
My local CTV affiliate had an annoying and seemingly random habit of running _The O.C._ at 7:00 pm, rolling over the 7:30 timeslot normally reserved for _Jeopardy!_ (I could watch it at 7 on the NBC affiliate, but often switch to the Fox affiliate if their 7 p.m. _Simpsons_ episode looks interesting, forgetting to check CTVās schedule).
I wonāt miss it.
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/6 "2007-01-14T15:08:29Z")
The OC? an entire series about Pepper Spray? no wonder it diedā¦
never watched it, wonāt miss itā¦
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/7 "2007-01-14T15:36:06Z")
I thought there was some good obscure geek culture references in the show.
And I like Taylor. āEven if I was that limber, do you really think I would do that on the chunnel train?ā
Brian
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/8 "2007-01-14T15:56:23Z")
My wife will be disappointed, I will be relieved. Couldnāt stand it for all the same reasons I didnāt like it when it was _Beverly Hills 90210_, plus it had an annoying, whiny theme song.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/9 "2007-01-14T17:12:01Z")
Maybe now everybody will stop calling it that, thinking they are cool.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/10 "2007-01-14T17:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=kung fu lola]
Reaction? āTHANK HEAVENā
What a fluffy, brain-softening piece of garbage that show was. I am so glad I donāt have cable of any kind.
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Umā¦ the OC was/is on Fox, which is a terrestrial channel.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/11 "2007-01-14T17:48:51Z")
Iām a native Southern Californian, and until this show (which Iāve never watched) Iāve never heard anyone refer to Orange County as āThe OCā. We would say āOCā, as in āMy friend is living in OCā, but never ā_The_ OCā. Usually we called it āBehind The Orange Curtainā.
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### Author:  [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/12 "2007-01-15T21:20:20Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
Umā¦ the OC was/is on Fox, which is a terrestrial channel.
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If the only TV shows you get are the ones that come through the bunny-ears, you might not get Fox unless you have a local affiliate. I get _some_ shows from Fox through my antenna through local affiliates, but thereās a lot of Fox programming I donāt think I get. (Not that I lament the loss.)
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### Author:  [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/13 "2007-01-15T21:47:23Z")
It had a good run, which is no doubt partly due to the fact that it didnāt get Foxās patented ānever promote it, then move it around the scheduled at least three times before dumping it, unannounced, into a death slotā treatment.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/14 "2007-01-15T22:10:58Z")
I watch it, but I think they probably ought to have cancelled it after last season which was rather lackluster. Iāll finish watching the season, but Iām not going to miss it much. I did have one wish come true, though, they killed off Marrisa š
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### Author:  [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/15 "2007-01-15T22:15:18Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
We would say āOCā, as in āMy friend is living in OCā, but never ā_The_ OCā.
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I think itās supposed to be an in show thing. The characters also call Las Vegas āThe Vegasā. Itās sort of like McDreamy and McSteamy on Greyās Anatomy.
Anyway, I thought killing off Marissa was dumb (not that Iām sad she left the show - her character was on her way to leaving anyway when she was killed). But otherwise have enjoyed the show. And with the exception of this yearās Chrismukkah episode itās been a pretty strong season. I would have liked it to finish out the year at least, but according to sources, the creators had enough time to plan a good ending so things should be ok I think.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/16 "2007-01-16T02:03:06Z")
I heard the Traffic Girl on KROQ say āThe OCā this morning.
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### Author:  [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/17 "2007-01-16T03:00:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight]
My wife will be disappointed, I will be relieved. Couldnāt stand it for all the same reasons I didnāt like it when it was _Beverly Hills 90210_, plus it had an annoying, whiny theme song.
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Wow, the theme song was the best part of this awful show.
I loves me some Phantom Planet.
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### Author:  [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-the-oc-reaction/387929/18 "2007-01-16T03:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=kung fu lola]
Reaction? āTHANK HEAVENā
What a fluffy, brain-softening piece of garbage that show was. I am so glad I donāt have cable of any kind.
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Ditto