Having made a career out of creating characters fans love to hate, actress Melinda Clarke knows a thing or to about playing the villain. Just don’t tell her that. In fact, Clarke, whose memorable roles includes stints on THE OC, CSI, and more recently NIKITA, prefers to see her small screen alter egos as “misunderstood” [...]

Wondering which member of THE OC will be guest starring on Josh Schwartz’s newest show CHUCK this season? Click below to find out.

In a press conference Monday promoting the FX legal thriller DAMAGES, actor Tate Donovan [Jimmy Cooper] blamed the quick decline of THE OC on the ego’s of his young co-stars. “The kids became incredibly difficult to work with,” said Donovan, adding that, “the actors were unhappy, and they all wanted movie careers and did not [...]

… For some incredibly important TV news. Okay so ‘important’ is a bit of a stretch. But it’s TV news nonetheless. Live in Canada, miss THE OC? As I type this, MUCH MUSIC is in the midst of airing an OC marathon and Marissa’s alive! Re-live your favorite Newport memories from the beginning and ‘Welcome [...]

I’m not ashamed to admit that I found the last few minutes of THE OC series finale surprisingly moving. Ryan and Seth’s big hug, the TITANICesque flashback, a classic OC music montage and the show coming full circle with ‘Architect Ryan’ helping out a new ‘young Ryan’… Well there’s no need for me to do [...]

With Princess Sparkle and Captain Oats galloping off into the sunset following last night’s series finale of THE OC it’s time for the cast to get realistic. This is Hollywood, and you’re only as good as your last hit. So as a public service, we at theTVaddict.com thought we’d offer up some sound career advice [...]

The moment I knew THE OC was going to be something special was this opening scene (see video above). Marissa and Ryan meeting for the first time and (gasp!) smoking. On television you’ll notice (or at least you will from now on) that kids can drink excessively, sleep with whomever they want, do drugs until [...]

We thought we’d post links to some of our favourite OC related obituaries from around the web. Our Thursdays are less Seth-y: Goodbye to ‘The O.C.’ By Maureen Ryan Good-bye, ‘O.C.’ Entertainment Weekly The O.C.’s Greatest Moments TV Guide Farewell to THE OC Alan Sepinwall

When talking about the Cohen family of Newport Beach it’s only appropriate to throw in some Jewish terminology. This is afterall the family that brought back schmeared bagels, the ‘nanna’, passover and Chrismukkah to network television. So we’ll start off today’s farewell tribute to THE OC by saying SHALOM. Which in case you aren’t familiar [...]

With THE OC coming to a close tomorrow night at 9PM on FOX, we at theTVaddict.com thought we’d offer up some of our favourite OC quotes. So here it goes, and if we’ve forgotten anything, feel free to add it in the comments below. “Welcome to the O.C., bitch. This is how it’s done in [...]