Newport Beach (televised series)

See also: OC

Newport Beach ( The O.C. ) is a American Televised series in 92 42 minutes episodes, created by Josh Schwartz and diffused August 5th 2003 with the February 22nd 2007 on the network FOX. In France, the series was diffused starting from the October 9th 2004 on France 2 and TF6, with the Quebec on Séries+ and VRAK.TV. In Belgium on Club RTL.

Synopsis

The Comté of Orange ( Orange County in English) is located on the Californian coast (in the south of Los Angeles). With Newport Beach, a community the fortunate ones does not weary pewters and private evenings.

Raised in the disadvantaged districts of Chino, California, Ryan forever be likely to develop its talents and to exploit its very great intelligence. With a father in prison, a delinquent brother and an alcoholic mother drug addict, it does not have the head to try to leave itself the vicious circle in which it is plunged. Its life takes abrupt turning when he is accused for complicity in a flight of car organized by his brother who finds himself in prison. At this point in time it meets Sandy Cohen, lawyer of the legal aid, who sees in this teenager shining and blasé the young man that it had be formerly itself and which advises to him to fight for a better life.

After being put at the door by his/her mad mother, Ryan does not have anybody towards whom to turn itself. It then calls its lawyer who will lodge it during a few days in his immense house of the crested districts of Newport Beach. It will make there to the recontre very rich woman of Sandy, Kirsten and of Seth, the timid and solitary son of Cohen, which will take confidence in him in contact with Ryan. Saddened in front of the desperate plight of Ryan which is too old to be able to be integrated in a hearth of reception and yielding to the arguments of their son which bound of friendship with him, Sandy and her Kirsten wife decide to offer a second chance to him and become its legal guardians. In the rich and closed world of Newport Beach where loves, tears and treasons mix, the life of Ryan and Cohen will be upset forever.

Distribution

Main characters

Recurring characters

First season

  • Bradley Stryker played Trey Atwood, it is the brother of Ryan.
  • Samaire Armstrong played Anna Stern, an young woman who is a female version of Seth. It was to appear only for one episode, but the fans appreciated it so much that it returned thereafter. Its character left for Pittsburgh, but it appeared in the 3rd season.
  • Bonnie Somerville played Rachel, a colleague of Sandy
  • Rosalind Chao played Dr. Kim, the proviseure of the college of Ryan and Seth: Harbor.
  • Navi Rawat (VF: Sylvie Jacob) played Theresa, a ex of Ryan, inhabitant has Chino.Elle made a child with Ryan, but it does not know it. They will be re-examined it and the baby in season 2.
  • Taylor Handley played Oliver Trask, a teenager who has personality disorders, and whom Marissa meets in his psychiatrist.
  • Amanda Righetti played Hailey Nichol, the spoiled little sister of Kristen. She is in love with Jimmy, but she left to the Japan where she had obtained a work in the field of the mode. The end of the second season showed that it was becoming somebody of good.
  • Shailene Woodley played Kaitlin Cooper, the little sister of Marissa.
  • Eric Balfour played Eddie, the promised in marriage jealous one of Theresa.
  • Linda Lavin played Sophie Cohen, the obsessive mother of Sandy, called “Chick”
  • Michael Nouri played Dr. Neil Roberts, the father of Summer.

Second season

  • Michael Cassidy played Zach Stephens, which had a tumulteuse relation with Summer after the departure of Seth, at the end of the first season. It leaves the series after having realized that Summer would be happier with Seth. It would have left to work for Lucasfilm.
  • Nicholas Gonzalez played D.J., the gardener with which Marissa is in love at the beginning of the season.
  • Shannon Lucio has played Lindsay Gardner, coed which does not leave Ryan indifferent, which leaves food with his/her mother Renee Wheeler, to Chicago after having learned that it is the illegitimate girl of Caleb Nichol.
  • Kathleen York played Renee Wheeler, the mother of Lindsay, which had a connection with Caleb.
  • Olivia Wilde played Alex Kelly, who worked in Bait Shop, and which was the boyfriend of Seth, before being that of Marissa.
  • Kim Delaney played Rebecca Bloom, a ex of Sandy, who will disturb the marriage of Cohen.
  • Billy Campbell played Carter Buckley, the editor of the newspaper of Newport Group, Newport Living, which failed to be the lover of Kirsten and then was it because of a kiss.
  • Johnny Messner played Lance Baldwin, opportunist which knew Julie in the Années 1980.
  • Logan Marshall-Green played Trey Atwood, the brother of Ryan, which is released from prison. It was to leave for Las Vegas with Jess but is made draw above by Marissa.
  • Marguerite Moreau played Reed Carlson, an young woman working in a firm of Comic S which publishes data base of Seth and Zach: Atomic County.
  • Nikki Griffin played Jess, a blonde héroïnomane, who left with Trey.

Third season

  • Jeri Ryan played Charlotte Morgan, a woman manipulator who tries to extort money from Kirsten.
  • Eric Mabius played Jack Hess, the CPE of Harbor. It has a relation with Taylor.
  • Fall Reeser played Taylor Townsend, an young woman who tries to forget her loneliness while implying itself with the college. She is secretly hated by everyone, and tries to replace Summer.
  • Blake Robbins played Don, a gangster which wounded Jimmy because it could not pay it.
  • Ryan Donowho played Johnny Harper, a surfer friendly of Marissa (and in love with it), in its new college.
  • Kayla Ewell played Casey, the boyfriend of Johnny.
  • Johnny Lewis played Dennis “Chile” Childress, a high-school pupil who is the friend of Johnny and becomes that of Marissa in his new college.
  • Paula Trickey played Veronica Townsend, the mother of Taylor.
  • Rob Brownstein played Kurt Williams, a purchaser of Newport Group.
  • Jeff Hephner played Matt Ramsey, the associate of Kurt Williams.
  • Willa Holland played Kaitlin Cooper, the little sister of Marissa, which became a double of its mother.
  • Cam Gigandet played Kevin Volchok, old friendly Johnny Harper and which will approach Marissa.

Fourth season

  • Chris Pratt played Che, a friend of Summer at the university of Brown
  • Gary Grubbs played Gordon Bullit, a salesman of oil of Texas (as its strong accent texan testifies some) which invested in the company New Match.
  • Brandon Quinn played Spencer Bullit, wire of Gordon. It joined the agency of K. Cohen as a gigolo without the latter knowing it, it was combined with Julie Cooper.
  • Wayne Daglish played the part of Brad Ward, one of the twin brothers of Luke Ward, character of the first season. It is now friendly with Kaitlin Cooper.
  • Corey Price played the part of Eric Ward, the second twin brother of Luke. He is also a friend of Kaitlin Cooper.
  • Kevin Sorbo played Frank Atwood, the father of Ryan. It is initially made know under the false identity of Frank Perry.
  • Chris Brown played Will, a new pupil of Harbor High with which Kaitlin falls in love.

Episodes

See also: List of the episodes of Newport Beach

Comments

  • the series has being stopped in the United States because of the lack of audience and comprised only 4 seasons with only 16 episodes for the last, but 27 for the first season. It was diffused in France but was also stopped for lack of audience. The French version of the fourth season will be available on November 21st, 2007 and is diffused by TF6.

  • One counts with the number of the scenario writers of the series Allan Heinberg. The leaning one of Heinberg for the Comic S is regarded as the constant reason of the references to this industry in the series. The fans consider that it contributes to give an positive image of the comics, since one of the main characters, Seth Cohen, is obsessed by the comics. Heinberg also named a character according to the scenario writer Brian Michael Bendis, and made some preferred of Seth in the series. Heinberg is commonly credited as Co-creator with the series with Josh Schwartz. Heinberg contributed to create the rich person casting of characters very popular County Orange, like enriching the narration by the series.

  • the fourth and last season was done without Mischa Barton which left the series after the ultimate episode the third season. In spite of the bad audiences (due partly to the hard competition made up of Grey' S Anatomy and the Experts ), many fans regard this season as the revival of Newport Beach .

  • diffusion of the last episode of the series with take place the February 22nd 2007. For its final, the series saw its audiences climbing out of arrow. Indeed, an average of 6 was indicated; .6 million Americans with go as well as a peak of 7; 6 million.

  • It should be noted that Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson had an love affair since 2004 but they recently separated (at the end of 2006.)

  • At the beginning of April 2007, France 2 announced the return on its antenna of Newport Beach as of on April 23rd to 17:40 (of the Monday to Friday), within the framework of a new project, entitled MAG 2.0, magazine which makes it possible to the spectator to interact by SMS or on line on Internet on the topic approached in the episode of the day, and this during 5 minutes after the diffusion. The series was déprogrammée before the diffusion of episode 11 due to against-goes down for hearing.

  • Ryan on several occasions refers to its group preferred Journey. A poster of the group is hung in its room.

Derivative products

Novels

The novels are published by Black Fleuve.
  • 1. Put to the test of Cory Martin/The outsider
  • 2. Left for account of Aury Wallington/The misfit
  • 3. Not of nonreturn of Cory Martin/The way back
  • 4. Finally holidays! of Aury Wallington/The O.C. Spring station-wagon
  • 5. the summer of Summer of Cory Martin/The summer off Summer

On standby of translation

  • 6. Bait & switch of Cory Martin (09.2005)
  • 7. 'twas the night before Chrismukkah of the Andes Hruby (12.2005)

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of the series on Fox TV
  • Official site of the series on France 2
  • Official site of the series on TF6
  • Page of the series on Allociné (Fr)

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