It would appear that The OC will say goodbye at the end of February. There's still a modicum of hope that the CW, the fledgling network that recently gave a pilot order to Josh Schwartz's Gossip Girls (based on a popular series of YA novels), will welcome The OC when Fox officially lowers the ax. Shows have jumped networks after being dumped before (The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Roswell, Grounded For Life) but will it really be the same?TV is a collaborative art (yeah, I called it art, what of it?) but shows tend to fare better with their creator around (Buffy comes to mind). JJ Abrams once said that there were times during the days when Alias blew super hard (he didn't phrase it that way, but whatev) when he would turn on the show and not know what the hell was going on. Not a good sign.
The OC began it's slow spiral of suckdom when Schwartz became busy with other projects. And in addition to Gossip Girls (which Little Lady pointed out sounds just like the Kaitlin spin-off that was rumored during The OC's better days), Schwartz got a pilot order from NBC for Chuck, an original dramedy that I've heard described as Seth Cohen does Alias. So maybe it's time to move on. Saying good bye is painful, but close your eyes and think about how good it will feel to say hello to a show that hasn't already been sullied by Marissa Cooper.
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