Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County

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Newport Harbor:
The Real Orange County
Format Reality TV
Teen drama
Created by Liz Gateley
Opening theme "Come Clean" by Hilary Duff
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 14
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Tony Disanto
Broadcast
Original channel MTV
Original run August 13, 2007 – January 2, 2008

Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, also known simply as Newport Harbor, is the replacement show of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Just like its predecessor, the show documents the lives of several teenagers living in Newport Beach, California, a beachside community located in Orange County, California that was made popular by FOX's The O.C.. It differs from the usual reality show in that it is structured as a traditional narrative (seen more commonly in fictionalized television dramas or soap operas) than a straightforward observant documentary. It has been rumored that the show will have a second season with brand new cast members.

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[edit] Development

Laguna Beach was initially developed as a documentary of teens living in the wealthy, beachside community of the same name. The series' ratings took massive dip during season three, and the producers considered relocating because no one wanted to cast for the upcoming season in Laguna Beach and wanted MTV to move on. Producers scouted numerous other wealthy Southern California towns such as San Marino, Anaheim Hills, Rancho Santa Fe, and Malibu before finally deciding to base the show in Newport Harbor, an area of the city of Newport Beach.

[edit] Season 1

To the likeness of its predecessor, Newport Harbor documents the lives of young people living in Newport Beach and attending Newport Harbor High School. Casting would interview applicants about school, their social life, and any romantic interests in search of a story to document that would be of interest to the target audience. Little did they know that "family life" will also be a major theme throughout its premiere season. Cameras were not invited into the school, but a single camera was taken into formal dances possibly by a cast member and some footage will be used on-air[citation needed]. Cameras were not even allowed in at Graduation, something different from Laguna Beach.

Newport Harbor will not steer away from the usual drama of friendly rivalries and love-triangles, but will also include storylines involving family members. Also, Grant, Chrissy, and Clay will be taking new adventures behind the scenes on mtv.com

[edit] Home For The Holidays

Home For The Holidays is a special set of 4 episodes. The kids of Newport Harbor are returning home for the holidays from college. This is a special appearing for four weeks which means four new episodes of the cast coming home for Thanksgiving break. This special showed Chrissy's new college life at UC Santa Barbara and her interactions with her newfound college friends and sorority sisters. People in college are a lot different from high school people and one college student in particular, named Billy has caught Chrissy's attention. Chrissy's long distance boyfriend Clay back in Newport Beach was starting to fade away gradually when she started to hang out with Billy more. Clay and Grant decided to do a surprise visit to Santa Barbara and attended a college party and caught Chrissy with Billy. After talking to Clay, both she and Clay have decided to take a break. However, upon returning for Thanksgiving Chrissy realized she regretted breaking up with Clay. In the last episode, Chrissy was able to win Clay's heart back and gain back his trust for good.

[edit] Cast

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