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The O.C.
2003–2007
· TV Show
· 44 min episodes
· 4 seasons
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #351
- IMDb #323
- Metacritic #239
- RatingGraph #280
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #318
- Metacritic Critics #224
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- Metacritic Audience #269
- Criticker #285
- Trakt #281
Every rating
49–78
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is RatingGraph on 78.
See the most agreed on TV shows →After being kicked out of his home, a poor troubled youth, is taken in by a public defender and his family where he becomes embroiled in the lives of the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County in California.
Details
- Created by
- Josh Schwartz
- Released
- 5 August 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 44 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 92 across 4 seasons
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