Newport Harbor - The Real Orange County
I’ll be frank. I’m a Laguna Beach junkie. I know it’s artificial and staged and so far from “reality” that it’s sort of shameful to call it a reality show. But it’s hard not to be mesmerized by insanely attractive high school kids living out their dramatic existence on MTV. The parties! The hook-ups! The prom! Cabo! I’m probably now at the age where it’s not entirely appropriate for me to be so into a show about 17 year old kids, but whateva. I remember those days like they were yesterday (or… 9 years ago).
But it’s time to bid farewell to Laguna Beach and say hello to Newport Harbor, the backdrop for MTV’s latest exploitation of “The Real Orange County”. And you can bet I’ll love every single inapproprate minute.
Tags: kristin_cavallari, laguna_beach, lauren_conrad, MTV, Newport_harbor, stephen_colletti“Laguna Beach,” the MTV series that launched the docu-soap craze in 2004, is returning to the network - just not in the same setting or with the same title.
This time around, the show moves to Newport Harbor, Calif., and be called “Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County.”
“It has been three years since the Stephen, Lauren and Kristin love triangle drew viewers to the real-life drama of Laguna Beach,” Tony DiSanto, MTV’s executive vice president of series development and programming said in a statement. “Now we are moving up the coast to a new town with new faces and a new high school, but with the same drama of dealing with relationships, cliques, family and friends.”
The new show will launch Aug. 15 at 10:30 p.m. Starting today, fans can log onto www.newportharbor.mtv.com to see video, cast bios, photos and quizzes about Laguna Beach.
“Laguna Beach,” with its stylized images and dramatic storytelling process, changed the reality-show concept when it launched in 2004. It also helped launch the careers of Lauren Conrad (”The Hills”), Kristin Cavallari (”Get This Party Started”) and Stephen Colletti (”Veronica Mars”).
Like the original, “Newport Harbor” will follow a group of high schoolers dealing with life. For instance, among the cast is Chrissy, a head-turning senior and the smartest girl in the group. There’s Grant, a junior, who is the life of the party. And Chase is the heartbreaker who has a way with the girls.
“The real O.C. is a beautiful backdrop to this universal story,” DiSanto said, “and this year we go back to the heart of the drama … that wistful last year of school.”
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15 opinions for Newport Harbor - The Real Orange County
ShanaK
Aug 13, 2007 at 10:03 pm
wondering if anyone knows the name/artist of the song that was playing in tonight’s episode when Allie is walking up?
goes something like:
it was never going to be easy, so go ahead and please me
it should come as no surprisey
Ben
Aug 21, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Top british group called the sirens
Lindsey
Aug 30, 2007 at 5:53 pm
does anyone know the song that played at the end of the scene where clay isnt talking to chrissy at the poker party? i think it goes like this
would i lie? not this time wish that i could breath life back to that night id got it right wed never start falling apart id find a way to make you stay for one more day.
Jessica
Sep 7, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Tonight episode (#4) what 80’s band sang the song when Chrissy and clay where talking oustide (clay shooting hoops) right at the end of the show! I need the song and can;t find it anywhere, HELP! Thanks in advance. I think it went “no matter how far away I will always love you”
Jon
Sep 13, 2007 at 3:39 am
The song is called “Lovesong” by The Cure
Jaime
Sep 13, 2007 at 9:18 am
what was the name of that song when chrissy and chase were on their first date? i know the singer’s first name is connie…?
karen
Sep 13, 2007 at 5:35 pm
what is the name of the song at the prom?
Jaime
Sep 13, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Ok, nevermind about my first question. I was thinking about another show.
Melissa
Sep 16, 2007 at 9:46 am
what is the song at prom its like stand up something but its not the ludacris version
Nettie
Sep 23, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I’m dying to know the name and artist of the song that was playing while Clay and Grant were at the golf course talking about Chrissy. It goes something like this “come come come its all your fault..” or something like that.
JESS!
Sep 29, 2007 at 9:18 pm
i think its in ep 7, the irreplaceable one. and its the song that comes on while their surfing that goes like when your goin, im not leavin.
anyone know know who sings it!?
KATIE
Oct 2, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I LOVE YOUR SHOW I WISH THE NEWPORT HARBOR PRODUCER WOULD MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THIS. IT WOULD SELL LIKE HOTT CAKES!!!!!!!!
Alex
Oct 5, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Hi!!!
I loved lauguna beach and newport harbor!
they were so fun to watch. I can’t wait to see more xoxoxo-alex
Nina
Oct 16, 2007 at 11:59 am
This show sucks ass. It was NO Laguana Beach. The characters were nowhere near as compelling, it seemed so much more staged. It was really just too much trying-too-hard-to-be-Laguana-Beach-y. I lost interest before the first episode was over and tried a couple more times but it just sucked!!!!!!
Dena
Jan 5, 2008 at 10:37 pm
What’s up with the scarves Chrissy? You’re not fooling anyone, we can all see your double chin!
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