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. The series debuted August 13, 2007 and concluded on January 2, 2008.

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. This series was labeled a "love story show", since it seemed most of the series was based around Chrissy & Clay.

Season 1

• Episodes

1. Getting Know The Cast
2. Crush...Interrupted
3. Pretty In Pink
4. The Thrill Of The Chase
5. Sealed With A Kiss
6. Shes Out, Im In?
7. The 'V' Word
8. You Are Not Replaceable
9. Leaving Home

Season 2

• Episodes

1. Are We Or Aren't We?
2. Caught In The Act
3. It's O-V-E But Not R
4. All I Want for Christmas...

Season 2, or aka "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/Christmas break. This special showed Chrissy's new college life at UC Santa Barbara and her interactions with her new found 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. These episodes are in fact depicted as Season 2 according to MTV.

Cast

•      Star Billing
•      Supporting Cast

DVD Release

The website Amazon.com had struck a deal with many companies to produce DVDs of certain shows, through the CreateSpace service. Using a concept similar to print on demand, Amazon made the discs, cover art, and disc art themselves. The complete series was released on Amazon's website on August 29, 2008, in a three disc set.

See also

• Newport Beach, California
• Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
• The Hills
• The City
• The Suburbs
• Living on the Edge
• The O.C.
• Baldwin Hills (TV series)

External links

• The Real Orange County Season 4 Trailer
• Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County on MTV.com
• Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County at the Internet Movie Database
• Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County at TV.com
• The Real Orange County at theRealOC.com