HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE CONCERT!

This review will be VERY, VERY LONG. So bear with me :)

PART 1: GETTING TICKETS:
To tell you the truth, you really don't need to know this, but I will say it for it relates to the concert:
- I decided to go to the concert during Winter Break, so I went online everyday looking for tickets. (Ebay, Razorgator.. etc)
- My tickets, in which I purchased at Soldouttickets.com, got changed many times. I originally ordered 228CC, and then they changed it to 202BB. Which was OK, until I got the tickets... I got 225M. I was really mad, but it was actually an OK seat.

PART 2: PRE-CONCERT:
My mom had a training in Anaheim, and she knew she wasn't going to make it home after the training to pick me up, so I had to follow her to her training place at 7:00 AM. Boy.. was it a long day. I did manage to finish a bunch of Ashley banners... LOL

PART 3: ARRIVAL:
- My mom and I hurried to have our dinner at around 4:45PM and then we headed straight to Honda Center. When we got there... There were TONS of people there already. [AND I thought I was early.]
- Parking was $12.00

PART 4: BUYING MERCHANDISE:

- We hurried along and went passed the merchandise booth. We waited for awhile, and finally a lady was there to help us.
- There were posters, program booklets, shirts, lanyards, cds, dvds, etc. Basically everything you could think of. Here's a list of stuff they had and the prices.

Ashley Tisdale
- "Headstrong"- Tee: $30- 35
- Rainbow Tee: $30- 35
- Ashley Poster- $10
- Ashley Keychain- $8

Monique Coleman
- Monique Poster- $10
- Monique T-shirt- $30-35
- Monique Poster- $10

Lucas Grabeel
- Lucas Poster- $10
- Lucas T-shirt- $30-35
- Lucas Keychain- $8

Vanessa Hudgens
- Vanessa Poster- $10
- Vanessa T-shirts- $30-35
- Vanessa Keychains- $8
- Album- "V"- $15

Drew Seeley
- Drew Poster- $10
- Drew T-Shirt- $30-35

Jordan Pruitt
- Jordan Poster- $10
- Jordan Lanyard- $10

Misc.
- Program Booklet- $20
- High School Musical Bag- $15
- "Get'cha Head in the Game" shirt- $30- 35
- High School Musical Tour shirts (Pink/ Black/ White)- $35
- High School Musical Tour Lanyard- $10
- High School Musical: The Concert Poster- $10
- High School Musical Glowstick- $5
- High School Musical Hoodie
- High School Musical Hat

- I myself got the High School Musical Program Booklet, a Black shirt, the Poster and the Lanyard. That costed like $65. I was going to get my friends something but it was way too expensive and my mom was looking at me like I was crazy buying all that stuff so I didn't get anything. (Sorry guys!)

- When we went into the hall, there were more merchandises store. As the concert got closer, the more people there were getting stuff.

PART 5: Admission

- Before getting into the concert hall, we went through security
- There were tons of food and stuff at the area, but it is VERY expensive. $5 for a hot dog... :(
- As soon as we finished walking around, me and my mom found our seats. And below is a picture of me seating in my seat and the distance to the stage. [WITHOUT ANY ZOOMING]


- During the wait, music videos of Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Everlife, Hannah Montana and previews of Cory in the House, High School Musical, Hannah Montana, GirlNext and everything airs.- After waiting for so long, me and my mom decided to look around. We saw the back of the stage, and everything. It was really nice. I managed to find where the tour buses were.

PART 6: JORDAN PRUITT SECTION/ OPENING:

- Suddenly the Hannah Montana song, "Best of Both Worlds" was stopped and there comes Jordan Pruitt. People screamed loud. By loud. LOUD.

- Jordan's setlist:
1. Jump To the Rhythm
2. Miss Popularity
3. Outside Looking In
4. Teenager
5. We Are Family

A) Jump to the Rhythm
- The song is a catchy song. I have to say. It first appeared in the January DCOM, Jump In! Jordan did a really good job performing this song.

B) Miss Popularity
- "Miss Popularity" is a song that is from her upcoming album, "No Ordinary Girl," in stores 2/6. The song captures the life of a popular girl from school. To be honest, this song is very relatable. At my school, well to me it's not Miss Popularity, but MR. Popularity. This is definitely one of the star songs off of her album. Once again, Jordan delivers a great performance.

C) Outside Looking In
- "Outside Looking In" debuted Jordan on the Disney Channel and was used in the summer 2006 DCOM, "Read It and Weep" This once again is a great song. And Absolutely true. Jordan comes out explaining about how this song was written by her when she was in the 6th Grade and how she felt very left out. She starts singing this song and everyone was waving their glowsticks and stuff. Another terrific performance.

D) Teenager
- "Teenager" is the rumored single off of her album, "No Ordinary Girl" This song first premiered on her own myspace, and boy do I have to say, "I do not have conversations like this (mainly because I'm a guy. LOL)" This song is OK catchy and could be enjoyable at times. The song however is very cheesy.

E) We Are Family
- "We Are Family" is the last song on Jordan's performance lineup and was the song used in Air Buds. Frankly, I do not like this version. (I didn't like the original either, or the Jump5 one.) I guess it's just me, I don't like the song. During the performances, Jordan asks everyone to stand up. Blah, blah blah

- After all her five performances, Jordan thanks everyone and leaves the stage and we go on a 20- minute intermission.

PART 7: Intermission

- Nothing special, except it was longer than 20 minutes. LOL. Disney continued to play music videos. More people arrived at this time.

AND FINALLY. THE PART YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR...

PART 8: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE PERFORMANCES!

I. Countdown
- About 1 minute before the real show started, the curtains drop and previews an electronic gym scoreboard.
- During the countdown, you can hear a little preview of what is to come. "Troy Bolton is not in my show!" shouts Sharpay; "What Team?" Wildcats!"; "GO WILDCATS!"; "Stick to the Status Quo..."

II. Start of Something New/ Stick to the Status Quo/ I Can't Wake My Eyes Off You/ When There Was Me & You:

a) Start of Something New
- First track off the four-times platinum soundtrack. "Start of Something New" starts off with smoke covering what is to come. Then screenlights begin to form and you see Drew coming out singing the first part of the song. Following Drew, Vanessa comes in singing the follow-up. Smoke continues to form. Then begining with the part "I know that something has changed..." the cast joins in and then with the first line of "it's the START of something new" the entire cast jumps and the entire arena turns bright. The cast continues to deliver a wonderful performance while walking around. This song really got everyone going. It was an amazing performance. (A+)
b) Stick to the Status Quo
- Following "Start of Something New" is the performance of "Stick to the Status Quo" The amazing, confessing number is completed with on-screen pop-ups of "NO! NO! NO!" and "Stick to the Status Quo"; a lunch table with a huge amount of dancers; and on- screen displays of the scene in the actual movie. (Chris Warren Junior; The Branic/ Hip-Hop Girl; The Skater Dude) In the mid-course of the performance, we see Ashley and Lucas come out and doing that "THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT... " And they slowly walk down to the stage and the rest of the dancers help Ashley on to the top of the table to show her power. Another AMAZING performance. (A+)

c) Introduction
- After the performances of "Stick to the Status Quo," Lucas introduces everybody from the cast. Corbin; Monique; Ashley; Vanessa; and himself. Then he talks about how he thanks everybody for coming out and he would be the emcee for the evening. Following is a little explanation about the lack of appearance by Zac Efron (which is filming a movie, "Hairspray" in Toronto) and how Drew Seeley would be filling in for Zac.

d) I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
- Right after the little introduction speech is done, music starts automatically and there goes " I Can't Take My Eyes Off You" It is an amazing performance. The cast stands in front of microphones and starts singing. They move around at certain times. This could very well be one of the best performances of the night. (A+)

e) When There Was Me & You
- When the cast was done with "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You", basically everyone leaves the stage except for Vanessa. Shortly, Vanessa starts her solo, "When There Was Me & You" The song was aboslutely amazing and it was great finally getting to see Vanessa walk around the stage and singing it. Vanessa did an amazing job and you could really tell she was singing live. (A+)

II. Ashley's Set

Following the performance of "When There Was Me & You" is Ashley's set. Ashley performed three songs from her upcoming February 6 album, "Headstrong"

Ashley's set includes:

1. Headstrong
2. We'll Be Together
3. He Said, She Said

Right before Ashley comes out to give her performance, Lucas Grabeel comes out and asks the crowd to do chants such as "When I say Ashley you say YEAH! Ashley! YEAH! Ashley YEAH!" He also notifies everyone that this is the first time everyone is hearing all of these songs because it is NOT out until February 6.

a) Headstrong
- The music for “Headstrong” plays right after the departure of Lucas. The word, “ASHLEY” come up on the screen, which was absolutely cool. Then male dancers come out and does their little dance, and POOF. The smoke comes out and here comes Ashley. Ashley wore her blue dress and it was VERY beautiful. She started singing her independence anthem, produced by The Matrix. She sounded a little different as I have heard her on her performances on Youtube. You could tell that Ashley was singing, but there was definitely voice playback. But then again, you can’t blame her. She is running up and down and left to right across the stage. Her performance for “Headstrong” is absolutely ground-breaking. The choreography is absolutely great and the pop-up smoke was adds on to the mystery and the tension. I love this song A LOT and finally getting to see the performance (not on Youtube) was great. This performance is VERY VERY good and is one of my favorite numbers performed of the entire concert. (A++)

b) Talk
After the performance of “Headstrong,” the High School Musical co-choreographer, Chucky Klapow arrives with water for Ashley. Ashley then introduces him and talks about her next song, “We’ll Be Together” which is dedicated to her fans.

c) We’ll Be Together
“We’ll Be Together” is a ballad sung by Ashley. It is just amazing. However, you could tell she is lip-synching, which is really sad, considering that Ashley has an absolutely amazing voice, and she has sung live in the other arenas (by looking at YouTube videos.) Also, I’m not sure how many of you have actually heard the leaked version, but in the middle, she goes “Ooh Yeah! I like what’s happening to me. Ooh Yeah! Nothing else to say. Ooh Yeah! Somebody finally got to me. Carry me away!” in which was cut out from the performance. I’m not sure why, but I guess Disney might have thought it was dirty. LOL. (A+)

d) He Said, She Said
After “We’ll Be Together” the lights turned all dark. Then suddenly intro for “He Said, She Said” started playing and there we see Ashley in an extremely short skirt. (which she looked amazing.) The performance started with girl dancers and Ashley on the left of the stage and male dancers on the right. The girl dancers think there’s a really “cute” guy over there and then they want to go talk to them, but are too scared. Then the guys push one of the guys (Jared) towards the girls, and he does a show-off dance right in front of the girls and they do a comeback with a huge attitude. This is a very interesting performance and I do love it a lot! This song was originally supposed to be Ashley’s first single off “Headstrong” but there were quite a lot of versions released and one of them is not as clean as you think it is. (“One night with you/ Oh just One night with you/ All the things we could do/ Everyday I think of/ Being with you/ No one else but us two/ All my dreams will come true/ If we just get together”) A music video has been filmed and make sure you be on a lookout for it on TRL on February 7.

e) Interview with Lucas Grabeel
Lucas comes out right after the performance and talks to Ashley about her upcoming projects such as the third season of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and her debut album, “Headstrong” Then Lucas talks about her performances of “He Said, She Said” and wondering if Ashley names each of her hips, “He Said” and “She Said” Doing some like “Hey.. Hey.. She Said she’s doing better than you…” “He Said you should do better” LOL. Boy, was Lucas funny.

General impression about Ashley’s set:
Ashley is a great and very pretty girl. She has a great voice and I have to say she gives one of the best performances of the night.

III. Get’cha Head In the Game/ Dance With Me

a) Get’cha Head In the Game
Right after the little interview between Ashley and Lucas, lockers were already setup and a bunch of guys and girls were there as basketball players. Also there was a hoop already setup. Drew and Corbin both played as basketball players and basketballs were brought out during this set. Each player also took turns to shoot. In addition, on screen, the words, “Get’cha Head in the Game” were popping up. It was really cool. [This little review for this section was completed by watching YouTube videos. I missed this section.] After Lucas came out and challenged a little 7-year-old for a one-on-one basketball. Once again Lucas displayed his great skills in emcee-ing and he signed an autograph for this boy. He is VERY lucky. (B+)

b) Dance With Me
After this little interaction with the crowd, Drew Seeley came out with a performance of the Cheetah-Girl crowd favorite, “Dance With Me.” Drew is a very great performer and he does have some great moves and a great voice. During his performance, the screen displays scenes from the “Dance With Me” music video and scenes from The Cheetah Girls 2. When Drew got to the slow part, “Dance With Me/ For this moment in time/ My darling just dance with me/ For just only one night….” And then Monique Coleman came out. She wore this gorgeous golden dress. She looked amazing and she danced with award- winning Latin dancer, Jared Murillo and Drew Seeley. They both did an amazing job and it was very entertaining and WOW! Monique is AMAZING at dancing. (A)

c) Interview with Lucas Grabeel
Lucas first interviewed Monique. Lucas spin-ed Monique! LOL. And then he started asking her questions about Dancing With the Stars and her experience. Monique seems like a really nice girl! Lucas also then sung “Dancing Queen” and changed the words a little to describe Monique. It was hilarious. When the song ended, Lucas was like “Kids. You might not get it but your parents definitely will.” I just thought it was funny. LOL. After Lucas interviewed Monique, he interviewed Drew. They talked about High School Musical and how he wrote Get’cha Head in the Game and about other stuff.

IV. Corbin’s Set
Following the interview was Corbin’s set. Corbin performed two songs from his upcoming April 17 album, "Another Side"

Corbin's set includes:
1. Push It to the Limit
2. Marching

a) Push It to the Limit
“Push It to the Limit” was the song featured on Jump In! and Corbin made his interest with his huge jump on the toaster. It was great. The screen displayed his name, “CORBIN” across the screen and also showed scenes from Jump In! In this performance, Corbin used complete voice-over and he did tons of action. He started out with boxing a couple of dancers (Don’t Worry. It was a pretending thing. And he didn’t hit them) Then he started dancing and jumping around. Then the dancers left and came back with jump ropes. Corbin then started jump roping and later when they got to the bridge, the dancers used the ropes to create a box to lock Corbin inside and he later broke out of it. The performance was really great and was very entertaining. Even my mom loved the performance. (A)

b) Break
After the “Push It to the Limit” performance, Corbin got some water; a new costume; and a break. He then introduced Tia, the dancer. He talked about how much he loved his POOFY hair.

c) Marching
Then it was time for another performance. This time, Corbin started with singing in a brand new R&B style. He wore this band outfit and on the screen, at times it displayed pictures of drums and beats. Later on, he brought out other dancers with band costumes. Corbin even showed off his drumming skills. Honestly, after watching the performance, I liked the song a little more, but this is still my least favorite song of the entire concert. [Sorry Corbin fans. But I’m just being honest, and don’t forget, I did like “Push It to the Limit”) (B)

d) Interview with Lucas Grabeel
After the performances, once again, Lucas comes out and comments on Corbin. He talked a little about his album, dancing and Jump In!. I didn’t pay much attention. LOL.

General impression of Corbin’s set:
I think Corbin is a really cool young man and he definitely did really well. He is a great dancer. Out of all the cast, he is one of the best at dancing.

V. What I’ve Been Looking For

a) What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise)
Drew and Vanessa came out write after Corbin’s picture thing. (As shown above) and they did the slow version of “What I’ve Been Looking For” It’s obvious that it is done very well, but you could tell that the performance would have been a lot better if Zac was there. And not Drew. (I’m not saying Drew is bad, it’s just Zac and Vanessa has that great chemistry together.) (A)

b) What I’ve Been Looking For
Immediately after Drew and Vanessa’s version of “What I’ve Been Looking For,” Ashley & Lucas come out with their own first version. Just like the movie, they wore the same outfits and it was really nice watching it. Lucas and Ashley followed the entire dance as shown in the movie and it was great. Lucas even did his little jazz square mistake and Ashley got choked. LOL. (just like the movie) At the end of the performance, Ashley was like “I told you not to do the jazz squares.” And Lucas replied, “It’s a crowd favorite! Everybody loves a good jazz square!” The performance was really great and everybody enjoyed it. (A+)

VI. Vanessa’s Set
After the “What I’ve Been Looking For” performance, Ashley left the stage and Lucas did some very fast jazz square and introduced Vanessa. This time it was time for the last set of the night/ Vanessa’s set. Vanessa performed three songs from her debut album, "V"

Vanessa's set includes:
1. Let’s Dance

2. Say OK
3. Come Back to Me

a) Let’s Dance
This dance, electronic number was Vanessa’s introduction. The entire performance was very lively and very energetic. The song, nevertheless, makes you really want to dance. And I love this song. Everybody in the crowd knew the song and during the performance, once again, “BABY V” was put on the screen and a GIANT rhinestone V was being put down. I swear, I think that girl is a little obsessed with her Vs. (There’s like 23 V’s in her album cover.. LOL.. but anyways. I LOVE YOU VANESSA!) But the performance was great and very enjoyable. At the end of the song, her rhinestone V is pulled back up again. (A+)

b) Say OK
“Say OK” has been confirmed officially by Vanessa herself as her second single from her album. “Say OK” is a great ballad and was very nice seeing her perform that song live. But before I go any deeper, what you see on the Disney Channel version of the “Say OK” music video is true and it is completely like that, except her voice is not dubbed and Vanessa does sing live! The entire performance was basically done with Vanessa walking around the stage while singing, but it was still very enjoyable. (A+)

c) Interview with Lucas Grabeel
After “Say OK,” Vanessa talks briefly with Lucas about her album and all the project and how grateful she was. She is a real sweetie J And then afterwards Lucas asked if she could give the crowd one more song. Obviously Vanessa says yes and she belts out her final song, “Come Back to Me”


d) Come Back to Me
“Come Back to Me” was her debut single of her entire solo music career. This song is a great fun pop song and everyone in the crowd knew it. I heard so many people singing along to it. It was great. Also it was very good in performance once. Once again, the screen flashes her big GIGANTIC V. And then afterwards a couple of interesting dancing and her real live singing. Her performance was nothing special but yet it was very entertaining and great to see the song being performed. (A+)

General Impression about Vanessa’s set
Vanessa Hudgens, the smart braniac girl from High School Musical, is, WITHOUT A DOUBT, the performer that EVERYBODY was cheering for most. Her performance excited the most and definitely sparked the entire concert’s life. Everybody loved her and she got the most cheers. I saw many people singing along to her songs and even dancing.

VII. Bop To the Top/ Breaking Free/ We’re All In This Together

a) Bop to the Top
After Vanessa gave her performances. Ashley and Lucas came out immediately to do her performances of “Bop to the Top” This time they wore the same outfit as the movie. It was really nice and looks great in real life. I loved exactly how they did their little dance number and the dance was exactly the same as the movie. In addition, in the middle, a little break was added for Lucas and Ashley to ask everybody to stand up to dance. This time I stood up and boy, I think I’m one of the oldest people here. LOL. But without that it was great fun. Afterwards, those two finished the performances and they quickly left the stage. (A+)

b) Breaking Free
The #1 song and the best song off the 4x platinum soundtrack, “Breaking Free” was finally performed. Everybody knew the words and enjoyed it a lot. Drew and Vanessa did an amazing job and you got to see everyone sing along and it was great. This was definitely one of the star performances of the night, and it was absolutely beautiful watching it especially with the screen flashing pictures of a galaxy and stars. It was great. In the middle, there were even screens displaying people singing, and also while everyone was singing along, at the end part, Drew and Vanessa even stopped for a pause before ending the song! (A+)

c) We’re All In This Together
After “Breaking Free” the rest of the cast comes out with their high school uniforms and singing their final song, “We’re All In This Together” The dances was completely the same as the movie and it was great seeing it live. Finally, as the cast sings, Jordan Pruitt comes back on and the cast and dancers thanks everybody for coming out and give their final gratitude. Then Lucas leads everybody in singing and dancing the last chorus of “We’re All In this Together” and the show ends! (A+)

VIII. Ending

During the ending, there’s confetti and sparks and everything. After the concert, you will see on the screen, it will say “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: COMING SOON IN SUMMER 2007” And everybody leaves! WHAT A GREAT CONCERT!!

PART 9: DEPARTURE/ MEET-AND- GREET
Don’t get too excited after reading title. Because here I am bursting your bubble. No. I did not meet the cast. Here’s what happened. During the concert, I got this message from Ashley:

Special Treat! 1st 15 ppl to meet “Bree” @ 730p @ sec206 door inside the Anaheim HSM show 2nite w/ this txt will get meet greet passes for 2nite!! – Ashley

After looking at that message. I was extremely upset because it was already 8:15 and the text said 7:30. But then I checked and I found out that the message was sent out 7:52. So I was guessing maybe Ashley made a typo. So I went out at 8:30, and Bree wasn't there. I asked the security there if they knew who Bree was and he didn’t. And then after the concert, I went to 206 again to check. Bree wasn't there. And then I went around the entire arena asking for her. And either no one knew who she was, or knows who she is, but have no way of contacting her. Then while I tried going back to the arena tour, I saw an old lady and an old man walk down the stairs toward the arena and two security guards were calling them (surprisingly ignoring what I was doing.. walking down the arena.. just like the old people). I then tried to get pass them (for they were walking very slowly) until I saw a blonde girl walk up and I found out she was one of the dancers on the HSM tour and got her grandparents a backstage pass. I eavesdropped for awhile and I found out where they were. (They were in section 212) Then I slowly walked towards Section 212 and surprisingly no security guard showed up and stopped me. LOL. And then when I got there.. I tried my best to squeeze in the area. I found out there was actually a security lady who was checking for wristbands and backstage passes. And that’s when I realized I sneaked in. I continued to asking for Bree until I saw Chucky. (the HSM choreographer) I kind of took a picture of him on my phone (without him noticing) and then I walked up and asked him about Bree. When I asked him, he had NO idea who Bree was. And then he walked away. Later on, all the access pass holders were asked to line up and I followed them, and found out where the cast was. The kids slowly lined up and were walking in. The security guard people were checking EVERY SINGLE PERSON’S WRIST. There was almost NO WAY you would have been able to sneak across them (There were more than 6.) When it was my turn, I was like. I’m actually here looking for Bree, and then he asked me to wait aside. Later on, a security guard talked to me and my mom and I showed him the text. Then he helped me contact Bree. It turns out I was right and Bree was upstairs and you know what else, she denied me and my mom a meet-and-greet pass and said: “At every arena, these stuff always happen and people always pretend they are Bree and send out a text message like this” And you know the bad thing is, I waited for more than an hour and ALSO Bree didn’t even apologize! After hearing this.. I left which was really sad without meeting the cast. When the concert was over, the crew comes RIGHT OUT and starts packing all the materials and the cast gets ready to meet the cast and they all get a good night sleep and they go to their next city!

PART 10: FINAL THOUGHTS
The concert nevertheless was amazing. However, my experience was not. I’m not sure if you guys noticed, but in this post, a lot of pictures have tags, and I have no mention of videos and stuff. This is what happened. While I was filming clips at the start of the concert until “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” my camera froze. I could not get it to move, I could NOT get ANY pictures and could NOT get ANY videos. I was VERY disappointed and I ended up with only horrible pictures on my phone and they were so bad that it wouldn’t even have looked like it was from a concert. I was VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY disappointed, especially because I missed filming Ashley’s set. So here I am, I deeply apologizing about all this. I hate my camera A LOT and I have managed to fix it today. But anyways, this final thoughts section I will explain my final ideas.

To be honest, I loved EVERY performance, and EVERY SONG. I could sing along with everything. (except Corbin Bleu’s “Marching”, which is still unreleased.) I thought the entire cast was very talented in every single way, and I wish I was as talented as them. LOL. Out of the showcases, Ashley Tisdale showed off her “headstrong” skills and her great performing skills. She nevertheless is one of the best performers of the show. Corbin Bleu’s set displayed his great moves. Corbin Bleu’s set is most definitely the most originals out of all of the three and he, without a doubt, is a very good dancer. (same goes to Monique Coleman) Vanessa Hudgen’s set was very interesting. Her three performances were very entertaining and showed off her great vocals. Her performances were most lively out of all and is definitely a crowd favorite. Other cast members, such as Lucas Grabeel were absolutely adorable and great at emcee-ing. Drew Seeley was amazing at his performances and Monique Coleman is just great with dancing. Congrates to the entire cast for all of the success. They most definitely deserves it.
Anyways, I’m very glad you got to this part of the review because it is like the 20th page on Word. LOL. Thanks so much for all the support and I hope you find this useful. If you still haven’t attended the concert, please do see the cast on tour! I had tons of fun and I really enjoyed it. I’m sure you guys will too. If you really can’t make it, don’t worry because the concert will be arriving on DVD in the summer. BTW. While I was walking out, I heard A LOT of positive comments about the tour and everybody thought it was one of the best concerts they have ever been to. Please do leave me a comment about everything. [ALSO. FULL VERSION of Positivity HAS BEEN REMOVED. AS CLEARLY STATED IN THE DIRECTION: DO NOT POST IT ANYWHERE ELSE (ESPECIALLY YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME CREDIT.) APPARARENLY YOU GUYS CANNOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, THERE WILL BE NO MORE EXCLUSIVES FOR THIS SITE.

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HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Congrates to High School Musical!

Today is their one year anniversary! Remember to watch a special presentation of "High School Musical" on Disney Channel today! and check out more "Around the World" videos on Disneychannel.com right now! Congrates to the entire cast! 2006 has been an amazing year for every single one of them. Check out what 2007 holds for them:

"One is making a movie with John Travolta. Another was a finalist on Dancing With the Stars. Three out of six have record contracts. All this, just for starring in a syrupy trifle for the Disney Channel. But then, High School Musical was never your average after-school special. Twelve million tweens-of-all-ages have watched and rewatched this tale of a spunky athlete (Zac Efron, 19) and an apple-cheeked math whiz (Vanessa Hudgens, 18) who battle a pair of drama geeks (Ashley Tisdale, 21, and Lucas Grabeel, 22) for the lead parts in, yes, a high school musical. And its triple-platinum soundtrack will likely be the biggest album of the year. ''I guess you can say it's opened a lot of doors,'' says the modest Efron, who'll play Tracy Turnblad's boyfriend, Link, in the upcoming Hairspray (Travolta is Tracy's mother, Edna). In March, shooting begins on an HSM sequel, and most of the cast is currently on a 40-city arena concert tour. That leaves very little time to press flesh with their many fans — even when they're Arnold Schwarzenegger. ''Zac is such a fan of him as a bodybuilder!'' Hudgens chirps. ''But we were just too busy.'' — Lynette Rice"

PS- I will be having finals this week so this site will be on hiatus for 1 week. (Sorry!) But I will be back with bigger news than ever and also the leak of "Positivity" is definitely something that's coming VERY shortly.

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- Aly & AJ:

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- Ashley Tisdale:

1. Ashley's debut album, "Headstrong" has TONS of different versions. Here is a short summary of each exclusive.

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MyTweenMusic: Exclusive Web-isode Video: "Ashley's Photoshoot"
Target: Exclusive Track: "I Will Be Me" and Behind the Scenes DVD

Walmart ONLINE: Instant Download of "He Said She Said" and "Be Good to Me", Exclusive Tracks: "Who I Am" and "It's Life" and Behind the Scnes of "Headstrong" Video Download

Walmart IN STORES: Exclusive Tracks: "Who I Am" and "It's Life" and Exclusive Poster

2. Apparently Warner Brothers has dropped "He Said, She Said" as the first single due to the fear that the lyrics and beats might alienate Ashley's younger audience. "He Said She Said", however, would still be sent out to radio stations and have a music video treatment. "Be Good to Me" is now expected to be the first single. Music video has been shot and will be released in about 2 weeks time.

3. Ashley was on TRL. I did cap it but I have to encode it first. I will post the High Quality download ASAP, but for now, you can watch it on Youtube here:

4. Ashley has recently updated her Youtube account. Here are all the videos that she posted.

5. "He Said She Said" Single #2 is now released on music stores everywhere. It contains the same "He Said She Said" (as the one previously released on iTunes) and this time it has first single, "Be Good to Me" Buy it on iTunes here (BTW. "He Said She Said" is #99 on iTunes Music Charts)

- High School Musical (the Movie, the Concert):

1. HSM Around the World- January 20th, Disney Channel U.S. marks the one-year anniversary of the High School Musical’s premiere with a special encore presentation that shows how the movie has spanned the globe. The programming event, “High School Musical Around the World,” will be hosted by stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman who will be seen in videotaped segments originating from London, England. It will be followed by foreign language music videos from Disney Channels throughout the world, re-mixed renditions of songs from the “High School Musical” soundtrack performed by: Latin American recording artists Belanova, Ludov (”What I’ve Been Looking For”), Spain’s Conchita (”Breaking Free”), Italy’s Luca di Risio (”Breaking Free”), France’s Sofiane (”Breaking Free”), Singapore’s Alicia Pan, the Philippines’ Nikki Gil, Malaysia’s Vince Chong (”Breaking Free”) and Japan’s Hitomi Shimatani (”When There Was You and Me”). Check out the promotional video here:

2. Starting now until January 31, you can play a part in determining certain elements of “High School Musical 2” by answering 10 poll questions that will determine, among other things, what’s written on Mrs. Darbus’ chalkboard, what kind of sandwich Troy packs for his picnic with Gabriella, the type of dessert Zeke bakes for Sharpay and the clever sayings on Chad’s tee-shirts. (Also, a Hannah Montana star might guest star... ) The winning elements will be revealed when the movie premieres in August on Disney Channel U.S. and soon thereafter, on Disney Channels around the world. To cast you’re vote, click the banner below!

3. Remember how I was going to go to the High School Musical Concert on 1/26? There is now a problem... I ordered the tickets from a website for 202 CC. And I was all happy. THEN. When the invoice came... it said 228 BB. So I called the guy up and he was like I'm Sorry but 202CC was out so I gave you a mirror image of 202 and it's 1 row closer. So this time i was like ok fine. THEN. 3 days ago, I FINALLY received the tickets (after like 10 days, with a supposed- 2 DAY shipping) and then the seats changed AGAIN This time they gave me 225 and the row is all the way at the back. I tried calling the people again, but they would not pick up... They keep putting me to voice mail like "I'm sorry, but you have reached an after hour time, please again later" So if the videos or picture angle is bad, please contact www.soldouttickets.com and complain for me :) thanks a bunch! lol

- iPhone:

1. Apple's done it again! Apple will be releasing their cell phone/ wireless internet device/ widescreen video iPod in June. This device will be available only for customers that sign with Cingular for a 2 year plan. it is $599 for a 8GB model.

- Jump In!:

1. This new DCOM has just premiered on Disney Channel on Friday. But if you have not seen it, you can check it out again at 8PM tonight.

2. Above is a sneak peak at the Jump In! Freestyled Edition DVD Cover art. If you would like to use it for your site, please make sure to credit TV Teen. This DVD will be released on 4/3.

- Kim Possible:

1. Disney Channel has started airing a second promotional video for Season 4's premiere of Kim Possible. Check out the press release here and check out the video below:

2. The 4-episode, 2 hour marathon, for Season 4 Kim Possible has been scheduled to take place on February 10 at 8PM. At 9PM, the episode, "Trading Faces" will feature Disney Channel star, Ashley Tisdale, as a celebrity at the center of Kim's investigation into a series of thefts. Make sure you check that out.

- Vanessa Hudgens:

1. It's official! Vanessa Hudgens has a new single for her album, "V". It will be "Say Ok" The music video has premiered on Disney Channel on Friday. But if you missed it, here's a high quality video download here, or watch the high quality video right now below..

2. The music video as premiered above, is filmed on the High School Musical concert. This version will only air on Disney Channel. Another version of the music video is to be filmed at a later time. The backdrop will most likely by the beach. That version of the music video will be sent to MTV and other music television.

- What I Like About You:

1. Season 1 DVD has been postponed to May 1. You can preorder the DVD on Amazon.com now.

QUICK NEWS- Ashley Tisdale

- Ashley Tisdale:
1. Just dropping a note by, the producer of the songs, "Over It" and "I Will Be Me", Bryan Todd, has OFFICIALLY confirmed that the song "I Will be Me" WILL NOT be on "Headstrong" but it will still be released as a BONUS track on iTunes AND Target version of "Headstrong"

QUICK NEWS- Ashley Tisdale/ High School Musical/ iTunes/ The OC

- Ashley Tisdale:

1. Ashley's going to be on Radio KOL on Monday at 1PM. Make sure you check it out!

2. Ashley has a BRAND NEW blog available on alloy.com. She'll be sharing her "fashion" tips and her life experiences, so visit here to access the blog

3. Warner Brothers has OFFICIALLY released "Headstrong" description and tracklisting! Make sure you buy it now! Check out the preordering site here

4. Ashley Tisdale has released 2 brand new Youtube videos... Check them out here:

And YES. Ashley CHEATED...
on Coffee Bean. LOL...

- High School Musical:

1. Bill Borden (a producer of "High School Musical") has recently did an interview with WorldScreen.com. It was a pretty interesting and revealing interview. In there, he talked about the beginning of High School Musical, and TONS of High School Musical 2 info. (including information about the long anticipated kiss... and the script!) Read out the interview here.

2. I FINALLY got tickets to go to the High School Musical concert! I will be attending the Anaheim Honda Center one in California on January 26. I will TRY (NOTE TRY) to get pictures and videos! :)

3. It seems like the High School Musical video game will come out on July 1. Please note this release date is NOT official yet. I'll keep you updated on that as soon as more information begins to come in!

- iTunes:
1. iTunes has recently added, "The Cheetah Girls", and the ENTIRE AIRED season 1 of "Ugly Betty"

- The OC:

1. Last night's episode, sadly only raised for 3.94 million of viewers. But hopefully, next week will be better...

2. You can check out the next week's episode preview:

3. Here are some more information about the Save the OC program:

E-mailing:

E-Mail FOX: askfox@fox.com
FOX Address: The OC
P.O. Box 900
Attn: FOX BROADCASTING Publicity Dept.
Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900
Email CW: feedback@cwtv.com

P.S. It is very important that you email both networks. You should send land mail and e-mail to FOX at the above address and email the CW on their email address above because they don’t have a land mail system, please do it as soon as you can!

Here's an example of what the email should be like:

Please, please tell me that you are going to put me out of my misery and consider picking up The OC and running it on the CW Network. I can not even begin to tell you how devastated I am by the Fox Networks complete and utter disregard for the fans of The OC. The posted their own Save the OC Poll which it last count was upwards of 330,000 votes, they requested that all the fans of the show, show their support and email Fox all of the reasons that we love the OC. What did Fox do with this information, absolutely nothing, because as you are well aware I’m sure 4.5 Million people don’t amount to much, well at least in Fox’s opinion we don’t. They didn’t even have the common decency to post the cancellation of the show on the Fox OC Board; they let all of the fans find out for themselves. I’m sorry that just blatant show of the worst disrespect I’ve ever seen. What was all of the hoop-la about? Can you tell me?
I’ve got news for the Fox Network; 4.5 million people are not nothing. I never intend to watch another program on the Network the longest day I’m alive. I only started watching their programming (American Idol) while waiting for the OC to come on. It started during the 2nd Season of American Idol; I started watching Idol while waiting for the OC to come on. Eventually I began to give Fox’s other shows a shot and soon after found that I was mostly watching Fox programming in support of the Network that carried by favorite show of all time.
From the start I was completely and utterly captivated by the OC. My love affair with the OC began in the Summer of 2003 when Fox was promoting the heck out of the show and I thought, hmmmmmm, this looks promising I’m going to have to tune in to find out what this is all about, I needed to find out what happened to that kid from Chino and his attorney. I watched the first episode and was and have been compelled to tune in every week thereafter to find out what happened next. I’m always on the end of my seat watching and I’m pretty sure holding my breath, even when I wasn’t thrilled with the storylines, I had to watch, it’s The OC. And I love The OC to pieces.
Why do I love The OC, where do I start, the actors, the writing, the storylines, the music, the settings and the attention to detail, the shout outs that call to mind a completely unrelated subject (they make me bark at the TV in hilarity, i.e., last episode, the story on Meerkats that the Cohen family was watching was a shout out to fans in the know who know that Ben in Junebug tried taped a Meerkat documentary for his wife), remain in my opinion unduplicated by any other program out there, the likes of which we will never see again and the very thought of it makes me heartsick. I find very difficult to even write this letter, it is bringing tears to my eyes and lump in my throat.
I world without the OC, oh please no. I’m not some psychotic fanatic, life is hard, I have a job that is hell on wheels, and I’m the Vice President of Administration of a Company. I’m completely stressed all the time, I have a life, I travel, socialize, I’m married and a generally a happy stressed out person. But at least when I’m having a bad week I know that for one night during the week I’ll will be transported from my troubles, problems and woes and completely entertained from start to finish and that means a lot to me as I’m sure it does others. It relaxes me, makes me laugh, cry, giggle, groan and snort and I’ll admit bark at the set once in a while.Over the years I have come to sincerely love these characters, the way that they are written and the amazing talent displayed by the actors themselves, they breathe such life into them, that they’re real to all of us fans. I can’t imagine never having them enter my home again after February 22, 2007, that thought gives me a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. What to say about all of them, Ryan (Ben McKenzie) the range of emotions this guy is able to convey without uttering a sound, he’s so amazing at the non-verbal stuff, and that’s not an easy Josh set for him, and he nails every time. And he’s just so great at deadpan, cracks me up. He’s brought such warm and honesty to this tough kid from Chino with a heart of gold, that little sideways look/glare and that smile when it lights up his face makes everyone feel good. Then there’s Sandy (Peter Gallagher) what I can say, I love him, doesn’t everyone wish they knew Sandy Cohen, boy he could sell any used car in a lot, he’s present in the scene, he’s just so Sandy. Julie (Melinda Clark) what can’t this woman do, comedy, drama, she’s just delicious. And Adam Brody (Seth), he and Rachel Bilson (Summer), just magical together on scene, and nothing beats Seth/Ryan time, nothing. Kirsten (Kelly Rowan) she brings such needed warm to every scene she’s in, she’s golden. The new characters, Taylor (Autumn Reeser) hilarity at it’s finest and her chemistry with Ryan is undeniable. It must be said that I didn’t like Kaitlyn (Willa Holland) in Season 3, but this season, loving her, underneath what we thought was a mean streak is actually a soft heart, she’s Julie’s daughter completely!
This said, I now have to tell you about the Overseas Fans of the show, they must be included they’re such good friends of mine and have been for a very long time. They have no say in our rating system here, but they must be mentioned, they’re wonderful people, from Australia, Canada, England, Germany, South Africa…..etc. Warner Brothers needs to recognize that these people are fans too and they’re out there downloading the episodes as soon as they can because they can’t wait to find out what happens next. Actually that’s not good enough for some of my friends and immediately following the show I have to email them a blow by blow description of the nights show, then they download and then watch it again when it’s in their country and then run out to the store or get on line as soon as the DVD is available to order it. JUST LIKE THE FANS HERE DO!!!!
When I originally started watching the OC I didn’t realize how addicted I would become but around about the 6th episode I started recording it as well as watching, now I actually watch, TIVO and tape the show so there’s no way I don’t have a copy of the episode and then I buy it on DVD when it becomes available. So when the 1st Season ended, I thought I can’t wait till October to get the DVD to see it again, I need to be able to watch this again and again all summer. I quickly went on line to EBay and got a hot copy (before they were pulled), paid for it and watched it and watched it and watched. I then gave the DVD to all of my friends and family to watch, I must’ve gotten at least 20 additional people to watch the show this way, all now as addicted as me by the timeSeason 2 rolled around. (They just kept passing it around and I still don’t know where that ended up.) This really doesn’t matter because a hot copy isn’t good enough I have to have the official WB copy. After having relayed all of this can you see how we are how much we love this show?
Now to point out where Fox went wrong, Season 2 on in November after baseball and well after people had made their viewing decisions for the season. Big mistake. Season 3 they realized they were wrong so they started it before baseball and stopped it for it and then moved the night to further muck up the works. Fox then promised fans that if the show didn’t do well they would move it back. They didn’t, can you see the handwriting on the wall here. Fox just plain stopped caring about the show and/or doing anything to support it.
Well I hope they’re happy with the decision because they’ve lost more than a few fans with their decision to cancel the OC, No OC no Fox for me. I truly believe that the place for the OC is the CW Network. You guys try harder, you know how to support a show, and you show re-runs. Pick up the show, put it on after One Tree Hill or before they are the perfect shows to follow each other. I never watched One Tree Hill or Smallville, but the CW Network knows how to rope in new fans, you guys ran re-runs of those shows on Sunday nights to draw in other viewers and that’s how I got sucked in. There are 57 channels on, on Sunday nights and nothing on. It was perfect and I was hooked. Now I promise you this, that should the CW Network grant me my hearts desire and support my favorite show of all time (just to put it in perspective I’ve never written to a Television Network in my life till I had to fight for the OC) I am prepared to support the CW Network and in any and every way that I can and bring a few million of my friends with me. I already watch Smallville, I don’t watch Supernatural anymore because it’s on at the same time as the OC. Please, please pick up me show, it’s not time for its demise yet, it’s such an excellent show, there’s not a lot of that around.
Please, please allow me the opportunity to say “Welcome to the CW…….Switch”
Cathy Tallarico

ONE-THOUSAND!

WOW is all I can say. 1094! TV Teen has reached 1000 hits in FIVE days ONLY!! Congrates and THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the readers out there. All of us here work VERY hard to keep you all updated! I hope you enjoy it a lot and keep coming back for more surprises are coming your way! Thanks again!

QUICK NEWS- Ashley Tisdale/ Cory in the House/ High School Musical Cast/ Jordan Pruitt/ The OC

- Ashley Tisdale:

New information about her album!:
1. The song, "Unlove You" is about her first relationship. Her exact quote was: "One song is about your first relationship. Even though you're not with that person and don't have feelings toward that person anymore, there's still that... you can't un-love them!"

2. The song, "Love Me for Me" was originally written for Paris Hilton (she probably recorded it) but it didn't make it to the final cut. But Ashley picked the song so she will be singing it with her own version.

3. The previously leaked song "Don't Touch" was a fake clip, and it was by Jennifer Elliot.

4. The song, "I Will Be Me" WILL be released as a bonus track of Headstrong, if you buy it off iTunes. (Credit to anonymous reader of TV Teen!)

- Cory in the House:

1. This Disney Channel original series will premiere on Disney Channel in 8 days! But as off now, you don't have to wait for any longer! iTunes has released a special sneak peak (the ENTIRE episode) for FREE download! All you need is iTunes. iPod is NOT required to play this file!! :) Click here to visit the download site.

2. TV TEEN EXCLUSIVE ALERT! TV Teen is offering a free download today. Download the show's theme song in full length here.

- High School Musical Cast:

1. The High School Musical Cast were on MuchMusic in Toronto, Canada a few days ago. Check out a video capture (THANKS JUSTIN!). Download it here

- Jordan Pruitt:

1. Here's a peak at her album's cover. Her album will drop on February 6. If you preorder Jordan's album NOW on her site, you can get a bonus DVD with bonus music videos.

- The OC:

1. As a lot of you might have heard, The OC has been cancelled OFFICIALLY by Fox yesterday. But.. there's still things that you could do. SavetheOC @ Wordpress has released a final plan to save The OC. Check it out here and PLEASE PARTCIPATE!!

SAVETHEOC.WORDPRESS.COM

SAVE THE O.C. WEEK: 4 DAYS OF ACTIVISM: 8-11 JANUARY 2007.
We @ www.savetheoc.wordpress.com have come up with a campaign called “Save the O.C. Week: 4 Days of Activism”. In this campaign we have a specific task to do everyday. Here are the details on what to do each day, starting from 8th january until 11 january 2007.

The Scheduled activities for each day are as follows:
MONDAY JANUARY 8TH 2006
Email the FOX network our thoughts and suggestions and ask them to please re-think their decision about cancelling our favourite T.V show. We should state the obvious and give all our true views. ·
Email: askfox@fox.com

TUESDAY JANUARY 9TH 2006
Because of the speculation and rumors that have surfaced about The CW being very interested and in talks about taking over The O.C. from the FOX network, we should email them and plead for them to be the new network of the O.C. remember to point out all the positives and to be polite
.· Email: feedback@cwtv.com

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10TH 2006
Wear your banner day. To advertise the “5 Days Of Activism campaign” and to advertise this “Save The OC” site and to show our dedication to The O.C. We need to chose 1 out of these following 6 banners to put as your signature on every forum on the net that you are a part of. · Banners: Here [Use top 3 banners and other 2 banners which can be found in the 2nd row]

THURSDAY JANUARY 11TH 2006
Last chance to sign the petition at fox.com’s dedicated petition site for The O.C. The petition has grown a staggering 290,000 in just over a month and this could be our last chance to get to 300,000 signatures and over. · Sign here: www.fox.com/oc/savetheoc
This campaign may just be our first step in a new season of the O.C. If we can do all of the above tasks within next week, we might get a bit closer to saving The O.C. if we don’t succeed, we always have seasons 1,2,3,4 to watch Please help me and advertise this campaign all over the net, in all the OC forums and by telling all your friends aswell. All The O.C’s websites in every language should be informed about this campaign. Please participate and do your best! Please leave positive comments awsell, any negativity will be deleted.

2. If this plan does not work, we may just sit back and enjoy the final 8 episodes of this season. Producer, Josh Schwartz has given loyal fans a "preview" of what's to come in this season. You can read the interview here: (BEFORE YOU START READING, LET ME WARN YOU THAT THIS IS A RATHER REVEALING INTERVIEW. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED)

The O.C. Creator Previews Series Finale!
Fox may have pulled the plug on our beloved O.C. today, but let's focus on the positive: We've still got eight episodes left, the first of which airs tomorrow night. Even better, I just got off the phone with series creator Josh Schwartz and got his take on the big farewell, as well as scoop on who will and won't be in the series finale on Feb. 22.

Read on:Ausiello: What can you tell me about the final eight episodes?

Josh Schwartz: As you teased in Ask Ausiello today, there going to be a lot of fun. There's going to be some surprises.

Ausiello: A pregnancy?

Schwartz: There will be a pregnancy. There will be a most unexpected new love triangle. There will be some new animals that need saving. There will be some hallucinatory dreams. And there's going to be a fight for the love of a certain woman. And there's going to be some surprises for the Cohen family, and some really big decisions for everybody to make. The finale is really going to deliver real closure to these characters. It's going to be the finale we had always planned to do.

Ausiello: What can you tell me about my new favorite couple, Taylor and Ryan?

Schwartz: Taylor's going to have to deal directly with some of her hang-ups to make it work with Ryan. Let me put it to you this way: Their world is about to get shaken up.

Ausiello: Do you feel like you need to accelerate the plot?Schwartz: No. We were planning for this. We've had all season to plan for this and deliver the season we really wanted. And Fox has been good about letting us creatively deliver what we wanted to do.

Ausiello: A lot of people, myself included, are calling the current season your strongest yet -- at least creatively. That must feel good.

Schwartz: I'm thrilled. Very few shows get the opportunity to have their last season be their best season. I know there's been some speculation about a Season 5 on another network, but I feel like because this season [is so strong], I would love to go out creatively on top.

Ausiello: So there's no chance of it moving to another network? Like, say, the CW?

Schwartz: I don't want to ever say never, because at a certain point... At this moment? No. Secretly, I would love a Julie-Kaitlin anti-Gilmore Girls show.

Ausiello: They've turned into a great mother-daughter team.

Schwartz: They're great. And that's really going to be a big part of the second half of the season.

Ausiello: Any chance Marissa might reappear in some form?

Schwartz: I feel like we've made our peace with that storyline. I feel like she's been honored, and it's really about these characters moving forward.

Ausiello: So no ghosts or anything?

Schwartz: There will be no Ryan doing pottery with "Unchained Melody" playing in the background and Marissa helping him. (Laughs) We really want to focus these last episodes on our core characters. The cast is clicking so well.

Ausiello: Happy ending for Ryan and Taylor?

Schwartz: It's going to be a really satisfying ending for people who have been with the show for four years, and really watched Ryan grow and search for happiness.

Ausiello: I'll take that as a yes! Anything else you want to add?

Schwartz: Like I said, I'm incredibly proud of this season. And that was my only goal this year. Knowing we were being asked to do an impossible task -- given the Thursday timeslot -- the sole goal was to really deliver the best possible season, and I feel really satisfied that we've done that this year.

3. The OC is back with a brand new episode tonight. (also features a very special father-son reunion!)