Benjamin McKenzie Archives

Here are some new O.C. promos! Above is Ryan (Ben McKenzie) confronting Taylor (Autumn Reeser) after guest-starring on a French TV talk show with her ex-husband Henri-Michel (Henri Lubatti, pictured below). The O.C. episode “The French Connection” airs Thursday, Jan. 11 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

Other pictures include: Ryan counseling a confused Seth (Adam Brody), presumably after Summer (Rachel Bilson) calls off the engagement. Also, Ryan is pictured saying goodbye to his biological father Frank (Kevin Sorbo, aka Hercules). The O.C. episode “The My Two Dads” airs tonight @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

We’ve been hearing this for many months now (perhaps longer) but word on the street is that Fox has “officially” pulled the plug on The O.C. in its fourth (and final) season. Big surprise because just yesterday, the pilot pickup season kicked off and a spy dramedy from The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz was given the green light by NBC. Josh, 30, will be delivering a high-concept action dramedy about spies (in the vein of Grosse Pointe Blank) called Chuck.

Josh will also be executive producing The Gossip Girl, which is supposedly going to be picked up by the CW. He’s going to be a busy guy, that Josh. But without The O.C. on his plate. At this point, we can only wish for great acting gigs for the cast. All of them.

Other pictures include The O.C. star Benjamin McKenzie arriving at LAX airport with friends on New Years Day.

UPDATE 1 :: It’s official! FOX just sent out a press release. The O.C. will air its season finale on Feb. 22, so that’s 8 new episodes to go with new episodes starting tomorrow. Read the full text after the jump!

UPDATE 2 :: Josh drops some spoilers about the series finale to TV Guide: “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 going to deliver real closure to these characters. It’s going to be the finale we had always planned to do.”

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Ryan (Ben McKenzie) gets locked up with Santa in The O.C. episode “The Chrismukk-huh?” airing Thursday, Dec. 14 @ 9 ET/PT on FOX. And it looks like Ryan and Taylor also get hospitalized together… Ryan must be having the worst Chrismukk-ah luck ever!

Other pictures include stills from from episode “The Summer Bummer” with Taylor (Autumn Reeser) as the woman of Ryan’s dreams. Taylor, played by Autumn Reeser, is probably one of my most favorite characters of the season. She cracks me up to no end!! Watch the video clip below of Taylor and Ryan’s opening scene together from last night’s episode. Hilarious!!!

And for you Ben fans enjoy the screencaps also from last night’s episode!

Young (and hot!) Hollywood showed up in droves last night for “Red is for Emmy” party for Invisible Children at the King King nightclub in Hollywood. The OC’s Benjamin McKenzie (I know you need to know that he wears Calvin Klein underwear) presided as host of the party for the media-based non-profit, Invisible Children which premiered the third installment for a bracelet campaign - “Emmy: The Story of an Orphan.” Who else was on the guest list? The OC’s Adam Brody and Autumn Reeser, Veronica Mars‘ Kristen Bell, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring, Lost’s Ian Somerhalder, and Desperate Housewives‘ Josh Henderson. Ryan is too cool for school and Ian needs a haircut… stat!

The O.C.’s Benjamin McKenzie arrived at the grand opening party of An Original Penguin store on Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood last night. Did everybody enjoy his shirtless cage fighting scenes during last night’s season premiere? HEHEHE. More pictures in the gallery…

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Woohoo! New stills from the premiere of The OC! Above is the cute and lovable Summer (Rachel Bilson) pictured in her dorm room at Brown University. Upper inset: Summer and environmentalist Che (Chris Pratt) try to raise social awareness on campus. Lower inset: Summer visits Ryan (Ben McKenzie) at a bar. Larger picture of Ryan releasing his anger in the boxing ring in the gallery!

The first couple of episodes of season four arrived at my doorstep this morning. Feel free to leave comments (or email) asking questions and I’ll try my best to answer them for you. The OC season four premiere episode, “The Avengers,” airs Thursday, Nov. 2 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! Benjamin McKenzie definitely maintains his hunkalicious status in the season 4 premiere of The OC. His character, Ryan, is so distraught by the death of Marissa (Mischa Barton), he blows off college and enters the world of cage fighting. The OC episode “Avengers” airs Nov. 2 @ 9PM on FOX. ROUND ONE, FIGHT!

There are more pictures in the gallery, so be sure to check them out! The latest Oct. 9 issue of In Touch Weekly is running some of these same pictures… out on newsttands today. After the jump are some pictures of Ben filming scenes for The OC last week on Sept. 19.

You can wipe that drool off your chin now…

Haven’t had the chance to post the promo pictures for season 4 of The O.C. until now but while I’m at here, below are some spoilers from TV Guide’s Michael Aussiello. Above (L-R): Kelly Rowan, Willa Holland, Benjamin McKenzie, Rachel Bilson, Peter Gallagher, Adam Brody, Melinda Clarke, and Autumn Reeser. Don’t miss the Mischa Barton-less The O.C. Season 4 Premiere on Thursday, November 2 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX. More and bigger pictures in the gallery! More Here! »