The O.C. season 3

The O.C.
Season 3
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No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 8, 2005 (2005-09-08) –
May 18, 2006 (2006-05-18)
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The third season of The O.C. commenced airing in the United States on September 8, 2005, concluded on May 18, 2006, and consisted of 25 episodes. The first ten episodes of season three aired Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET in the US on FOX, a terrestrial television network;[1] however, from January 12, 2006, onwards, The O.C. was shifted to a later time of Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. ET.[2]

The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title The O.C.: The Complete Third Season on October 24, 2006, by Warner Bros. Home Video.[3]

Season three was also broadcast outside of the United States. In Canada, the season was simulcast on the terrestrial network CTV Television Network.[4] It was broadcast on Network Ten on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. (local time) in Australia, and premiered several months after it did in the US.[5] In New Zealand the season started February 11, 2006 on TV NZ.[6] It premiered in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2006, on the digital terrestrial channel E4, airing Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. GMT. The episodes were rebroadcast the following week on the analogue Channel 4, E4's parent channel, on Sundays at 1:50 p.m. GMT.[7]

  1. ^ Aurthur, Kate (September 4, 2005). "The Week Ahead: Sept. 4 -- Sept. 10; Television". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  2. ^ Adalian, Josef (December 20, 2005). "'OC' sees new slot amid Fox sked shakeup". Daily Variety. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  3. ^ "The O.C. - The Complete 3rd Season". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
  4. ^ Canadian Press (September 6, 2005). "Rowan looking forward to more turmoil on The OC". CTV.ca. CTVglobemedia. Archived from the original on September 4, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
  5. ^ Ellis, Scott (July 24, 2006). "Dying to be dead". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
  6. ^ "Episode One: The Distance". TV NZ. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
  7. ^ Wilkes, Neil (December 31, 2005). "Special Edition: The Premiere List". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Retrieved September 26, 2008.