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Today is the 10th anniversary of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, best known as the series that spun off The Hills, best known as the reality series that unapologetically scripted itself all the way to its conclusion. The MTV reality series was groundbreaking not because it was like a reality TV version of a successful drama (Fox’s The …

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Only on MTV is something that aired eight years ago considered “retro,” but that’s exactly what it’s calling its rebroadcast of two groundbreaking reality series: Laguna Beach and The Hills. Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County debuted in 2004 as a reality version of Fox’s The O.C., and established an entirely new, cinematic visual style …

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Some additional details about the future of MTV’s Laguna Beach emerged last month in a piece about MTV’s efforts to focus on fewer series. While the show faced cancellation, it has not been cancelled, at least not as far as MTV is concerned. The network “is moving forward on a new season with an all-new …

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