MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel Zee Café will kick off the teen drama The Orange County (OC) on 30 December 2005 at 9:30 pm.

Zee Café business head Neil Chakravarti said, The content in OC is something that teenagers across the globe can relate to. The trials and tribulations and the ups and downs in their lives is like a page out of the book from any teenagers life across the globe and we strongly feel the show has appeal to teens even in India."

We are looking forward to replicate the success story of the OC in India. It has become a powerful style force, influencing trends in music, fashion and youth culture abroad.

The OC is a drama series set in a rich American suburb. It is the story of the lives of the people who live in The Orange County. In America, when it was first aired it was an instant hit among the youth especially the teenagers to extent that millions of fan clubs, online communities, and discussion forums sprang up overnight.

Zee Cafe says that The OC brigade enjoys a cult following so much as to their real lives also being the hot favourite topic of discussion. Currently the third season of OC is on air internationally and the fans are just multiplying exponentially with each new season and each new episode.

The OC is an idyllic paradise, a wealthy harbor-front community where everything and everyone appears to be perfect. But beneath the surface is a world of shifting loyalties and identities; of kids living secret lives hidden from their parents and of parents living secret lives hidden from their children. Its also the story of Ryan. The story of a troubled teen from the wrong side of the tracks who is thrust into a world of which he could never be a part.

The show stars Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Ben McKenzie, Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Chris Carmack, Melinda Clarke, Rachel Bilson and Alan Dale.