What about a Pop Tart in the dryer?

From The Salon article about The OC finale: every scene with [Mischa Barton] in it had a way of reminding you that you had a Pop Tart in the toaster or laundry in the dryer.\
I have absolutely no idea what this means, but I kind of love it anyway. Mischa has been soooo bad on this show, it makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a spork. (Thankfully I stopped watching a long while ago, so no sporking needed.) What I really want to know is, what happened to the wonderful young actress first noticed on Once & Again?\
Here is a blurb about The CW from some tv critic: the combination alone of Veronica Mars, Smallville, Gilmore Girls and Supernatural guarantee the single best network schedule since the amazing, never-to-be-equaled, 2000-01 WB season that included Buffy, Angel, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Gilmore Girls, Roswell, Popular and Charmed… (emphasis all mine)\
I guess I don’t have to be that embarrassed to watch The CW then! Though, to keep my cool points from totally plummeting, I must say that HBO is the second-most watched network in my house. Well, not counting Nick, Jr. 🙂