Fans won’t be seeing what happens to Olivia Lockhart in a fourth season of Cedar Cove. Hallmark Channel has cancelled their first scripted TV show after three seasons and 36 episodes.
Cedar Cove revolves around Olive (Andie MacDowell), a single mother from a small seaside community who’s also a municipal court judge. Olivia does her best to balance her career with family and finding love — all the while doing her best to care for the township she calls home. The rest of the cast includes Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, Sarah Smyth, Colin Ferguson, Bruce Boxleitner, Barbara Niven, Brennan Elliot, Corey Sevier, Sebastian Spence, Tom Stevens, Jesse Hutch, Jesse Moss, Emily Tennant, and Timothy Webber.
Hallmark’s first scripted TV series debuted in July 2013 to 2.62 million viewers. Though the TV show lasted three seasons, the ratings dropped each year. The first season of Cedar Cove averaged about two million viewers. The second season averaged 1.87 million and the third season averaged 1.67 million.
The cable channel announced the cancellation on their Facebook page. Here’s the statement:
Cedar Cove was the first series launched on Hallmark Channel, and we are incredibly proud of the exquisitely beautiful three season arc it delivered. It was an honor to bring to life the kindness, consideration and courage of this story that Debbie Macomber envisioned. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the extraordinary cast, writers, artists and designers — especially Andie MacDowell, executive producer and show runner Sue Tenney, and of course, Debbie Macomber. It is a privilege to continue a creative working relationship with the incredible talents associated with this series — both in front of and behind the camera – for upcoming projects on Hallmark Channel USA and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
That was followed up by:
While Cedar Cove won’t be returning for Season 4, our beloved #CedarCove cast are all still part of the family! You’ll see Andie MacDowell produce & star in “The Beach House” based on the novel by Mary Alice Monroe. “Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow” premieres 12/12 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. You’ll see Barbara Niven star with Alison Sweeney in the next installment of #MurderSheBaked: A Plum Pudding Mystery” premiering 11/22 also on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. And you’ll see Brennan Elliott star with Mariah Carey & Lacey Chabert in the premiere of #AChristmasMelody Dec 19th on Hallmark Channel USA!
The last episode of Cedar Cove aired on September 26th and ended with lots of unanswered questions.
What do you think? Do you like the Cedar Cove TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Would you like to see the characters return someday?
I would love to see Cedar Cove return for season 4. It seems a shame that with such great performances and all the hard work the cast put into it the story was left incomplete.
We just finished watching all episodes of Cedar Cove. My husband and I love this show!! We were crushed to see there were no more episodes. Please, please bring it back!!
I LOVE Cedar Cove and am so disappointed it ended… It was so clean and just a great series. I would love to see it make a come back!!
Bring it back. We need to know what happens to all these characters.
Saw on Netflix and hope for more sessions. My husband even watched this with me.
We miss Cedar Cove a lot. Please consider bringing it back. It is very difficult, these days, to find go TV shows with family oriented content. Besides, there was no closure.
Just watched on Netflix. Could they at least do a movie to tie up all the storylines? Really wanted to see Warren go to jail and have that smug look wiped off his face along with some happy endings.
Mystery of how Moon had money no one knew about is still out there.
It was nice to finally have another show that was NOT reality or garbage. Seems those are always the ones they take away. Very sad. Shame on you Hallmark for not keeping it around.
This was one of my favorite shows. No one makes these family-based down home shows anymore. Would love to see this come back for season 4 or more if anything maybe some follow-up movies.
I miss Cedar Cove very much. It was an excellent show. So glad I bought all the seasons. Ending so abruptly makes me think there was more than falling ratings. Would love to see it come back.
This sucks. You get a show you love and poof it is gone. Shame on you Hallmark
I just watched Cedar Cove on Netflix, and of course I had to see when season four was coming out! I am so disappointed, that it was left hanging. Great show!
Saw the series on Netflix. Had hoped to become a Hallmark Tv fan.
I absolutely fell in love with Cedar Cove. It saddens me to hear that there won’t be a season four. I hope Hallmark will wake up and allow more seasons or at least a four , clarification is needed!
I found Cedar Cove on Netflix also and love it! I was a Debbie Macomber fan already and enjoyed watching her series. I hate it that everything is left hanging on the show-I would love to see it continued-maybe on another channel.