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 loved Cedar Cove and had it programmed every week. People get involved with the life of these characters and there should have been a better ending. I was shocked to hear it was cancelled.
I think Hallmark should consider the 1.67 million LOYAL fans for Cedar Cove. Also consider fans like myself who just discovered the show because I live in a rural area and only get Netflix much of the time. I binge watched the show because it was so great. To hear there is no season 4, no closure for the characters fans have come to love is truly an injustice to us as viewers. It makes me want to never trust or invest my time on any Hallmark series again. I’m sure I’m not alone as a fan disillusioned by unanswered… Read more »
Not happy that Hallmark cancelled the Cedar Cove series. I discovered Debbie Macombers’ “Cedar Cove” books by accident, and very glad I did! I was hooked. I could not wait to watch the series. I was surprised how twists and turns came about in the TV series as a little differently as they were written in the book, but I was hooked from the first viewing. To have Cedar Cove cut as short as it was, I am devastated. So many unanswered questions, so many situations that are left incomplete and it is just NOT FAIR!!! Hallmark needs to take… Read more »
So disappointing the show not returning. Unfortunately for people who want to watch a decent show
I just found this show on Netflix during Christmas vacation. I got hooked, have binge watched every day, and now I am about to watch the final episode. Now I find out that I will NEVER know what happens with these characters. Had I known that, I would not have started watching the series. Hallmark, how could you be so disrespectful and dismissive of fans? All you had to do is produce one of your Hallmark movies and make it a finale for the show. I’m very disappointed in you.
I would imagine that viewers got tired of the repeated inaccuracies depicted each episode, from the ridiculous work of the Municipal Court Judge, to a DA always in a Municipal Court (a DA, incidentally, who supposedly moved all the way across the country to “accept” the job?!), to the misleading geographical settings, to the single crab boat apparently working Puget Sound, to the stupid people….
I stumbled upon this series and watched all 3 seasons. I was surprised to hear that there was no season 4.
Yes to a closure episode. Drop Jack,keep the DA as the new love interest, drop Will, expose Moon’s story, keep Warren and his father and all other cast members. Force Olivia to clean up case backlog with night court!
Well I have been waiting and waiting, while watching my two favorite shows, heart of Dixie and cedar cove, thought I’d watch one and while waiting for the next to come on. Well I am going on my second time watching both shows. Decided to go on and see when the show will come on again and oh my I’m so sad.. . I have been waiting so long to find out cedar cove and heart of Dixie will not be making anymore seasons.. these two shows really just make you feel apart of the town’s and the make you… Read more »
I just finished season 3 only to find out that is it, no more. To put it plainly wtf. Gilmore Girls did it’s fan base right as we clamored to know more about the inhabitants of Stars Hollow. I really think a network like the Hallmark channel owes that to the fans who have invested their time in Cedar Cove. Athe least a follow up movie to finish the story lines. OLIVIA SHOULD MARRY THE DA PLEASE.
I started watching this series and really hot hooked. Please have. Season four . Can’t leave us hanging not knowing what happen to the rest if that characters.
No it should not have been canceled! I was enjoying the show a lot and the ending was abruped and left so much unanswered. I am a fan of the cedar cove books by Debbie Maccomber and I was hoping the show would continue same as the books. It’s 2017, and I still miss cedar cove!
Love this show didnt want it to end
I wish the show could have continued. We loved it, my husband and I always watched it together. We were excited to see what happened next. Please bring it back. If not att least a finale shoe or movie.
I absolutely loved Cedar cove. A show I am very disappointed in being cancelled. It was a romantic clean show that I couldn’t wait to see what happened in the next episode. I wish you’d reconsider more seasons.
It was hard enough waiting an entire year between series but then to be left hanging really sucked. Those of us who are fans would have liked the show to go out on a high note. Pretty disappointing.