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?
This was such a good series and I’m disappointed that I didn’t find it earlier. It’s upsetting that there won’t be a fourth season. Even a finale movie would be a good idea to complete each story line.
I am real disappointed that they left the ending like this and canceled the show. It was good n needs to continue!
I’m really disappointed ☹️ I was looking forward to its return. Waiting a long time
Cedar Cove was a wonderful show. Bring it back. Five years later and the fans can’t get enough.
Cedar Cove was wonderful. Please bring it back.
We thoroughly enjoyed watching all three seasons of Cedar Cove and would definitely like to see it continued for many more seasons. Season 3 ended with a “cliff hanger” and we wanted to know what Olivia said to Paul. We also wanted to know what happened to some of the other story lines/characters on the show. Please bring it back.
I was pretty upset for see the show was canceled I wish it would come back so does my wife.
I absolutely LOVED Cedar Cove and I was so disappointed that it was canceled. Especially since the ending of season three left so much unanswered! I wish they would make at least one more season to wrap things up and give us a proper ending. I think this show had the perfect cast that just meshed. Love love love.
I gotta agree with these posts. During this time of covid, we need uplifting stories about small towns that work. Like another reviewer, I also was pulled into The Good Witch (not quite finished with that series), but kept seeing Cedar Cove pop up on Netflix. I binge-watched it hoping that the end of season 3 would at least tie things up since I saw that it ended in 2015. Unfortunately, nope. Very unsatisfying. I got very invested in the characters and watching the series has just made life a little more “okay” right now. Very sad.
It’s incredibly disappointing that this show was cancelled after only 3 seasons. I can’t imagine why anyone would cancel it. There should have been a season 4. It was a wonderful series and my daughter and I have loved watching it together ❤️. We loved everything about it from the amazing cast, location, and story plot.
I just finished the series. I want a 4th season to continue. Leaving us all in a cliff hanger.
Cedar Cove was fun. I could watch it with my five year old. You should sell it to Netflix for a 4th season.
What a lovely story Due to Covid ordered hallmark channel enjoyed Good Witch so much tried Cedar Cove and loved it
What a disappointing ending
Hallmark, please reconsider bringing back Cedar Cove, Season Four. As you can see from the many comments, I am not alone. Although you did not follow the storyline of Debbie Macomber’s books, it was a ‘feel good’ story and in today’s climate we need more of the same.
Very upsetting that this show only had 3 seasons. I was enjoying it so much. I recently started watching and I just loved it . When I got the the end of season 3 I could not believe that this series did not continue. So disappointing. This show should be brought back