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?
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I hate it whenever a good family show comes on it is always cancelled because not enough people are watching it and not only that the network doesn’t even have a series finale tying everything up. And what about all the people that do watch and enjoy it? I guess we don’t count,.
I liked Cedar Cove! Looked forward to it! Good Characters! Good story! Wish U could have at least had an ending-conclusion!!
so very disappointed that it wont be retuning.
Very sad. We deserve an ending.
Well Andie McDowell has a new Model series that she is working on. I think they could at least do a special 2 hour movie to finish it up. I have to say the books were much better and this series didn’t follow them. If they had, there would have been many more stories and not the boring on again off again love between Olivia and her boyfriend. It really got tiresome. Some of the acting, esp by the younger girls was horrible. The people who acted the parts did not fit the book at all. Andie was not my… Read more »
I really enjoyed watching this series. Would you please consider doing a final episode (or two) to wrap up the cliffhanger and answer the remaining questions?
I enjoyed watching Cedar Cove, but especially my parents enjoyed it as well. So many people loved watching that show. I would ask that you consider bringing it back on the air. The actors and actresses were wonderful. It was such a clean and wholesome show. Please don’t cancel. Thank you.
This makes me sad, I was so looking forward to a new season. I’ve watched and enjoyed it from the beginning.
Very sad news and very disappointing. Fans are left hanging with lots of questions. Please reconsider or at least do a final episode.
Really sad and very disappointing, sucks how we are left hanging with unanswered questions, no consideration for the fans. At least do final episode.
So sad this is being cancelled. Loved the case, the scenery and the stories.
Very disappointed that the show was cancelled. Always made sure to watch it or DVR it. One of the best things on tv. Also miss the Saturdsy nights for the other series. Sunday is so competitive. . Wrong decision!
Looked forward to seeing it . SAD !
Extremely disappointed Cedar Cove has been cancelled . I am a Hallmark Channel Fan ; however I don’t agree they closed without a series finale. It was a great show; one of my favorites; I will miss it!