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 was looking forward to another season of Cedar Cove. So sorry to just find out about this. You could have at least given us a heads up with a happy ending.
I don’t luke a season ending with so many stories left up in the air. There should be some sort of conclusion.
Sorry to hear Cedar Cove will not be returning. It was a great show with great cast. It would be nice to have a final 2 hour program to end it, but it would be better to bring it back for a 4th season. So sad.
We loved this show. So disappointed it won’t be back. Please air season 4.
The problem I believe is that the episodes were aired during the summer when most people are outside enjoying the weather or on vacation. Also hallmark waits to long between the end of one season and the beginning of the next season. The same issue applies to all of their series such as the good witch, when calls the heart and by moving series to their other movies and mysteries channel which many families don’t subscribe to because of the high cost of the cable upgrade.
So sorry u cancelled Cade’s Cove….would have been nice to have had some relationships resolved….@ to have ended without a lot of questions.
Loved Cedar Cove – disappointed it has been cancelled
So disappointed in your decision. Please, please reconsider. I loved this series and would love to see another series.
We really loved the show! Sad it’s not there any more.
So disappointed to read that Cedar Cove will not be returning! I wish Hallmark would reconsider this decision!! It would be nice to it wrapped up!
I just read this news today. Sad to see it. This was a beautiful show that I could actually watch with family. So few such shows are on these days. I really thought this would last a long time. So much could be done with the characters and plots, but at least wrapping up the current stories would be a more acceptable ending.
I’m so sad it’s not coming back!!!! I was so looking forward to the new season 4 . So, so sad!!! I loved that show!!!!
For a long time Uverse did not carry Hallmark Channel. My friend has DirecTV. She would record them and we had “girls pizza and Cedar Cove nights”. Even when Uverse got Hallmark back, we continued with our Cedar Cove nights. We have both been looking forward to season 4 and just found out today it was cancelled. HALLMARK…AT LEAST GIVE US A 2 HOUR MOVIE TO RESOLVE THE LOOSE ENDS!!!
I loved the Cedar Cove series! The characters were well fleshed out and true to Ms. mc comers style. Please bring it back if at all possible!
This is so disappointing it was a wonderful shows that I enjoyed very much I will miss it and I’m very disappointed in hallmark