Over the course of three seasons, viewers of theHallmark Channelcame to love “Cedar Cove.”
Although the show bade farewell after two years, it remains beloved by viewers today.
According to afollow-up press releaseissued after the first season had completed its run, the ratings were spectacular.
1 on social media when it came to general entertainment cable TV programming.
Thanks to those ratings, noted the release, a second season had been given the green light.
“TV has gone toward shock value,” she said in an interview withChannel Guide.
“I really feel there is a huge need for just plain good storytelling,” she declared.
“I based it on Port Orchard where I live,” she told theThe Seattle Times.
Some of them have even had the chance to encounter Macomber in her natural habitat.
“Often when they first meet me they are a bit hesitant.
I want my readers to know that I’m friendly,” she said.
“Trust me, I wish I was, too,” she wrote.
That film, he explained, was directed by Jason Connery, son of original James Bond starSean Connery.
“Sean Connery is probably one of my top five all-time favorite movie stars and actors.
And I went, ‘Dad oh, my God!’
And I hovered around, going, ‘Jason, can I say hi to him?'”
Ultimately, the disappointed actor recalled, “I didn’t get to talk to him.”
With “Cedar Cove” shooting in Canada, MacDowell faced a difficult choice.
“I wanted to have that last year with her,” she explained.
“And so I said yes, because they told me to,” MacDowell recalled.
Another big draw, MacDowell toldCape Cod Times, was the inherent positivity she saw emanating from the show.
It’s very wholesome," she shared.
“There’s no profanity.
It’s uplifting, and the fans are super nice and kind.”
The series pilot was shot in and around the B.C.
capital of Victoria, situated on Vancouver Island.
Speaking withAssignment X, “Cedar Cove” star Andie MacDowell gushed about her experience in Victoria.
“Beautiful,” she said of the popular tourist destination.
“It’s not very far away.
So as a crow flies, it’s not very far.”
Production on the rest of the seriestook place on the mainland, in Vancouver, and surrounding areas.
“I’ve been a furniture builder for 20 years,” he said.
“That was too heavy for Hallmark,” Macomber toldThe Seattle Times.
“They are making changes to fit with their format, and I’m fine with that.”
In fact, while many shows revel in edginess, “Cedar Cove” leaned into its inherent purity.
“I mean, what was the last wholesome show out there?”
star Dylan Neal toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
“I think it was ‘Judging Amy’ or ‘Providence,’ and we’re talking 10 years ago.
That’s the last time this key in of show was on the air.”
“We have enough of the other stuff.
We don’t need any more reality TV, women yelling at each other.
I can’t watch that stuff,” MacDowell said.
But there is just nothing wholesome.
And it is nice to be in something wholesome."
And then there’s us," she explained.
She explained how the characters on “Cedar Cove” nudged the Hallmark envelope, if ever so gingerly.
“We push the limits with a bit more humor and adult flavor,” she shared.
He noted that Debbie Macomber’s books are more romantic than they are sexual.
“So there’s a lot of courting and a lot of smooching,” Neal said.
By thesecond season, that had dropped to just under 1.9 million, while thethird seasonaveraged about 1.6 million.
