GOWN AND OUT: Andie MacDowell stars as a small-town judge in “Cedar Cove,” based on Debbie Macomber’s best-selling novels. Eike Schroter There are about 16 people in the mythical Puget Sound town of ...

Cedar Cove was Hallmark Channel’s first original scripted series. The show was based on a series of novels by Debbie Macomber and focused on the life of Lockhart (MacDowell) and other members of a ...

Hallmark Channel’s journey from original movies to TV shows began in 2013. When looking for inspiration for a new television drama, producers turned to the literary world for help. Cedar Cove was the ...

Port Orchard’s Debbie Macomber, author of dozens of novels with 170 million copies of her books in print, dreams big. A few years ago she wrote down what she calls her list of five outrageous goals: 1 ...

More than perhaps any other cable network, Hallmark Channel knows its brand. Buoyed by the respected Hallmark Hall of Fame movie series, Hallmark has established itself as a home for comforting, ...

The latest network to enlist big-screen talent and muscle its way into the original scripted-series business, Hallmark Channel premieres on Saturday its adaptation of Debbie Macomber’s bestselling ...

The Andie MacDowell starrer marks the network's first original primetime scripted drama. By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast Hallmark Channel is one-for-one with original primetime ...

You may be missing out on one of the best, light hearted, romantic and character-driven shows on television. Based on the writings of Debbie Macomber, "Cedar Cove" is the first original primetime ...

Hallmark Channel's first series has all the heft of an old Pepperidge Farm commercial Adapted from Macomber’s novels (which have already provided the foundation for three successful Hallmark movies), ...