Chesapeake Shores

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Chesapeake Shores
Chesapeake shores title card.png
Genre Drama
Based onbook series
by Sherryl Woods
Developed by John Tinker
Nancey Silvers
Starring
Opening theme"Coming Home Soon" by Adam Woodall Band
"Home" by Daughtry
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes55 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMatt Spark
Production locations Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Camera setup Multiple-camera
Running time48–96 minutes
Production companies
  • Chesapeake Shores Productions Inc. (S1-S5)
  • Daniel L. Paulson Entertainment
Original release
Network Hallmark Channel
ReleaseAugust 14, 2016 (2016-08-14) 
October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)

Chesapeake Shores is a romantic television series, based on the novel series of the same name by Sherryl Woods, produced by Chesapeake Shores Productions Inc in association with Borderline Distribution. The series had a two-hour premiere on the Hallmark Channel on August 14, 2016. [1] Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Barbara Niven, Laci J. Mailey, Emilie Ullerup, Brendan Penny, Andrew Francis, Diane Ladd and Treat Williams star in the series. John Tinker was showrunner and executive producer [2] for the first two seasons. Phoef Sutton became the showrunner and principal writer for season five. [3]

Contents

In March 2021, it was announced that Metcalfe would be exiting the series. His character's storyline concluded early in the fifth season. [4] Actor Robert Buckley joined the main cast in season five. The show's fifth season aired from August 15 to October 17, 2021. [5] The series' sixth and final season premiered on August 14, 2022, with the series finale airing on October 16, 2022.

Synopsis

Abby O'Brien Winters returns from New York to her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, after receiving a panicked phone call from her youngest sister Jess, who is renovating the Inn at Eagle Point. Abby's demanding career, divorce, and young daughters have kept her too busy to even think about the town her father built. Saving her sister's inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her fractured family but also with Trace Riley, her first love whom she abruptly left sixteen years ago. He initially is an obstacle but becomes an unexpected ally and a second chance at finding love. The troubled family dynamic is intensified when Abby's estranged mother comes back to town.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 9August 14, 2016 (2016-08-14)October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)
2 10August 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)
3 10August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05)October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)
4 6August 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)
5 10August 15, 2021 (2021-08-15)October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)
6 10August 14, 2022 (2022-08-14)October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

Chesapeake Shores is filmed on Vancouver Island's Qualicum Beach and its neighboring town of Parksville, British Columbia. The first season was filmed there from May through July 2016. [7]

In addition to playing the character Trace, Jesse Metcalfe performs some of the songs used in the series' episodes. A songwriter for more than a decade, Metcalfe also composed two of the songs himself. [8]

Production for the second season started in spring 2017. [9] It premiered on August 6, 2017. [10] [11] On January 13, 2018, Hallmark announced that the show was renewed for a 10-episode third season, which premiered on August 5, 2018. [12] [13]

At the Television Critics Association winter press tour in February 2019, it was announced that the series would return for a fourth summer season, consisting of only six episodes; a spinoff television film was simultaneously announced. [14] The fourth season premiered on August 25, 2019.

On February 28, 2020, it was announced that the series would return for a fifth season. [15] Season five premiered on August 15, 2021.

On March 29, 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a sixth and final season, expected to premiere in its usual August slot. [16]

Broadcast

The series premiered on the Hallmark Channel on August 14, 2016. It premiered on Canada's W Network on August 25, 2016. [17]

Netflix holds the international streaming rights to Chesapeake Shores and releases episodes on a weekly basis. [18] Sony Pictures Television handles the show's international rights.

As of 2023, all episodes of Chesapeake Shores are available to stream on Peacock.

Reception

Critical reception

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times said Chesapeake Shores is "as well scrubbed and predictable as they come — in other words, perfectly suited to Hallmark's target audience." He added, "fans of [Sherryl Woods's series of novels], at least, will probably enjoy seeing this annoyingly pristine world brought to life." [19]

Gwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club gave the two-hour series premiere a B grade, praising the "ethereally gorgeous" Meghan Ory and the "acting powerhouses" of Treat Williams and Diane Ladd. She added that they "may make the show worth watching, and the giddy chemistry of the romantic leads certainly doesn't hurt." [20]

Viewership

Chesapeake Shores' two-hour premiere on Sunday, August 14, 2016, was seen by 1.942 million viewers. Its largest ratings demographic were people over the age of 50, with a 1.42 share, followed by a 0.45 share among women aged 18 to 49. [21] Over the course of the first season, the series was Hallmark's "most-watched in the network's history" by women and adults in the 25–54 age demographic in its live plus three days (L+3) of DVR viewing, leading to its second-season renewal. [9]

Notes

  1. For Season 5, Metcalfe is only credited as a series regular for the first two episodes.

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