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Press Release Preview EDITOR’S NOTE: SPOILER ALERT! For review consideration, please click HERE and then click FULL LENGTH in the top navigation tab for online viewing of episode 1003 airing Saturday, August 10. TWITTER: @HallmarkChannel, @CedarCoveTV, #CedarCoveTV, @AndieMacDowell3, @DylanNealStudio, @TerylRothery, @BoxleitnerBruce, @BarbaraNiven, @SarahSmyth24, @AtleastLevesque, @matreyafedor, @BrendanKJMeyer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2013 Contact: Pam Slay, 818.755.2480 [email protected] Fowzia Iranpur, 818.755.2614 [email protected] HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL PRIMETIME SERIES ‘DEBBIE MACOMBER’S CEDAR COVE’ Episode #1003 - Saturday, August 10 (8 pm ET/PT, 7C) THE CEDAR COVE COMMUNITY IS SHAKEN BY THE DEATH OF A STRANGER AT THE THYME AND TIDE INN AS ERIC’S (GUEST STAR TOM STEVENS) TROUBLED BEHAVIOR STARTS TO WEIGH ON OLIVIA (ANDIE MACDOWELL) AND JACK’S (DYLAN NEAL) RELATIONSHIP In Suspicious Minds, a bloodied and quiet man arrives to the Thyme and Tide in the middle of the night asking for a room, inexplicably missing all of his belongings. Sensing trouble, Bob and Peggy (Bruce Boxleitner and Barbara Niven) reluctantly let him stay, promising to work out the details later. But when he is found mysteriously dead in his room the next morning, the Beldons are stunned and upset and the Cedar Cove gossip mill begins buzzing with the news. As Sheriff Troy Davis (Garry Chalk) leads the investigation, Jack (Dylan Neal) is quick to begin covering the story for the Chronicle—even in the midst of rising tensions between him and Olivia (Andie MacDowell) about Eric’s (guest star Tom Stevens) bad attitude. Meanwhile, at Cedar Cove’s annual Art Walk, Justine (Sarah Smyth) is on the verge of a new career when she receives a prominent booth to display her work and is stunned when her dad Stan (Andrew Airlie) shows up to support her, invoking unresolved feelings. Also starring: Paula Shaw (“Charlotte”), Teryl Rothery (“Grace”), Corey Sevier (“Seth”), Brennan Elliott (“Warren Saget”), Elyse Levesque (“Maryellen”), Timothy Webber (“Moon”), Kendall Cross (“Rosie Westen”), Matreya Fedor (“Allison Westen”) and Brendan Meyer (“Anson”). Guest Starring: Charlie Carrick (“John Bowman”). “Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove” is a 16 Lighthouse Road Production. Executive Producers are Ron French, Carl Binder, Dan Wigutow, Caroline Moore, Harvey Kahn, Andie MacDowell, Debbie Macomber and Michael M. Scott. Co-Executive Producers are Stephen Harmaty and Bruce Graham and Produced by Connie Dolphin. Written by Eric Tuchman, Directed by Michael M. Scott and based on Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series. Carl Binder is the show runner for the series. Hallmark Channel on Social Media: Facebook, Twitter (Join the conversation at #HeartofTV), Pinterest, GetGlue, YouTube --HALLMARK CHANNEL-- ABOUT HALLMARK CHANNEL Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 86 million subscribers. Hallmark Channel is the nation’s leading destination for quality family programming with an ambitious slate of TV movies; original scripted series, including Cedar Cove, When Calls the Heart, and Signed, Sealed, Delivered; specials such as Kitten Bowl; as well as some of television’s most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, and Frasier. The channel is also home to Daytime Emmy-nominated lifestyle program, Home & Family, a daily two-hour live show shot in a fully functional house located on the Universal Studios lot. Hallmark Channel's sibling network, Hallmark Movie Channel, available in HD and SD, focuses on family-friendly movies with a mix of original films, classic theatrical releases, and presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library. For more information, please visit www.crownmediapress.com Hallmark Channel on Social Media: Facebook, Twitter (Join the conversation at #HeartofTV), Pinterest, GetGlue, YouTube ###.
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