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Chesapeake Shores

★ 7.5 11K votes 2016–2022 6 seasons · 55 episodes Ended Hallmark Channel
Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 9/10CozyGentle, low-stakes comfort you can safely relax into.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 8/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Meghan OryBarbara NivenLaci J MaileyEmilie UllerupBrendan PennyAndrew Francis
Written by
Nancey SilversJohn Tinker
Starring
Meghan OryBarbara NivenLaci J MaileyEmilie UllerupBrendan PennyAndrew Francis
Written by
Nancey SilversJohn Tinker
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About

"Small-town comfort food dressed as prestige drama"

Chesapeake Shores follows Abby O'Brien, a driven career woman who returns to her tight-knit hometown on the Chesapeake Bay after years away, only to get pulled back into her big, messy family's lives, old romances, and small-town politics. The show is warm, unhurried, and unapologetically sentimental, built around cozy coastal scenery, family dinners, and slow-burn relationships rather than tension or twists. It rewards viewers who enjoy gentle melodrama and found-family comfort viewing, with each season adding new relationship drama among siblings and parents without ever turning dark or cynical.

Watch it for

the cozy, sun-drenched small-town atmosphere and a large, likable ensemble family.

Maybe skip if

you find gentle, low-stakes melodrama and slow romantic pacing tedious.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12016
7.83K96h 55m
Season 22017
7.92K107h 4m
In season two, Abby O'Brien adjusts to life back in her hometown, balancing a budding relationship with her former high school sweetheart, working for a firm that does business with her uncompromising father Mick and raising two young daughters.
Season 32018
8.02K107h 26m
Season 42019
8.294464h 20m
Season 52021
8.11K102h 8m
Season 62022
8.51K103h 32m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Meghan Ory Abby O'Brien-Winters
Barbara Niven Megan O'Brien
Laci J Mailey Jess O'Brien
Emilie Ullerup Bree O'Brien
Brendan Penny Kevin O'Brien
Andrew Francis Connor O'Brien
Treat Williams Mick O'Brien
Diane Ladd Nell O'Brien
Abbie Magnuson Caitlyn Winters
Kayden Magnuson Carrie Winters

Crew

Nancey Silvers
John Tinker

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