Hallmark Channel said it will bring back its original drama series The Way Home, starring Andie MacDowell, for a second season.

The series follows three generations of estranged women brought together to find their footing as they embark on an enlightening and surprising journey that none of them could have imagined, the network said. 

The Way Home launched in January and has ranked as the top program on Sundays among total viewers and women 18-54, according to Nielsen figures provided by Hallmark.

“The press and our audience have enthusiastically embraced The Way Home from the first episode, making the decision to renew the series an easy one,” Hallmark Media executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to be able to continue the journey of the Landry family and can’t wait for fans to see what’s next.”

Along with MacDowell, the series stars Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Alex Hook, Al Mukadam, Jefferson Brown and David Webster. 

The Way Home renewal comes on the heels of last month's renewal of Hallmark drama series When Calls The Heart for an 11th season. 

The Way Home is executive produced by MacDowell and Leigh along with Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, Fernando Szew, Hannah Pillemer, Larry Grimaldi, Ani Kevork, Arnie Zipursky, Marly Reed, Suzanne Berger and Lauren MacKinlay. ■ 

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Pasadena, Calif. -- Hallmark Channel will tap actress/singer Mariah Carey and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt to direct and executively produce three original movies each, network officials said Friday during the Television Critics Tour.

The network also said it has greenlit a new original series Darrow & Darrow, starring Kimberly Williams Paisley and executively produced by Boston Legal’s Phoef Sutton.

In addition, actress Kristin Davis will executive produce and star in the Hallmark Channel original movie, Wild At Heart, which will be shot on location in Kenya and will be based on Davis’ own philanthropic efforts to stop poaching and rescue the orphans of slain elephants, said network officials.

Cedar Cove star Andie MacDowell will also star and executive produce The Beach House, an original movie based on Mary Alice Monroe’s beloved novel which explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters, said network officials.

Colin Ferguson has joined the third-season cast of Hallmark Channel's initial original series, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove.

Feguson (Eureka, The Vampire Diaries) has been cast in a recurring role of district attorney Paul Watson, when Cedar Cove, starring Andie McDowell and Dylan Neal, returns with a two-hour season premiere in July.

In the upcoming season, Ferguson's Watson wastes little time getting to know Judge Olivia Lockhart (McDowell), which stirs things up inside and outside the legal docket. As Olivia’s romance with newspaper editor Jack (Neal) hangs in the balance following a shocking discovery, Olivia, along with her family and friends, will find her small town is bursting with more drama than ever.

“Colin Ferguson is an exceptional new addition to our extraordinary Cedar Cove family, with his proven talent in series television and his electric, playful onscreen charisma,” said Michelle Vicary, executive vice president of programming and publicity, Crown Media Family Networks. “Colin’s character will surprise and delight viewers by adding an unexpected, but very fun, new dynamic to the emotional relationships and riveting storylines in Cedar Cove.”