Everwood Season 5: Why The Show Was Canceled

Everwood season 5 could’ve resolved several storylines, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen – not because it wasn’t popular, but because of other circumstances. Long before Greg Berlanti co-created the Arrowverse and launched TV’s most successful superhero franchise, he spent years producing and writing for several network dramas, the first of which was Dawson’s Creek. Shortly afterward, he created his first show for The WB: Everwood, starring Treat Williams and Gregory Smith as father and son, Andy and Ephram Brown, respectively.

Everwood ran for four seasons and primarily followed the Brown family as they adjusted to life in Everwood, Colorado, where they moved to after Andy’s wife, and Ephram and Delia’s mother, passed away. Though they had many ups and downs, the Browns all found some sort of happiness by the end of the series; Nina accepted Andy’s engagement proposal and Ephram and Amy rekindled their romantic relationship after a long time. Everyone else got a form of closure as well, such as Hannah and Bright choosing to remain friends. There could’ve been more if season 5 happened, but the network had other priorities.

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Everwood season 5 was canceled primarily due to the WB and UPN merger, which formed The CW in 2006. When the network’s executives were looking at the schedule for the fall season, including the night that Everwood would air on, they had room for one returning drama – Everwood or 7th Heaven – and one new one, Runaway. The CW decided to go with 7th Heaven, and they didn’t keep Everwood because they didn’t want all returning dramas (via TV Guide). Runaway had potential but was ultimately canceled after just three episodes.

Everwood season 4 ended with the episode “Foreverwood”, which was originally envisioned as a season finale but doubled as a series finale. This was done because the producers were unsure if Everwood season 5 would happen or not – it ultimately didn’t, but not because the show wasn’t drawing in viewers. Everwood‘s series finale pulled in over 4 million viewers, which made it one of the network’s top shows, even with big hitters like Smallville, Supernatural, and 7th Heaven. Given that Runaway, the show that really replaced Everwood, barely ran for a month, the season 5 cancellation stings even more for devoted fans.

Interestingly, there were talks recently about a possible Everwood revival. If that were to happen, fans could finally see what happened to everyone and where they ended up in life. It could go the way of Gilmore Girls‘ brief revival on Netflix and peek in on the characters’ lives over the course of a year or so. Whether an Everwood revival really does come to fruition remains to be seen, but it would be an intriguing way to cap off the storyline that abruptly ended with season 4.

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