| Season Number: | 4 |
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| Network: | The CW |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Episode List: | List of Hart of Dixie episodes |
The fourth and final season of Hart of Dixie an American comedy-drama television series, originally aired in the United States on The CW from December 15, 2014 through March 27, 2015, with a total of 10 episodes. Hart of Dixie was cancelled after four seasons on May 7, 2015.
The final season deals with Zoe's pregnancy and her relationship with Wade. George, Lemon, Lavon and Annabeth enter a tumultuous love affair while Brick has to deal with his past in order to move forward.
Erica Piccininni was cast as the new firefighter and love interest for Brandi Burkhardt's character, Crickett Watts. Dawson's Creek star Meredith Monroe was cast as Lemon's estranged mother, Alice Kincaid and Talitha Bateman was cast as her daughter, Scarlett Kincaid.[1]
The third season saw the series begin a ratings decline, averaging a .6 in the 18-to-49 demo and 1.6 million viewers. Ratings rose in the fourth season, but was not enough to sustain a renewal.[2]
Series creator Leila Gerstein later hinted to fans via Twitter that the series was unlikely to return for a fifth season, and the final episode of the season had the definite feel of being a series finale.[3]
On the 29th of July, 2015, Rachel Bilson put to rest the rumours surrounding the cancellation of the series once and for all via her Instagram account.[4]
Season four of Hart of Dixie premiered on The CW in the United States on December 15, 2014.[5] The series moved to Fridays regular timeslot starting with the second episode.[5] The CW's president said in January 2015, It is "not necessarily" Hart of Dixies final season, Pedowitz said. With only the second episode of the current season airing this Friday, "We have to see the ratings." As for this season's last episode, he said, "If [''Dixie''] ends, it's a great series finale. And if it doesn't end, it's a great season finale."[6]
The season premiere was up from the previous season with 1.22 million people tuning in. The first episode had a 0.4 rating share for adults 18-49.[7]
The series finale saw the highest ratings of the series since season two's episode 17 episode that aired in 2013. The series finale had 1.33 million people tune in with and audience share of 0.4 for adults 18-49.[8]
Hart of Dixie: The Fourth and Final Season was released on DVD in the U.S. on October 27, 2015. The 2 disc set includes all 10 episodes from the fourth and final season and various language and subtitle options.[9]
| The Fourth and Final Season | |||||
| Set details | Special features | ||||
| No special features | ||||
| Release Dates | |||||
| October 13, 2015 | October 12, 2015[10] | October 14, 2015[11] | |||