The move comes a week before the family-friendly company’s annual upfront event.
A day after Lori Loughlin was arrested and charged in connection with an extensive nationwide college admissions cheating scandal, Hallmark Channel has fired the actress.
Crown Media Family Networks, whose Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries networks have enjoyed a longtime partnership with Loughlin, said today it cut ties with the actress. Loughlin starred in the Hallmark drama When Calls the Heart, which is currently airing Season 6, the Garage Sale Mysteries movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and several Hallmark Christmas movies, including 2018’s Homegrown Christmas.
“We are saddened by the recent news surrounding the college admissions allegations,” the company said in a statement. “We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Networks channels involving Lori Loughlin including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third party production.
