Celebrity · Posted 11 minutes ago Candace Cameron Bure Defended Her Decision To Leave Hallmark "I'm very proud of the work I did at Hallmark for 15 years and love all my friends there." by Mychal Thompson BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Candace Cameron Bure is defending her decision to leave The Hallmark Channel two years after she switched to the Great American Family Channel. Vivien Killilea / Getty Images for Lionsgate The former Full House and Fuller House star has acted in over two dozen Hallmark Channel movies, and she was known for her Christmas movies and her role as Aurora Teagarden for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
From Moonlight & Mistletoe (2008) to The Christmas Closet (2021) , Candace was more or less the face of Hallmark. Ricardo Hubbs / ©Hallmark Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection But, in 2022, Candace left Hallmark to take an executive role as chief content officer at Great American Family. Candace told the Wall Street Journal , "I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core.
I knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment." Jason Kempin / Getty Images For context, Great American Family, formerly known as Great American Country network, is owned by Bill Abbott, the former CEO of Hallmark's parent company, Crown Media. He left the company in 2020 after backlash for removing a Zola commercial .
