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EXCLUSIVE: After setting the stage with its robust line-up of holiday programming, Great American Family is ready to get into the scripted series business.

EXCLUSIVE: Danica McKellar (A Royal Date for Christmas, Swing Into Romance) and Oliver Rice (Firefly Lane, Magic In Mistletoe) have booked their next flick for Great American Family. The duo will star in A Royal Christmas Ball, with waltzes choreographed by Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko.

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Media has signed Jillian Murray (An Unlikely Angel, A Brush With Christmas, Christmas Keepsake) to a multi-picture, multi-year deal.

Carlos PenaVega and Alexa PenaVega of Spy Kids will headline their first movie for Great American Pure Flix.

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Family is about to drop another installment of its Candace Cameron Bure Presents series. The movie is called Just in Time and stars Broadway’s Laura Osnes, Peter Bryant (Family Law), and Greyston Holt (The Night Agent).

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Media, the faith and family-focused company that launched in 2021 under Bill Abbott, is the latest to get hit with layoffs.

Some of Hallmark Channel’s hottest stars are opening up about Candace Cameron Bure leaving the network to become an executive at Great American Family.

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Media has signed soap star Cameron Mathison to a multi-picture deal over several years.

great.Great American Family CEO Bill Abbott has claimed that while Candace Cameron Bure is a part of the media conglomerate, she does not speak for the entire network. The “Full House” alum, 47, came on as the company’s chief content officer last year after her split from the Hallmark Channel.She then made some comments alluding to the GAF network keeping “traditional marriage at the core” of its original films and forgo LGBTQ romances.

Emily Longeretta Great American Family‘s biggest time of the year is here. The network, run by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott, is leaning in to the holiday season big time, after seeing a year of massive growth. According to the year-over-year data, GAF is up 150% in total viewers in 2023 compared to 2022, and the success can be credited to multiple factors, Abbott tells Variety.

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Media is making a change to its Great American Living cable channel.

EXCLUSIVE: Two years after taking over as CEO of Great American Media, Bill Abbott is ready to talk about what it’s like to run the faith and family-focused company. So far, he’s seeing great progress with Great American Family: though star Candace Cameron Bure stirred up controversy earlier this year by saying how she wants to “keep traditional marriage at the core” on the cable channel, new viewers have continued to find their way there — so much that Nielsen reports that it is the fastest-growing network for the tenth consecutive month (By August, it was up 169 percent in total day household ratings).

EXCLUSIVE: Following the June merger of Great American Media with Sony’s subscription streaming outfit Pure Flix, the combined entity will now be called Great American Pure Flix.

Jodie Sweetin is not happy about where her latest made-for-TV movie will be airing.

Wonya Lucas is stepping away from the Hallmark Channel.

After three years at the helm, Hallmark Media President & CEO Wonya Lucas will exit her current role at the end of year, the company announced Tuesday. Lucas will continue to serve on the Hallmark Media Board of Directors.

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Media will be coming up roses on New Years Day: The network has signed a multi-year pact with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association to become the new cable home for the parade.

Two family-focused media companies are joining forces, with Sony-owned subscription streaming outlet Pure Flix set to merge with cable and FAST programmer Great American Media.

Speaking her truth. Candace Cameron Bure opened up about the challenges of “cancel culture” after sharing her controversial reasoning behind leaving Hallmark Channel for Great American Media. 

EXCLUSIVE: Great American Family has no intention of letting go of Lori Loughlin; the channel just booked the former Full House star in a new Christmas movie for later this year.

Keeping it real! Curious Caterer costars Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker are still team Hallmark after some of the network’s stars moved in 2021 and 2022 to Great American Media.

New year, new Lori! Fall Into Winter marks Lori Loughlin’s TV movie comeback — and her first film as a lead for Great American Family.

Not going anywhere. Lacey Chabert publicly showed her support for Hallmark Channel after Candace Cameron Bure addressed her decision to part ways with the network.

A “tough” situation. Paul Greene and Candace Cameron Bure have starred in several Hallmark movies before each making the move to Great American Family ahead of her controversial remarks about “traditional marriage.”

Different perspectives. Danica McKellar has starred opposite Neal Bledsoe in three movies, but she won’t agree with his decision to stop working with Great American Family after Candace Cameron Bure‘s controversial comments.

Ready to return to Hallmark? After Neal Bledsoe announced his plans to distance himself from Great American Family following Candace Cameron Bure and Bill Abbott’s controversial remarks about portraying “traditional marriage” on the network, several Hallmark Channel stars are showing the actor support.

Staying neutral? Trevor Donovan addressed the controversy sparked by fellow Great American Media star Candace Cameron Bure, who argued that the network will vouch for “traditional marriage.”

Hilarie Burton isn’t backing down from her stance on Candace Cameron Bure!

Standing by her opinion. Hilarie Burton Morgan doubled down on calling Candace Cameron Bure a “bigot” for her “traditional marriage” comments shortly after a shooting took place at an LGBTQIA+ club in Colorado Springs.

Maren Morris has entered the chat!

Candace Cameron Bure is a very angry elf right now…

Voicing their opinions. Candace Cameron Bure is facing backlash for her controversial reasoning behind her decision to leave Hallmark Channel for Great American Media.

Oh, Mylanta! Jodie Sweetin seemingly threw shade at former Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure for joining a network that focuses on “traditional marriage” — and supported pal JoJo Siwa in the process.

, just publicly blasted D.J. Tanner on Twitter for her “Christian values,” and honestly, this burn reads like poetry. Fuller House and said that she moved from doing Hallmark movies to Great American Family’s Great American Christmas (GAC) because, and I quote, “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.” For context, Hallmark now includes same-sex love stories in its programming, and its former CEO, Bill Abbott, is now the CEO in charge of GAC, which doesn’t. Bure also said in the interview, “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core.”Well, Burton decided this was some BS and decided to tell her so.

Not holding back. Hilarie Burton called Candace Cameron Bure a “bigot” after the Full House alum cited respect for “traditional marriage” as one of the reasons she left Hallmark for Great American Family.

Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about her move from Crown Media Family’s Hallmark Channel to Great American Family and reveals if holiday movies will feature gay couples.