Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” according to a lawsuit filed against the network this

A new lawsuit filed by a former Hallmark casting director alleges that the company wanted to move on from actresses like Lacey Chabert and Holly Robinson Peete, claiming they were "getting too old."

"Lacey and Holly have a home at Hallmark," the network tells EW in a response to the suit. A former Hallmark casting director has alleged in a new lawsuit that a network executive once advocated for the replacement of "old talent" like 42-year-old Lacey Chabert and Holly Robinson-Peete,