A former top casting director for the Hallmark Channel filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the company, alleging that she lost her job because of her age and that a programming executive targeted other prominent stars for being “too old” to maintain the company’s image.

Hallmark Media has been accused of age discrimination and fabricating "happy endings" that are "made for TV only."

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,” acco

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."

In the filing, she accuses Hallmark of unceremoniously firing her in April after nine years with the company.

It is the most wonderful time of the year for the Hallmark Channel after their Countdown to Christmas programming began on Oct. 18, but there’s at least one former employee who is alleging that things weren’t so jolly behind the scenes.

An ex-Hallmark Channel honcho gifted the network a fa-la-la-la-lawsuit after the studio left her feeling not so merry. A top executive from the cheerful channel is accused of trying to replace holiday stars like Holly Robinson Peete,