Why Did Sally Leave Aurora Teagarden
Why Did Sally Leave Aurora Teagarden?
Hallmark’s Aurora Teagarden series is now in its 19th installment – but for the first time without original lead actress Candace Cameron Bure. She left in April 2022 to join rival GAC Family.
The network greenlit a prequel series starring Skyler Samuels as a younger Aurora Teagarden, with Evan Roderick playing Arthur Smith (played by Peter Benson in the series). Marilu Henner will reprise her role as Aurora’s mother, Aida.
She has a baby
Candace Cameron Bure was the original Aurora Teagarden, the protagonist of the Aurora Teagarden mystery series, based on Charlaine Harris novels. She starred in 18 Aurora Teagarden films for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries from April 2015 through February 2022.
She left the series in 2022 to sign a deal with GAC Media, which owns cable networks Great American Family and Great American Living. This deal will see Bure develop, produce and star in programming across the network’s platforms.
Previously, she was one of Hallmark Channel’s most popular faces and the network was known for its Countdown to Christmas content. Her departure was a huge blow to the franchise and the cast.
But now, she’s returning to the Aurora Teagarden movies in a prequel film. It will feature actress Skyler Samuels replacing Bure in the role of Aurora, and she’ll be joined by Marilu Henner who starred as Aurora’s mom Aida Teagarden. The movie, called Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New, will air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in 2023.
She has a job
When Aurora Teagarden returns home after graduation, she finds her mother Aida struggling to make her new real estate business work. When a body turns up in one of her listings, she recruits her friends from the Real Murders Club to help her with the case.
However, when she meets Martin Bartell (Yannick Bisson), she finds herself smitten. When a second body shows up, she realizes that it’s not just a case of property theft.
She also starts to wonder if Martin is guilty of killing his girlfriend Celia Shaw. After all, she and Martin were once lovers and they have a lot of things in common.
Lexa Doig portrayed Sally Allison in several of the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, but she left the series in 2017 to focus on E! drama The Arrangement. She subsequently returned to the show in 2018.
She has a boyfriend
As a librarian, Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) is an avid true crime buff. Her hobby group, “Real Murders,” meets monthly in Lawrenceton to analyze famous murder cases.
In the first movie of the series, A Game of Cat and Mouse, a dangerous person is taunting Aurora with clues left at crime scenes targeting her mother (Marilu Henner), best friend Sally (Lexa Doig), and cousin Phillip (Dylan Sloane). She doesn’t want to get involved with the case, but she can’t help but be drawn into it.
Despite the threat of death, Aurora and Martin (Niall Matter) fall in love and begin dating. However, they’re warned to stay away from each other by their families and friends.
But when Sally’s fiance doesn’t show up at their wedding rehearsal, Maid of Honor Aurora gets Arthur (Evan Roderick) to help her track him down. Meanwhile, a body is found and the locals suspect Sally’s fiance of the crime.
She has a family
Aurora Teagarden is a fan of true crime, and she often seeks out crime cases in her small town of Lawrencetown, Georgia. She’s also a member of the Real Murders Club, a group of amateur detectives who investigate crimes and share their experiences with each other.
Bure starred as Aurora Teagarden in 18 movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, from April 2015 through February 2022. But now, the franchise is being rebooted without her.
This time, Skyler Samuels (Scream Queens) will take over the role in a new prequel movie. She’s joined by Evan Roderick (Arrow) as a younger Arthur Smith, and Marilu Henner is reprising her role as Aurora’s mother, Aida.
Fans will see a different version of the character in three new movies, including A Game Of Cat And Mouse, An Inheritance To Die For, and A Very Foul Play. The first of the films involves a mystery surrounding an inherited estate from a former member of the Real Murders Club. The second is a case that has her best friend’s family poisoned at a wedding. And the third features a murder that happens on stage during a performance.
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