Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Series by the Numbers: ‘Aurora Teagarden,’ ‘Murder, She Baked’ and More

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Danger at every turn! The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel has won over fans with its variety of thrilling franchises over the years — and the list just keeps getting longer.Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Alison Sweeney and Holly Robinson Peete are just some of the names that have earned their own movie series on the network.While the characters and locations are different in each franchise, every mystery film series is packed with adventure, a witty and curious lead and lots of twists and turns.In fact, Sweeney, who first played baker Hannah Swensen in the Murder, She Baked movies, revamped her character for a spinoff franchise that started in August 2021 called the Hannah Swensen Mysteries.

The premise is still based on Joanne Flukes’ books, but the mysteries are even more intense.“I’m so excited to revisit Hannah Swensen and to again work with Cameron [Mathison] and Barbara [Niven] on these fun stories that combine romance with intrigue,” the Days of Our Lives star said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight in May 2021. “The fans have been so vocal in their love of these characters and it’s exciting to be bringing them back to life and to return to Hannah’s bakery where it all began.”Fans met Sweeney’s Hannah in 2015’s Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery.

The amateur sleuth managed to help solve a murder, spark a romance with the town’s new detective, Mike Kingston (Mathison), get caught in a love triangle with dentist Norman Rhodes (Gabriel Hogan) and run her bakery all in one movie.While the series concluded in 2017, the characters all returned in 2021 for the revamped — and continued story line — of the baker who can’t stay out of trouble no matter how hard she tries.Sweeney, who is also