The CW teen drama originally premiered in 2003 and ran for nine seasons.
The show ended in 2012, but some of the main cast departed well before the final season.
The following year saw Lenz star in three different Hallmark projects.
Burton soon revealedthe real reason she left the CW drama: The experience was making her miserable.
Thankfully, her decision ultimately led her to other projects, including several on the Hallmark Channel.
Three years later, Burton was Hallmark’s lead again in “Surprised by Love.”
The movie follows Josie, a businesswoman who tries to get her parents to approve of her boyfriend.
Despite her success on the data pipe,Burton ultimately left the Hallmark Channel.
I was polite, direct, and professional."
Upon reviewing her requests, none were accepted by Hallmark’s executives.
After Burton was given the ultimatum, she decided it would be best to quit the channel for good.
However, before Season 7,Murray left the showalongside his on-screen partner, Hilarie Burton.
Unlike Burton, he briefly reprised his role for the series' final season.
That same year, Murray headlined his very first Hallmark Christmas movie, “Road to Christmas.”
In 2020, he portrayed a Brett once again, this time around in “Love in Winterland.”
He is Ally’s (Italia Ricci) high school boyfriend, whom she never really forgot about.
Murray’s last Hallmark appearance was in “Sand Dollar Cove,” a visually enchanting 2021 comedy drama.
DeVitto’s first appearance on the internet was in the 2014 movie “Best Christmas Party Ever.”
Four years later, DeVitto starred in “Write Before Christmas” with Chad Michael Murray.
In 2021, DeVitto went to work on another Hallmark holiday movie, “The Christmas Promise.”
She texts her fiance’s number in an attempt to unload her sadness and gets an unexpected text back.
Nicole and the man on the other end, Joe (Dylan Bruce), connect over their grief.
She plays Ilana, who gets proposed to in Greece.
However, she has to navigate her new fiance’s mother’s overwhelming enthusiasm.
He joined the CW series in 2009 and stayed until the end.
Lucky for us, after it ended, he went on to headline three of Hallmark’s moviesanda series.
In 2021, a sequel came out, “The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls.”
“Chesapeake Shores” is a Hallmark Channel series that ran from 2016 to 2022.
Ironically,Webster and VanSanten were brought together by the movie, wedding in 2021.
Van Der Beek went on to star in Hallmark’s “Mrs.
Miracle” as a widower who needs desperate help with his rowdy twin boys.
Lucky for him, Mrs. Merkle (Doris Roberts) appears out of nowhere, playing matchmaker, too.
Paul Johansson saw a similar Hallmark fate, headlining “Love, Again” in 2015.
