Yesterday, Hallmark Channel announced that host Cristina Ferrare would be replaced as co-host by regular contributor Debbie Matenopoulos. The cable channel didn’t specify when the change would take place.
Today, co-host Mark Steines made a quick announcement that Ferrare had left the show and that Matenopoulos would be replacing her, effective immediately. Ferrare hadn’t been on the show for two weeks and didn’t return for a send-off.
Fans of the show have been concerned if Ferrare was sick and have been wondering if the decision to leave was her decision. On her Facebook page, Ferrare confirmed that she is not sick and essentially says that she was fired. She wrote:
Okay here goes, I feel it’s important to finally step up to the plate and let you know what is happening.
First may I say that my family and I have been so thankful and appreciative for all the love, support, prayers, and good wishes you have been sending me on a daily basis for the past three weeks. It pained me so that I was unable to let you know what was going on out of respect for everyone on Home and Family and the Network. I was asked to wait and I have but now I feel I should out of respect for YOU let you know.
It’s really very simple, Home and Family will have a season 5 which I am so happy for and the Network decided that they want a new co-host and that will be Debbie. She will do a great job!
You can still reach me here on facebook and we shall continue honoring love of family and friends. I truly LOVE you all. You have been my rainbow!
What do you think? Are you sorry that Ferrare is no longer a co-host on Home & Family? Will you continue to watch? Should the show be cancelled or, is Ferrare’s replacement a good idea?
I too will not watch again. It is too bad the Hollywood elite can just cast aside people lake they are trash, but that is the Hollywood way.
I was beyond devastated when I found out that Christina wasn’t co-hosting as I was on vacation. I had setup my DVR to record the shows while I was gone. I sent my son to stop the recordings. To be so deceiving in the way they changed co-hosts has me questioning all that is said on the show. I do not believe what they say anymore. I always felt at home with love from the show (something you DO NOT get from TV anymore). Now I realize that Hallmark has fallen to deceiving just like most shows on TV. I… Read more »
Now that Christina is not on if it’s not the same car and Mark made a great team and I no longer watch the show. It’s not the same although I tried
Producers made a very poor decision letting Christina go. She cannot be replaced by anyone. She was the show. People related to her. The whole atmosphere of the show has changed for the worst. I wonder how the Rest of the cast is copping? Wonder if they are wondering who will be the next to go?
i won’t be watching this show that i once loved.
i think you made a grave mistake and I wonder if you even know why you did it?
So sorry to learn that Cristina was replaced just because the execs wanted someone younger. I loved the way Cristina and Mark blended, definitely complimented one another. Now the show is lacking so much in beautiful genuine personality. It’s difficult to try & sit thru the show with the new co-host…urgh. I will NEVER watch this show again…it’s just not the same anymore.
I WILL NO LONGER BE WATCHING HOME & FAMILY W/O CHRISTINA
This is very sad that a man can be any age on TV but a woman can not be any age, I hope you know that older people watch this not the younger crowd very d appointed stop watching
I never really liked the show, because it looked to sticky sweet to me but I had a feeling that Christmas was let go she was the only mature one on the show that made it tolerable because the rest of my family liked it and I like the other movies etc. The firing of Christina was wrong I think they want everyone one to be like pre-teens which is how the rest of those idiots act instead of their age, home and family is not on my screen at all now. Dumb ting to do Hallmark.
I miss Christine and now i dont care to watch Home and Family anymore. Its just wrong.
Hard to call it Home and “Family” when you treat people that way. Christina deserved better and so does the audience!!
EVERY TIME DEBBIE IS ON A SHOW SHE PUSHES TO THE # 1 SPOT
SO I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT CHRISTINA IS OUT
WONT WATCH THE SHOW ANYMORE TILL CHRISTINA IS BACK AS MARKS CO HOST
COULDNT MARK STAND UP FOR CHRISTINA????
I only watch the show on my day off and come to love Cristina’so positive witty attitude. I also felt that I could relate to her because she was closer to my age and very young at heart.
Will never watch again…hate that seems no one from show even mentions her!?! Thought they were a family??? Hate Debbie on show when she just contributed so not to difficult to stop watching she’s very obnoxious and had a know it all attitude…this is no longer a HOME and FAMILY it is just like any other morning talk show… dropping Hallmark channel, which I paid more for, from my cable package!
I am sad that Cristina Ferrare was replaced. The Show is not the same without her. I am not watching as much anymore that i used to. I think Cristina is the one who made the show famous.
Try as I might , I cannot get used to the change to Debbie. I was a die hard H&F fan and now I never watch the show.