Home & Family has a new co-host. Today, the Hallmark Channel announced Debbie Matenopoulos will replace Cristina Ferrare as co-host of the daytime talk show.
Ferrare has hosted the series alongside Mark Steines since 2012.
Read the full details below:
STUDIO CITY, CA, June 21, 2016 – Cristina Ferrare, longtime co-host of Hallmark Channel’s Daytime Emmy®-nominated daily series “Home & Family,” will depart the network’s popular original lifestyle program, it was announced today by Hallmark Channel. The network also announced that current “Home & Family” member Debbie Matenopoulos will immediately join Emmy® Award-winning journalist and series co-host Mark Steines as the series’ new co-host.
“Cristina Ferrare has been instrumental in making ‘Home & Family’ one of daytime’s most popular lifestyle series,” said Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming & Publicity, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
“Cristina’s natural flair and expertise, along with her warmth and grace, set a standard for all of us at ‘Home & Family,’ and we are forever indebted to her.
“It is a great pleasure to promote ‘Home & Family’ regular contributor Debbie Matenopoulos to become Mark’s co-host. Debbie has quickly become an audience favorite among our family of multi-talented lifestyle experts and we look forward to Debbie’s continued unique and exciting contributions going forward.”
What do you think? Do you watch Home & Family? Are you sad to see Cristina leave?
I have just found out that Christina is not on vacation but fired!!! What were you folks thinking?!! She IS the show. It’s not the same without her and I will NOT be watching …..
I have enjoyed my daily viEwing of H & F. Have loved Christina! She is a class act, a sweet spirit and a gracious host. She makes you feel good, like you matter. She is uplifting. I can only imagine visiting her at her home and warm and welcoming it must be. I think that the way in which her exit was handled was so wrong on so many levels. Debbie can not ever fill Christina’s shoes. She doesn’t have the heart, the warmth, the sincerity, the inner grace that Christina exudes. Debbie does okay in smaller doses. I would… Read more »
I miss Christina, she was a calm, classy addition to the show. Debbie is great but I don’t think anyone could replace her.
I will no longer watch H&F, BIG mistake letting Christin go, your show is on it’s way out, looks like your loosing viewers by the car load. Bad move.
Will NOT be watching the show any more. The new woman, acts like it’s HER show. Bring back the STAR of the show. Big mistake. Sorry , good by…
How disappointing! I kept thinking that she was on a hiatus for whatever reason. But to know the truth now has colored my view of Home and Family and the”powers that be.” There was always a sincerity with her and a balance because she had experienced life. Now, as I’m watching the show today, it seems like a 3-ring circus and who can out do the other. I also enjoyed her fashion sense. She always looked sophisticated and put together but the show is definitely lacking in that area, now. Guess the ladies better keep the Botox and bleach handy.… Read more »
I am shocked that Christina is no longer on H&F! Hallmark you made a TERRIBLE MISTAKE!!! I’m Done
Cristina made the show. It will not be the same without her. Debbie is good at acting goofy but she is not co host material. I will not watch show any longer. Please get Cristina back.
Home and Family is not the same without Cristina. Debbie was good at what she did on the show but she is not and I repeat she is not good as a co host! The flow of the show is OFF! What in the world did Christina do to be fired? Oh I know her age right Woodsy? You crazy old man!
Everyday I kept tuning in and no Christina. I finally decided to go online & read where she had been replaced! I will no longer be watching. She was such a nice, talented woman. Debbie is good, but too silly acting, Mark & Christina were so good together! So long, watched my last show today.
100% ended up here because ofhere the SAME exact reason and feelings….wtf….F.U. Hallmark channel for being discriminative ass’s…
Debbie is a good co-host on ET. But not for H&F. It’s just not right and not the warmth tha Christina gives. And to dismiss her like that without her not saying her goodbyes isn’t fair either
I kept wondering y Christina wasn’t back on the show, so decided to look it up today, and I’m flabbergasted…BIG mistake….I like Debbie, but I liked her at what she was doing, not as co-host…..u won’t find the chemistry mark and Christina had just anywhere…I’m so disappointed, and from what I’ve read so far, home and family has lost a lot of viewers already….good luck with more seasons if u keep losing viewers home and family…..
I miss Christina but I’ve felt for a year that she wouldn’t be around much longer. She was having trouble keeping up with the show. She is a beautiful lady and I wish her well but Debbie is doing a great job. Especially with all of the horrible comments people are saying about her. I don’t think, if Christina is half the person people have made her out to be that she is happy with their words. The show is great and uplifting which is what I need right now. Thank you Mark, Debbie and everyone else!
Well I think you are absolutely wrong, I’ve been to the show ,she was the only genuine person there ,the others are full of themselves, she was the only who made eye contact, and said thank you to us, the show really sucks now.
Christine Ferrare made the show……what can you say for a channel that shows the Golden Girls all day in between a few shows……
Corporate H&F is betting that everybody is going to forget about Christina eventually and stop complaining. After that, they are counting on people coming back to the show and giving it another chance. The show makes me feel bad now. I stopped watching. Went back to watching Rachel Ray. I never had anything against Debbie, but I bet her days are numbered too, because as a hostess, she rubs most people the wrong way. They planned on dismissing Christina at a time when they were renewed for another season. I bet they’ll give Debbie one season, and then POOF! She’ll… Read more »
Home and Family will ever be the same with Cristina gone. Also miss Tanya Memme If hallmark couldn’t do a goodbye episode they should have released an article with a brief reason for departure. Personal details not needed.