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?
This is a big mistake. I am not watching any more. Christina was tops. If anyone should go it should be Mark. Christina at least has class. I have to be nice here so I can’t realy say what I think of Mark!
Christina brought the show class. Now the show is not worth watching. This is a huge mistake.
Will not be watching Home and Family again. Big mistake letting Christina go, Debbie does not fill her shoes!!
I so miss Christina on the show…. she has such grace and style…. i miss her alot. the new host does a good job and i wish her luck – but the show just isnt the same….
I to not like Debbie at all will not watch your shoe anymore unless Christina comes back.
I have been wondering where Christina was, hoping she wasn’t I’ll. I finally decided to research today. I am in shock that they would fire her. I really miss her. I do like Debbie very much and will continue watching. I like the entire family but I am disappointed they would let Christina go.
I’m so saddled and taken by the way Home & Family got rid of Christina and did give her a proper good bye. I been waiting for her to come back from vacation and had to look online to see she was replace. She had so much class and family values, I’m not watching this show anymore. You guys made a mistake..
Let’s make this go viral. Everyone write in on this blooper Hallmark has made! We want Christina back!
Home and Family BAD without Christina. I also love Mark and they go well together. But Matonopoulous has Got To Go!!!!!! She does nothing for the show. BRING BACK CHRISTINA !!!!!!!!!!!
I will not be a regular viewer of Home and Family because the ‘magic’ is gone without Christina at Marks side. Mark is perfect for the show but, Debbie seems to make it a contesting for the attention, meaning she talks over people who are talking. She is a great interviewer by herself, but doesn’t share the spotlight well. Maybe she will get better as time goes on. It’s probably a personality difference between she and Christina for me. Christina is total grace and such a lady.
I wondered why I didn’t see Christina anymore. She will be missed. I thought she was sick. There goes another show I won’t watch anymore. It may be business but it’s not professional. I wonder if it is because Christina and Mark struggled to act like “family” on screen. If you payed attention, there were always subtle comments made by both towards each other that were not so friendly. Subtle but the comments were there. After reading the previous comments, there are a lot of us that are disappointed with the line-up. It will be interesting to see how the… Read more »
I have been missing Christina. Starting looking today to see what was going on. Show not the same without her.
I’m very sad Christina won’t be on Home and Family any more. She was the main reason I watched. She was a warm and smart lady. I could relate to her point of view. Not that I have anything against Debbie, but not sure it will be the same without Christina.
No I won’t be watching the show anymore. Christine was much better than Debbie. Sad the network couldn’t leave a good thing alone.
I was hurt knowing of Christina’s absence. I thought she was gonna return. Trying get in the swing, with Debbie but it’s hard. I’m sure Hallmark knows best how to run their network. However Christina will be missed. #FamilyletsloveonDEBBIEandMARK!
Yes I really liked Christina. Sad to see her go.