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?
What I really feel I can’t print! It is horrible to let a beautiful smart intelligent lady get fired. She was the show. No one else can fill her shoes. So I’m sure you don’t care what people think but you are going to lose lots of intelligent viewers. Marks not so great and Debbie is so annoying . Oh well we all have choices and my choice is to never watch this show again! Amen.
No harm done, Rhonda. I wanted to believe the “new show on OWN” rumor as much as you did. Maybe we should all start bombarding Oprah with requests to give Christina her own show!
Debbie is doing a good job, but I think Christina and Mark fit much better together.
Just checked Rhonda’s info about Christina starting a new show with OWN. All I could find is that she did something called Big Bowl of Love for OWN in 2011. Hope Rhonda’s right and I’m wrong.
The info I had received hasn’t been confirmed. She did indeed have cooking segments on OWN sorry for any confusion
Thanks for the OWN info, Rhonda. Woody’s loss is definitely Oprah’s gain!
I, have enjoyed the Home & Family show since the start. While I, truly enjoyed most of the segments not all but that’s okay, they had a variety that we could relate to,that being said I don’t relate or respect whoever “FIRED Cristina”!!! That said I’ve since discovered Cristina will have her own program on OWN called ” Big Bowl of Love” starting in Jan. and for those of us that enjoy being part of your cooking and grace I, can’t wait. Her cooking and all her other attributes I, respect and will tune in to see. I, miss my… Read more »
Christina gone???? Guess what, me too! Will not watch Home & Family any more. I feel as though Hallmark took a gamble replacing Christina and lost. Christina felt like family to many of us and now that she’s gone, it doesn’t feel like “Home and Family” anymore. Ciao!!
Cristina will be missed. True lady in every way. I have been a fan since she first appeared on TV many years ago. Shame on Hallmark and those behind this decision. Not to allow Cristina a decent farewell is not speaking very highly of the people that make these decisions. You have lost another viewer.
Dear Home and Family. In MY FAMILY we don’t discard our family members when they reach a certain age. Instead, we celebrate them, elevate them and love them all the more. For example, yesterday I attended the 90th birthday party of a dear friend. Family and friends of ALL ages gathered to celebrate with this lovely, vibrant lady. Your casting off of the lovely Cristina goes against the very idea of family. She was an amazing host. I watched the original show and was so excited when it came back and you brought Cristina back. She was the essence of… Read more »
so replace the attractive 66 year old with a ditsy blond. who do you think watches your show in the morning? no one under 40/50- do you think we baby boomers want to hear about babies, babies, babies? we want to watch someone with maturity who speaks intelligently. I won’t be watching and I won’t be buying the hypocritical sappy Hallmark cards either. shame on a you.
I too googled to find out where Christina was. I am not happy that she is no longer on the show. I enjoyed watching home and family because I felt it was geared to an older audience. Bring her back!
I am very disappointed that you replaced Cristina…I will not be watching as much….they had good chemistry Mark and Cristina…don’t see it with Debbie
I will not be watching the Home and Family show either! How could they just fire Christina! She was great on the show and a reason why I watched it.
What are you thinking Hallmark????? CRISTINA BRING HER BACK!!!!! Not watching anymore!
I was surprised to hear Christina is gone I really liked her and Mark together . Sad to see her go, I like Debbie and I hope she can do a good job. But I liked christina’s personality better and she was always smiling and happy.