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 will not be watching anymore. Tell Mark what goes around comes around .No one can take her place.. She was truly a beautyful lady.
This show will fall on its face.
I am saddened to hear Christina has been replaced. I loved the show with her as a co-host due to her warm personality and caring and uplifting spirit. She is a genuinely wonderful person who never showed anything but a true love for people and what she was doing. And her holiday enthusiasm was out of the ball park. I am very sorry that you felt like she needed to be replaced. I watched the first time yesterday with Debbie. I am not impressed and it definitely shows that something is missing now – Christina! You made a bad move.… Read more »
Very sad that Christina is no longer on the show. She made the show in my opinion, she was so genuine and sincere and caring. She had something that just made you want to watch she made the show interesting she drew you in. I think it was her grace and style, she was humble. It is a rare quality and refreshing to watch. I am not a fan of Debbie at all and I no longer watch the show because of her, she seems very fake and her personality is annoying, not welcoming. Bad move Home & Family!
So sorry to find out that Christina was let go and not just on vacation. Don’t watch to much tv in the summer and didn’t know what had happened. I’m really don’t think I will be watching the show as much because I felt such a kinship with her because we are if the same age. She had such good ideas and seemed to get along with the cast.
The holidays are upon us, and I can’t help but think about how nice it was last year with Christina on board. She made the show special for the holidays. I feel like I lost a personal friend this year. Cannot watch the show. It is just not the same.
I am very disappointed with this news and haven’t really watched Home and Family since Christina’s departure. She is near my age and it is important to represent a gamut of ages, on a show called “Home and Family” especially. I think the powers that be on Hallmark should totally re-think that bad decision.
I have been watching thinking Christina will be back but she not bring her back the show is not the same she was funny and also doing things that was real that made real and not acting miss her bring herback
I was very surprised that you decided to replace Cristina with Debbie and disappointed.. The show was classier and special. You have now made it like all the other shows with so much hokey stuff added. Mark and Cristina had a magic that I don’t see with Debbie. I will not be watching it as much anymore.
I really enjoyed the show when Christina was a co-host with Mark. I enjoyed the chemistry they shared. I don’t see that with Debbie and Mark. I am a loyal watcher that has been disappointed in the decision and the new direction. Change happens and I too am moving on with the change.
Don’t like it without Christina. I do like Debbie but it’s not the same. Don’t watch it much any more.
I’m so sad I won’t be able to watch Christina on H&F !!! Bad decision executives! I can’t stand the show now! I’m out! Christina,let us know where you’re going! We will follow YOU! YOU ROCK!!!
Very sad that Christina Ferrare is no longer on Home & Family. She was my
favorite.
Christina has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and is very happy working with Maria Shriver. It does not change my mind in respect to watching the show.. They are trying to hard, and they all laugh and smile and post constantly. I am disappointed in the guests and will never watch it again. I know there are younger people, or older people that wish they were young, that enjoy programming like this. A lot of the people on there are well into their 40’s and need to conduct themselves in an adult manner.
I miss Cristina. The show does not feel the same and I really don’t care if I watch anymore.
I remember whe Christina was on with Regis in the 80’s. I stopped watching because it didn’t have the aura as it did with on the show. I have that same feeling again. Sad to see you made that choice since many of your viewers are her age.