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 agree, Cristina & Michael were the only reason I watched. I liked the mature & claming effect the program had on their viewers. The viewers are mature, not the loud immature gitty people on now. I love Hallmarks channels and Christmas movies. I loved H&F, but not now. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! I hope you fix it. There isn’t any thing else to watch. I ‘ll have to go to the broadcast channels.
Christina was a wonderful, interesting host of Home & Family. She not only brought class but respect & a warmth to the guests who appeared on the show. Debbie is beautiful, but lacks the polish and charm that Christina showed to the general audience that watched the show. I wish you would bring Christina back.
I think it was time to replace her. Debbie is a great choice very positive and “bubbly” personality. Will be a nice change
Yes it’s true that Debbie is bubbly, and it’s probably not her fault that Christina was replaced. It still doesn’t change the fact that Debbie doesn’t have the joy–the grace and charm that Christina has. That’s the thing that some people don’t understand. The show used to have class and charm because of Christina, and now that’s gone. Debbie is bubbly, but that’s not a replacement for class and charm. Some people think that’s OK, but I think for the majority of us, it’s not OK. The show lost more than Christina when they let her go.
Won’t be watching anymore. Change is good but not in this case.She is a breath of fresh air to see her every morning.What were you thinking people!!!! Not broken don’t fix it. You messed up a real good thing.
This show used to have class because Christina has class! GONE! Good luck with this mess!
Watch out Mark. With numbers declining, you may be the next oldest to go. Frankly, Debbie is not enjoyable to watch because of her airy and “all about me” coldness. She makes me shiver. I’m really sorry to say, but she is not Home & Family host material, she is all about herself. She is always interrupting everyone because she likes hearing herself talk. It was so obvious that my husband begged me to turn it off. I agreed that there was too much loud Debbie everywhere. So I did, forever!!! Bye Bye! So Long!
Very sad. The new cohost doesn’t hold a candle to her.
I just can’t believe that she was actually let go. She was the most wonderful thing about the show. Mark is a good host but she made the show great. It really felt like an extension of my family. I can not stand to watch the show anymore. It is artificial and goofy. I just can’t enjoy it at all anymore. I knew that I really liked her on the show but I didn’t realize how truly terrible it would be without her because I thought everyone on the show was great but I guess I was wrong. Now it… Read more »
Dear Loriann,
I agree with what you said 100%. The show has lost its class and luster without Cristina Ferrare. I have stopped the day that Mark Steines announced in June that Debbie was the new co-host, Mark is a traitor and so are the rest of the H&F cast who are still on the show. I wish Cristina Ferrare nothing but the best, but especially good health and a better 2017.
I love Cristina, she is the best because she is real and beautiful very disappointed ,don’t watch anymore.
I donot like that Christina is off the show. She gave the show a special slant that is now gone from the show. I do not happen to enjoy the show anymore and will not watch.
I am so sorry to see Christina Ferrari leaving home and Family. Her smile, good looks, and personality are outstanding! As an older person, this move appears to be typical of corporate decisions, replace the older people with young people. So sad that we live in this type of society! Keep moving forward, Christina and make them eat their words! Best of luck to you!
I watch Hallmark Channel it’s the best for me I loved Christina She was a wonderful host for the Hallmark Home Show. I was so disappointed finding that she wasn’t on the Home Show no more She will be missed On the show one person is Myself. Debbie is a beautiful woman I believed by seeing the Home shows so many times Debbie cared for Christina it’s like any job someone has to take our place And Debbie did I hope she does well on the show with Mark best wishes Debbue God Bless You! I will continue to watch… Read more »
I Will miss Christina and am sorry she is gone – have been a fan of hers for years – perhaps that is why they let her go – am not of her demographics – she brought class to the show…
Very disappointed that Hallmark replaced Christina, if the reason was she was to old shame on them, I want be watching H&F anymore because I don’t like what they did to Christina and the show will never never be the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoy Debbie and she adds a fresh new look to H & F . Debbie and Mark have a much better fit ! She does not look like his Mother !!!!!! Debbie is doing an excellent job and I am back watching the show again !!!! It is much more fun for everyone you can just tell !!!!!!
Hallmark continues denying the H&F viewers the real reason Christina was let go. They continue calling themselves the “heart of Christmas” and they want you to buy their products and watch their shows, in spite of what they did to her, and to US, the viewers who enjoyed Christina’s presence on the show. It makes me personally sick what they did, and how they don’t know who their audience is. Christina is probably not coming back to the show, but neither am I.