Home & Family is a two-hour daily Hallmark series that was recorded before a studio audience on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in Los Angeles, California. Steines said that the decision for that was made to encourage actors to be on the show, without having to wake at 4:00 a.m. The focus of the show is simply entertainment and tips within a "wholesome image". In late May 2018, Steines was fired abruptly from the series. On May 31, 2018, Hallmark announced the news via a Twitter post that they had "parted ways," and at the end of the following day's episode, while surrounded by team members, Matenopoulos gave an emotional, vague and praise-filled announcement to the viewing audience of Steines being "no longer with" the series. It was later reported that there were no complaints about Steines' behavior and that the show was merely taking a different creative direction. Steines' contract had not expired and he was not informed until after he had taped what was his last show. On July 26, 2018,
Cameron Mathison was named as Matenopoulos' new co-host, to assume his position in September with the launch of the seventh season. On July 26, 2019, the series was renewed for an eighth season. Production of the series and all other Hallmark Channel original content was suspended on March 13, 2020, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The series returned for a ninth season in September 2020, before production was suspended again in December 2020 per recommendations by Los Angeles County health officials (with repeats of the program and Hallmark Channel original movies airing in its timeslot). In March 2021, it was reported that
Home & Family would resume production on March 29, with first-run episodes resuming on April 5 in a new one-hour format, airing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. On March 23, Hallmark Channel announced that
Home & Family had been cancelled, and would air its final episode on August 4, 2021. ==Hosts==