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Q: What happened to the “Home & Family” talk show that’s on weekday mornings on the Hallmark Channel? My favorite daytime program is suddenly not on anymore. – Jean
A: Have no fear, “Home & Family” hasn’t been canceled. In fact, it was recently renewed for an upcoming eighth season. The show is just taking a break for the month of August with new shows airing only on Fridays. It will return to its normal weekday schedule beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Cameron Mathison (Kailey Schwerman/Hallmark Channel photo)
As you probably noticed, the show did undergo a big change at the beginning of last season. Beloved longtime co-host Mark Steines was fired, reportedly for speaking out against the show’s executive producer, Woody Fraser. Steines then filed a wrongful termination suit, stating that he regularly warned Hallmark executives about Fraser’s inappropriate behavior toward women on the set.
Steines was replaced last year with former “All My Children” star and Hallmark regular Cameron Mathison, who now shares hosting duties with Debbie Matenopoulos.
Q: Years ago we watched the TV series “Due South” with Paul Gross and David Marciano. I have seen David Marciano in occasional small parts since then, but wonder if Paul is doing any TV or movies? – J.S.
A: David Marciano, who played American detective Ray Vecchio on the Canadian crime series, has been acting steadily since the show’s end in 1999. In addition to numerous guest-starring prime-time roles, he’s been a regular on “The Shield,” “Homeland” and most recently “Bosch.”
As for Paul Gross, who played the other lead on “Due South,” Constable Benton Fraser, he’s been working pretty much nonstop, but many of his credits are based in Canada or theater. However, his newest project is the Netflix miniseries “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City,” which is set in San Francisco. Gross stars on the show with the talented Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis.
Q: Was Chris Cimino, the New York meteorologist, let go because he dropped the F-bomb or was it another reason? – Carol
A: For those who don’t know the story, Chris Cimino, an NBC local weatherman who occasionally filled in on the “Today” show, didn’t know his mic was on when Al Roker deferred to him. He could be heard on the air chatting and, as you put it, said the F-word. This all happened back in April, but just two months later Cimino was announcing his departure after 24 years with the station.
Only Cimino and his superiors know whether the on-air profanity led to his exit, and who made the final decision, but he did say he’s “excited about the next chapters of my life’s journey.” Perhaps you’ll see him on the air again someday – hopefully on a station with a seven-second broadcast delay.
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