Mark Steines, Emmy Award-winning journalist and father of two, has found his niche as co-host of Hallmark Channel’s “Home and Family.” After 8 years as host of “Entertainment Tonight,” Steines, a DIY and photography enthusiast who refers to the show as a live “tutorial for your life,” enjoys “Home and Family’s” refreshing family atmosphere.

After a while I was just like, “I don’t want to wash in that anymore.” So I am here. MS: There are so many times you go into [interviews] and you have to ask those inappropriate questions. I was raised never to ask a woman about her age or her weight and those are like the first two things out of your mouth when you are sitting down conducting those interviews [for E. He actually said “You were terrible” and we were all offended by that. How the big picture works in manipulating you to get to the theater, to buy those magazines… I noticed a big difference from when he came on here a year ago. He was the west coast TV reporter for The New York Post from 2008 - 2013.

Now you’ve got the Real Housewives ripping out their hair extensions and scratching each other with their Lee Press On Nails. You and I both know that when the heat went down on Sandra Bullock, she disappeared and nobody could find her. You can get off radar if you want and then you can selectively come back when you choose by working with the [celebrity-friendly shows and publications], by placing photos. There is a big handshake that goes on in that world and that is what I wanted to remove myself from as much as possible. [This show] returns for me to a point where we are doing honest television. Sean is the author of Inside AGT: The Untold Stories of America's Got Talent and Teen Mom Confidential: Secrets and Scandals From MTV's Most Controversial Shows.

How much further can we go go without getting some pushback. There is a lot of TV out there that escape television, whether it is DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES or whatever, that help you get away from your life.

The couple are apparently trying to keep things as upbeat and positive as possible for their Kids.

They have two kids out of their seventeen year marriage, both sons – Kai Harper who has just turned 13 this year and his younger brother Avery James who turned 12.