Jo Frost: Family Matters

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Jo Frost: Family Matters
Genre Tabloid talk show
Presented by Jo Frost
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes35
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company ITV Studios
Original release
Network ITV
Release28 April (2014-04-28) 
5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
Related
The Jeremy Kyle Show

Jo Frost: Family Matters is a British tabloid talk show presented by Jo Frost. [1] [2] It was broadcast on ITV from 28 April to 5 September 2014.

Contents

Format

Similarly to The Jeremy Kyle Show , Family Matters was studio based with each family invited into the studio to talk to Frost about their family issues.

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References

  1. Eames, Tom (15 January 2014). "Jo Frost to front new ITV daytime show". Digital Spy.
  2. "Prince George's parents love Supernanny Jo Frost!". sundaypost.com. 4 May 2014.