Cathy Hobbs

Cathy Hobbs (born c. 1970) is an American broadcaster and interior designer. She worked as a news reporter for over 20 years at local stations around the United States. After studying interior design, she opened her own firm and went on to host a number of interior design television shows as well as appearing, in 2011, as a contestant on the 6th season of HGTV Design Star.[1]

Early life and education

Hobbs was born about 1970.[1] She grew up in Columbia, Maryland,[2] and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,[2] and attended the University of Southern California (USC).

Career

Hobbs began a career in broadcasting at KGET-TV in Bakersfield, California, while she was still at university. In 1991, she joined WOLO-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, as its featured night-beat reporter. She moved to WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] She then worked for WRC-TV, the Washington D.C. NBC station, for 3 years, before joined WPIX in April 1997.[3]

Hobbs worked as a news reporter for WPIX 19 years.[1] While there, she began studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology and later opened an interior design firm in New York City.[1]

In 2009, Hobbs left the WPIX news team to launch a real estate and design television series,[1] Metro Residential as co-host and executive producer of the program.[2] In January 2014, she also launched Design Recipes, a real estate and design series also as host and executive producer and owner.

In 2011, she became a contestant on HGTV Design Star[1] one of 12 finalists for Season 6, with the prize for the winner being their own show. Hobbs writes a nationally-syndicated weekly series called Design Recipes. She is also one of the designers on HGTV Canada's show Top 10.

Personal life

Hobbs is married with children and lives in Brooklyn.[1]

Awards

Hobbs has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards[2] and is a five-time Emmy award winner,[4] including:

  • 2002 New York Emmy Award for Get Out Alive[5]
  • 2003 New York Emmy Award for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in General Assignment and Live Reporting.[6]

In 2025, Hobbs was given the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Chamber of Commerce in Ulster County, New York.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Huff, Richard (June 30, 2011). "Ex-reporter redesigns her career". Television. New York Daily News. p. 84. Retrieved 17 May 2026 – via Newsbank Global Access.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bio: Cathy Hobbs". WPIX. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 Carmody, John (April 5, 1997). "Dee Dee Myers leaving CNBC's "Equal Time"". Press-Register. Mobile, Alabama. The Washington Post. pp. D7 – via Newsbank Global Access. Cathy Hobbs, who for three years was a mainstay on local Channel 4's 11 o'clock nightly news, has signed with WPIX in New York as a general assignment reporter. She is also expected to serve as a substitute anchor... Her last day was a week ago. She joined WRC from WSMV in Nashville.
  4. 1 2 "Cathy Hobbs named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ulster Regional Chamber of Commerce". Daily Freeman. 2025-10-19. Archived from the original on 2025-10-19. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  5. ↑ 46th New York Emmy Awards Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ 47th New York Emmy Awards Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
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