Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
television host,
design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...
er and writer, who frequently appeared in television programs with his husband and business partner
Chris Hyndman
Christopher Edward Hyndman (March 3, 1966 – August 3, 2015) was a Canadian interior decorator and television personality, who was co-host of the afternoon talk show ''Steven and Chris'' on CBC Television until his death in August 2015.
Career
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and as one of the hosts of '' The Goods'', a daytime talk show on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
.
Career
Born and raised in
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario, with a population of 88,071 at the 2016 census. It is part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census M ...
, Sabados attended
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock w ...
in
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...
where he graduated in 1986 with a diploma in fine art. Moving to
Toronto
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, Sabados became display director for
Eatons
The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew ...
and
Roots Canada
Roots Corporation (doing business as Roots) is a publicly held Canadian brand that sells apparel, leather bags, small leather goods, footwear, athletic wear, and home furnishings. The company was founded in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, by Michael ...
, and opened the Sabados Group, Inc., a design firm.
Along with Hyndman, Sabados starred in the first three seasons of ''
Designer Guys
''Designer Guys'' was a Canadian design show on HGTV (Canada), HGTV, created by Mary Darling (television producer), Mary Darling and produced by WestWind Pictures.
Debuting in 2001, the first seasons were hosted by Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados ...
'', a Canadian design show on
HGTV Canada
HGTV is a Canadian English-language Category A cable and satellite specialty channel owned as a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (which serves as managing partner and owns 80.24% majority control through licensee HGTV Canada, Inc.) and ...
. In 2004, they debuted a new show with a similar format, entitled ''
Design Rivals
''Design Rivals'' was a Canadian design show, which premiered on HGTV in 2004. The series featured designers Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados redesigning living spaces for clients.
Following from the duo's earlier series ''Designer Guys'', in w ...
'', and a makeover show called ''So Chic with Steven and Chris''. From 2008 to 2015, he co-hosted the afternoon talk show ''
Steven and Chris
''Steven and Chris'' is a Canadian television talk show that aired on CBC Television from 2008 to 2015. The show was hosted by Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman, formerly of the home renovation shows ''Designer Guys'' and '' Design Rivals'', who ...
'' with Hyndman. It aired first on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
in Canada and subsequently on the
Live Well Network
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Localish's 24/7 channel streams on Hulu Live ...
in the United States. Sabados chose not to continue the show on his own or with a new cohost following Hyndman's death in 2015, resulting in its cancellation.
Sabados frequently appears as a guest expert on various television shows and as a guest columnist in various design magazines. In an interview given on May 23, 2016 Sabados announced that he would be returning as one of several co-hosts, alongside
Jessi Cruickshank
Jessica Shaia "Jessi" Cruickshank (born July 17, 1983) is a Canadian television personality. She is the former co-host of MTV Canada's program ''The After Show'' and its various incarnations including ''The Hills: The After Show'' and ''The City ...
and other hosts still to be named, of a new lifestyle program on CBC Television in October 2016. The series was later announced under the title '' The Goods'', with the other two hosts named as Andrea Bain and
Shahir Massoud
Shahir Massoud is a Canadian chef and television personality, best known as a cohost of the CBC Television daytime talk show '' The Goods''.openly
gay
''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'.
While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
. Despite he and Hyndman being an off-screen couple since 1988, they did not publicly acknowledge their relationship until 2007. They married in 2008 and remained a couple until Hyndman's death on August 3, 2015.