The Living Room (TV series)

The Living Room
The revamped logo of The Living Room, which has been in use since May 2020.
GenreLifestyle
Developed byCaroline Swift
Directed byJon Olb
Brent Ferguson
Kate Douglas-Walker
Adam Kotcharian
Presented byAmanda Keller
StarringBarry Du Bois
Chris Brown
Miguel Maestre
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes367 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Paul Rudd
  • Allison Whitlock
  • Virginia Hodgson
  • Sarah Thornton
  • Caroline Swift
  • Ciaran Flannery
  • Nicole Rogers
  • Alenka Henry
Producers
  • Kate Witchard
  • Jemma Carlton
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release11 May 2012 (2012-05-11) –
25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
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Original The Living Room Logo
The original The Living Room logo, which was used between 2012 and 2019 before the show's revamp.

The Living Room is an Australian lifestyle program. The show is hosted by Amanda Keller with co-presenters Barry Du Bois, Chris Brown, and Miguel Maestre. The program began airing on Network Ten on 11 May 2012,[1] and aired at 7:30 pm on Fridays. It is a quadruple award-winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Lifestyle Program, winning it in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

On 30 November 2019, the program was temporarily axed by Network Ten after 8 seasons, due to cost-cutting measures;[2] however a Christmas special aired on 20 December 2019.[3] On 7 March 2020, it was announced that The Living Room, now produced in-house by Network Ten Studios,[4] had been renewed and it returned on 3 July 2020.[5]

In October 2022, Ten announced that the program would take a break in 2023 and be "rested".[6] Although initially slated to return with the original cast, after Brown signed with the Seven Network in February 2023, in July 2023 Keller stated that she believed the decision was "a death knell" for the show.[7] The show was absent at Ten's upfronts for 2024.[8]

  1. ^ Knox, David (27 February 2020). "TEN confirms The Living Room". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ Knox, David (30 November 2019). "Axed: The Living Room". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ Knox, David (3 December 2019). "What's up with The Living Room?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ Knox, David (7 March 2020). "Renewed: Producers, 10, reach settlement over The Living Room". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Living Room — The Fab Four Are Back". 10 Play. Network Ten. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. ^ Knox, David (6 October 2022). "10 resting The Living Room in 2023". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ Knox, David (10 July 2023). "Amanda Keller: "Two Logies ago, I was nominated for Gold … I'm not invited this year"". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. ^ Knox, David (24 October 2023). "2024 Upfronts: 10 / Paramount+". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 October 2023.