The Living Room (TV series)

Last updated

The Living Room
New The Living Room TV 2020 Revamp Logo.jpg
The revamped logo of The Living Room, which has been in use since May 2020.
Genre Lifestyle
Developed byCaroline Swift
Directed byJon Olb
Brent Ferguson
Kate Douglas-Walker
Adam Kotcharian
Presented by Amanda Keller
Starring Barry 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
Network Network Ten
Release11 May 2012 (2012-05-11) –
25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
The original The Living Room logo, which was used between 2012 and 2019 before the show's revamp. The Living Room TV Logo.jpg
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.

Contents

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]

Format

The show delves into a range of lifestyle topics including renovations, travel and pet advice and cooking. From 2012 to 2019 the show featured the team presenting stories in front of a studio audience of around 60 people, with a mixture of live and pre-recorded content presented. The studio segments were filmed at Network Ten Studios in Pyrmont, a suburb in Sydney's inner-city.

The show shifted format in 2020, focussing on helping a family each episode instead of featuring several unrelated lifestyle segments. The 2020 season features a "home base" filmed in a converted warehouse in Newtown, and also axed the studio audience. [9]

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 3011 May 2012 (2012-05-11)30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)
2 4015 February 2013 (2013-02-15)29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
3 4014 February 2014 (2014-02-14)28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)
4 4213 February 2015 (2015-02-13)27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
5 4212 February 2016 (2016-02-12)25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
6 4310 February 2017 (2017-02-10)1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)
7 439 February 2018 (2018-02-09)30 November 2018 (2018-11-30)
8 4029 March 2019 (2019-03-29)20 December 2019 (2019-12-20)
9 253 July 2020 (2020-07-03)18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)
10 3026 March 2021 (2021-03-26)10 September 2021 (2021-09-10)
Special 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20)24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)
11 308 April 2022 (2022-04-08)25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)

Presenters

PresentersRole / ExpertiseTenure
Amanda Keller Host2012—2022
Barry Du Bois Renovations2012—2022
Chris Brown Travel and Pets2012—2022
Miguel Maestre Cooking2012—2022

Others

Visiting expertsExpertiseTenure
Dylan FaleckiProject Manager2012–2019
James Treble Homes Design2012–2019
Cherie BarberRenovating For Profit2012–2019
Andrew Rochford Health2013
Lilly Van EpenGardening2013
Jason CunnighamFinance2013–2019
Peter Walsh Home organizing2013–2022
Leanne HallMind and Body2014–2019
Fabian CapomollaVegetable gardening2014
Mat PemberVegetable gardening2014
Jamie Durie Gardening & Landscaping2015–2018
Tiffiny Hall Health & Wellness2015–2018
Kyal and Kara DemmerichDesign and Renovation2017–2019
Matt LeacyLandscaping & Horticulture2019—2022

Stand-in co-hosts

Chris Brown

While Chris Brown is away in Kruger National Park, South Africa, co-hosting the show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! with Julia Morris, his stand-in co-hosts for The Living Room during that period have been chosen from 'turn-of-the-wheel' spins by Amanda. These stand-in co-hosts have included:

2015

  1. Tim Robards – TV reality star from The Bachelor Australia
  2. Grant Denyer – host of Family Feud
  3. Brendan Jones – Amanda's radio co-host
  4. Shane Jacobson – Australian actor and former co-host of Top Gear
  5. Colin and Justin – Interior decorators and Scottish TV presenters
  6. Ben Mingay – Wonderland actor
  7. Scott Tweedie – The Loop co-host

2016

  1. Jamie Durie – TV presenter, landscaper and horticulturalist
  2. Kris Smith – TV personality and model who later became a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

2017

  1. Shannan Ponton – Personal trainer for contestants on The Biggest Loser

2018

  1. Jamie Durie – TV presenter, landscaper and horticulturalist
  2. Matty Johnson – TV reality star from The Bachelor Australia
  3. Kris Smith – TV personality and model

2019

There were no 'stand-in co-hosts' for Chris Brown during the beginning of 2019 because The Living Room began airing later in the year because the majority of the co-hosts had other commitments. Brown was instead absent from the filming of two episodes as he was on an Antarctic expedition on Aurora Expeditions , with Greg Mortimer.

  1. Beau Ryan – host of The Amazing Race Australia
  2. Robert Irwin

2020

There were no 'stand-in co-hosts' for Brown in 2020 as the program did not commence airing until July of that year due to the majority of co-hosts having other commitments and negotiations between WTFN Entertainment and Network Ten on the show's rights.

Barry Du Bois

While Barry Du Bois was away for cancer treatment in 2018, Amanda personally looked for stand-in co-hosts for him.

  1. Grant Denyer – host of Family Feud

Awards and nominations

Logie Awards

YearNomineeAwardResult
2013 The Living Room Most Popular Lifestyle Program Nominated
2014 The Living RoomMost Popular Lifestyle ProgramNominated
2015 Amanda Keller Most Popular Presenter Nominated
The Living RoomMost Popular Lifestyle ProgramWon
2016 Amanda Keller Most Popular Presenter Nominated
2016 The Living RoomMost Popular Lifestyle ProgramWon
2017 The Living RoomBest Lifestyle ProgramWon
2018 Amanda Keller Gold Logie Nominated
The Living RoomBest Lifestyle ProgramWon
Matty Johnson Most Popular New Talent Nominated
2019 Amanda Keller Gold Logie Nominated
The Living RoomBest Lifestyle ProgramNominated

See also

References

  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.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (1 July 2020). "When The Living Room meets Queer Eye". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.