Amanda Keller, Chris Brown open up after Living Room axed for 2023

It was announced in October that popular TV show, The Living Room, would not return to our screens in 2023. Now, co-hosts Amanda Keller and Chris Brown question the future of the show.

When it was announced that TV show The Living Room would not return for 2023, the words ‘rested’ and ‘hiatus’ were used.

Now, two months later, the cast say they are still wondering what exactly the words mean.

“If you knew what it meant, I’d like you to tell me,” co-host Amanda Keller told Confidential.

“I think it means, what they have said to us is that we will be back the following year with a bit of a zhuzh but that is all I know.”

On October 6, Keller announced on her WSFM breakfast show that Ten’s The Living Room would not be returning in 2023.

The Living Room crew of Dr Chris Brown, Amanda Keller, Barry DuBois and Miguel Maestre.

The show had been running for 11 years with Keller joined as co-host by Barry DuBois, Miguel Maestre and Chris Brown.

She said at the time that it was “a network decision”.

The foursome at the AACTA awards on Wednesday night. Picture: Brendon Thorne

The show was temporarily axed by Ten in 2019 after eight seasons due to cost cutting. A few months later, it was announced it had been renewed and returned in July 2020.

“I am hoping resting like a beautiful steak or a beautiful glass of red but I don’t know because sometimes when you rest, you get a bit arthritic and you can’t get up again,” Keller told Confidential at the AACTA Awards at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday.

“I think the thing people responded to was our actual friendship.”

TV vet Brown meanwhile said he was still scratching his head trying to work out the words ‘hiatus’ and ‘rested’.

Dr Brown (right) said he was questioning what the hiatus meant. Picture: Caroline McCredie

“I think you’d have to check the TV dictionary,” he said. “The Oxford TV dictionary defines hiatus as cloudy with a chance of coming back but it is very unclear. Who knows what is happening.”

Running for 11 seasons and 417 episodes, The Living Room has been nominated for countless awards, including Best Lifestyle Program at this year’s AACTAs.

The ABC’s Gardening Australia won that category.

The Living Room has however picked up many awards, including four Logie’s from 12 nominations.