The show is hosted by Amanda Keller with co-presenters Barry Du Bois, Chris Brown, and Miguel Maestre.

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.

[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.

The 2020 season features a "home base" filmed in a converted warehouse in Newtown, and also axed the studio audience.