Couch Time
| Couch Time | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Television block |
| Presented by | Labby Hawkins Stav Davidson Billy Bentley Jess Skarratt Carina Waye |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 1,620 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Running time | 2-4 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Eleven |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 11 January 2011 – 31 March 2017 |
| Website | tenplay |
Couch Time is an Australian television block, currently hosted by Billy Bentley and Carina Waye, which airs weekday afternoons on Eleven, first going to air on 11 January 2011. The show is a hosted television block, consisting of external television series dispersed between hosted segments, described as "drive time radio for television". The program was originally hosted by Jason "Labby" Hawkins and Stewart "Stav" Davidson.
Couch Time aired its final episode on 31 March 2017.
Original Replacement Final
Couch Time premiered alongside the launch of Network Ten's new multichannel Eleven on 11 January 2011, originally created to have the hosts be recognised as "the faces of Eleven", and "add personality" to the channel. It was designed to draw a lead-in audience for Eleven's evening programs, especially Neighbours, originally hosted by radio presenters Jason "Labby" Hawkins and Stewart "Stav" Davidson. From its inception, the program aired weekday afternoons from 4:00 pm until 6:30 pm, introducing Neighbours. The show is filmed in Brisbane.
In January 2015, it was announced that Hawkins and Davdison would be leaving the show, with Hawkins moving to New Zealand, and the pair's Brisbane radio show also concluding. Ten confirmed that Couch Time had not been axed and that new hosts were being sought. The pair's final show was on 2 January 2015. The two new hosts were announced as Jess Skarratt and Billy Bentley, who began hosting the show on 9 February 2015, fronting a redesigned set and format. On 14 September 2015, the Neighbours-themed segment of Couch Time moved from before the night's episode to after, with the overall block airing from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm.
In January 2016 it was announced that Skarratt would be leaving the show to return to university and that a replacement host would soon be found. Her final show was on 8 January 2016. To celebrate the show's fifth anniversary, a new-look set styled like a loft apartment debuted on 11 January 2016, with Bentley joined by guest hosts. Carina Waye joined the show as a new host on 22 February 2016.
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