The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Also known asThe Weekly
GenreComedy, news satire
Written by
Presented byCharlie Pickering
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes172 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Charlie Pickering
  • Kevin Whyte
  • Chris Walker
Production locationsMelbourne, Victoria
Running time30 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkABC
Release22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) –
present
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The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is an Australian news satire series on the ABC. The series premiered on 22 April 2015, featuring Charlie Pickering as host with Tom Gleeson, Adam Briggs and Judith Lucy in the cast who joined the show in 2019, replacing Kitty Flanagan.[2]

On 18 September 2015, the series was renewed for a second season,[3] which premiered on 3 February 2016.[4] On 2 November 2016, the series was renewed for a third season,[5] which premiered on 1 February 2017.[6] The fourth season premiered on 2 May 2018 at the later time slot of 9:05pm to make room for the series return of Gruen at 8:30pm, and was signed on for 20 episodes.[7][8][9]

In addition to the series renewal in September 2015, a one-off special titled The Yearly was commissioned,[3] which premiered on 16 December 2015.[10] A second Yearly special aired the following year, premiering on 14 December 2016.[11]

On the final episode of season 4 of the series, Kitty Flanagan announced that she would be leaving the show.[12] Flanagan made one final appearance on The Yearly with Charlie Pickering.[13] In 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season with Judith Lucy announced as a new addition to the cast as a "wellness expert".[14][15] In 2020, the show was filmed without a live audience due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions and comedian Luke McGregor joined the show as a regular contributor.[16] Judith Lucy did not return in 2021 and Zoë Coombs Marr joined as a new cast member in season 7 with the running joke that she was fired from the show in episode one yet she kept returning to work for the show.[17][18]

  1. ^ "The Weekly With Charlie Pickering". ABC Online. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (23 April 2015). "The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: not the Australian John Oliver ... yet". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Knox, David (18 September 2015). "Renewed: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ "ABC 2016: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Dr Blake return first week of Feb". Media Day. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. ^ Knox, David (2 November 2016). "2017 Upfronts: ABC highlights". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ Knox, David (30 December 2016). "Returning: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. ^ Knox, David (15 June 2017). "Renewed: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ McManus, Bridget (29 April 2018). "What's on TV: Wednesday May 2". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ^ Molk, Steve (29 April 2018). "This Week's TV Guide". DeciderTV. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ Knox, David (16 December 2015). "Airdate: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  11. ^ Knox, David (6 December 2016). "Returning: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Kitty Flanagan announces she's leaving The Weekly". YouTube. 12 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Top Fads of 2018: Kitty Flanagan". YouTube. 19 December 2018.
  14. ^ Knox, David (20 March 2019). "Judith Lucy joins The Weekly". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  15. ^ Knox, David (27 March 2019). "Judith Lucy serious about singledom". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  16. ^ Knox, David (16 April 2020). "Luke McGregor joins The Weekly". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  17. ^ Perry, Kevin (3 February 2021). "The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is back tonight to make sense of everything!". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  18. ^ Knox, David (2 February 2021). "Returning: Hard Quiz, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 February 2022.