| The Weekly with Charlie Pickering | |
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| Also known as | The Weekly |
| Genre | Comedy, news satire |
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| Presented by | Charlie Pickering |
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| Opening theme | The Weekly ABC TV Theme |
| Composers | On The Sly Music, Ali Rezakhani Music |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 172 (list of episodes) |
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| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Running time | 30 minutes [1] |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | 22 April 2015 – present |
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]
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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]
