The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

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The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
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Also known asThe Weekly
Genre Comedy, news satire
Written by
Presented by Charlie Pickering
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes157 (as of 14 June 2023)(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Charlie Pickering
  • Kevin Whyte
  • Chris Walker
Production locations Melbourne, Victoria
Running time30 minutes [1]
Original release
Network ABC
Release22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) 
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]

Contents

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]

Format

The show starts with a cold open which consists of a short introduction to the guests and main stories coming up. The program's format has been compared to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , following a similar structure. [2] Pickering delivers a selection of the past week's news stories interspersed with jokes. Similarly to The Daily Show , most episodes feature a cross to a specialised correspondent (including Adam Briggs, Loyiso Gola, Jonathan Pie, Tiff Stevenson, and Wyatt Cenac), and/or an interview with a guest. A previously prepared sketch, story or interview was often presented by Tom Gleeson and Judith Lucy. The show was pre-recorded in front of an audience in ABC's Ripponlea studio on the same day of its airing from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, the fourth series episodes were pre-recorded in front of an audience at the ABC Southbank Centre studios. [19]

Gleeson's interview segment Hard Chat is inspired by Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis , and was later spun off into a quiz show entitled Hard Quiz . In 2020, the segment appeared with new titling and a new format, called Yard Chat. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, which forced Gleeson to work from home and do the chat "in his yard".[ citation needed ]

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz has also had a slot as a guest reviewer, giving humorous reviews of TV shows, such as Married at First Sight [20] Below Deck , [21] and Love in the Jungle. [22]

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 2022 April 2015 (2015-04-22)2 September 2015 (2015-09-02)
2 143 February 2016 (2016-02-03)4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)
3 201 February 2017 (2017-02-01)14 June 2017 (2017-06-14)
4 202 May 2018 (2018-05-02)12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)
5 1420 March 2019 (2019-03-20)19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)
6 1429 April 2020 (2020-04-29)29 July 2020 (2020-07-29)
7 163 February 2021 (2021-02-03)19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)
8 1227 April 2022 (2022-04-27)13 July 2022 (2022-07-13)
9 198 February 2023 (2023-02-08)14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)
10 TBA7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)TBA
Specials 916 December 2015 (2015-12-16)20 December 2023 (2023-12-20)

The Yearly with Charlie Pickering

The Yearly with Charlie Pickering is an annual special which relives the year's highlights and lowlights. It concludes with The Weekly's Person of the Year. The first show screened on 16 December 2015. [23] [24]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultRefs.
2015 5th AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series Charlie Pickering, Kevin Whyte, Chris Walker, Frank BruzzeseWon [25]
2016 Logie Awards of 2016 Most Outstanding Entertainment ProgramThe Weekly with Charlie PickeringNominated [26]
2017 Logie Awards of 2017 Most Outstanding Entertainment ProgramThe Weekly with Charlie PickeringNominated [27]
2018 8th AACTA Awards Best Entertainment ProgramThe Weekly with Charlie Pickering; Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Jo LongWon [28]
2020 10th AACTA Awards Best Entertainment ProgramThe Weekly with Charlie Pickering; Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Jo LongNominated
2024 13th AACTA Awards Best Comedy Entertainment ProgramThe Weekly with Charlie Pickering; Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Julia HolmesNominated
Best Comedy Performer: Charlie PickeringNominated [29]

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