The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}

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| image = The_Weekly_ABC.png

| image_size =

| image_alt =

| caption =

| alt_name = The Weekly

| genre = Comedy, news satire

| creator =

| writer = {{plainlist|

• Gerard McCulloch
• Chris Kennett
• Tom Gleeson
• Scott Abbot
• Cal Wilson
• Michael Chamberlin
• Daniel Burt
• Kitty Flanagan

}}

| director =

| presenter = Charlie Pickering

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Tom Gleeson (2015–2020)
• Adam Briggs (2017–2019)
• Kitty Flanagan (2015–2018)
• Judith Lucy (2019–2020)
• Luke McGregor (2020–)
• Zoë Coombs Marr (2021–)
• Rhys Nicholson (2020–)

}}

| open_theme = The Weekly ABC TV Theme

| composer = On The Sly Music, Ali Rezakhani Music

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_seasons = 10

| num_episodes = 172

| list_episodes = List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes

| executive_producer = {{plainlist|

• Charlie Pickering
• Kevin Whyte
• Chris Walker

}}

| producer =

| runtime = 30 minutes{{cite web|title=The Weekly With Charlie Pickering|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/weekly-with-charlie-pickering/|website=ABC Online|accessdate=22 April 2015}}

| location = Melbourne, Victoria

| company =

| channel = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|04|22|df=yes}}

| last_aired = present

}}

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is an Australian news satire series on the ABC. The series premiered on Wednesday, 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.{{cite news|title=The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: not the Australian John Oliver ... yet|newspaper=Guardian Australia|first=Luke|last=Buckmaster|date=23 April 2015|access-date=15 July 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/23/the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering-not-the-australian-john-oliver-yet}}

On 18 September 2015, the series was renewed for a second season,{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Renewed: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/renewed-the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering.html|date=18 September 2015|accessdate=18 September 2015}} which premiered on Wednesday, 3 February 2016.{{cite web|title=ABC 2016: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Dr Blake return first week of Feb|url=http://www.mediaday.com.au/abc-2016-the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering-dr-blake-return-first-week-of-feb/|work=Media Day|date=12 January 2016|accessdate=2 January 2017}} On 2 November 2016, the series was renewed for a third season,{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=2017 Upfronts: ABC highlights|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/11/2017-upfronts-abc-highlights.html|date=2 November 2016|accessdate=2 January 2017}} which premiered on 1 February 2017.{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Returning: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/returning-the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering.html|date=30 December 2016|accessdate=2 January 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/06/renewed-the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering-2.html|first=David|last=Knox|title=Renewed: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering|website=TV Tonight|date=15 June 2017|accessdate=3 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/m28tvwed-20180302-h0wx7a.html|first=Bridget|last=McManus|title=What's on TV: Wednesday May 2|website=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=29 April 2018|accessdate=3 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://decidertv.com/page/2018/04/29/this-weeks-tv-guide

|first=Steve|last=Molk|title=This Week's TV Guide|website= DeciderTV| date=29 April 2018|accessdate=3 May 2018}}

In addition to the series renewal in September 2015, a one-off special titled The Yearly was commissioned, which premiered on Wednesday, 16 December 2015.{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/airdate-the-yearly-with-charlie-pickering.html|date=16 December 2015|accessdate=2 January 2017}} A second Yearly special aired the following year, premiering on Wednesday, 14 December 2016.{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Returning: The Yearly with Charlie Pickering|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/returning-the-yearly-with-charlie-pickering.html|date=6 December 2016|accessdate=2 January 2017}}

On the final episode of season 4 of the series, Kitty Flanagan announced that she would be leaving the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk4WEgS3TJE|title=Kitty Flanagan announces she's leaving The Weekly|website=YouTube|date=12 September 2018 }} Flanagan made one final appearance on The Yearly with Charlie Pickering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Aq5P3Fvvk|title=Top Fads of 2018: Kitty Flanagan|website=YouTube|date=19 December 2018 }} 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".{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Judith Lucy joins The Weekly|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/03/judith-lucy-joins-the-weekly.html|date=20 March 2019|accessdate=5 April 2019}}{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Judith Lucy serious about singledom|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/03/judith-lucy-serious-about-singledom.html|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=5 April 2019}} 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.{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Luke McGregor joins The Weekly|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/04/luke-mcgregor-joins-the-weekly.html|date=16 April 2020|accessdate=8 May 2020}} 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.{{cite web|work=TV Blackbox|first=Kevin|last=Perry|title=The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is back tonight to make sense of everything!|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2021/02/03/the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering-is-back-tonight-to-make-sense-of-everything/|date=3 February 2021|accessdate=8 February 2022}}{{cite web|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Returning: Hard Quiz, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/returning-hard-quiz-the-weekly-with-charlie-pickering.html#search-open|date=2 February 2021|accessdate=8 February 2022}}