The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: Season 9
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering returns to television screens for its ninth season in 2023, offering its signature blend of a news comedy show, tonight show, and chat show. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, the series continues to examine a world impacted by wars, climate calamities, political corruption, and social media run amok. The program maintains its distinct comedic approach to current events while serving as a
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is an Australian news satire series that premiered on the ABC on 22 April 2015.
- Charlie Pickering serves as the host of the program, combining elements of a news comedy show, tonight show, and chat show.
- The series features a cast that includes Tom Gleeson, Adam Briggs, and Judith Lucy, who joined the show in 2019.
- The core premise of the series centers on Pickering acting as a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians, and other charlatans.
Season overview
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering returns to television screens for its ninth season in 2023, offering its signature blend of a news comedy show, tonight show, and chat show. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, the series continues to examine a world impacted by wars, climate calamities, political corruption, and social media run amok. The program maintains its distinct comedic approach to current events while serving as a persistent nuisance to newsmakers, politicians, and other charlatans. As an Australian news satire series broadcast on the ABC, the production allows Pickering to return to his comedy roots, addressing heavy global and domestic issues with humor throughout the season.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 8, 2023 · 27 min
Charlie and the team are back to slay the news in 2023. Margaret Pomeranz speed-dates the Bachelors, Rhys Nicholson is high on pot legalisation, Charlie cancels Albo and President
Episode 2
Feb 15, 2023 · 29 min
Charlie cancels exotic hot cross buns, Rhys Nicholson decides if God is a he or a they, Nina Oyama prepares to date Leonardo DiCaprio and Gabbi Bolt serenades the lost art of Valen
Episode 3
Feb 22, 2023 · 27 min
Charlie interviews comedy superstar Jimmy Carr, Margaret Pomeranz capsizes Below Deck Down Under. Plus 700 stolen sheep, the RBA faces the music, a mysterious spate of Russians fal
Episode 4
Mar 1, 2023 · 28 min
Charlie hijacks Qantas profits and reboots Putin’s propaganda machine. Roy & HG respect the hell out of the NRL, Rhys Nicholson gets across Derryn Hinch, and Alex Lee conquers the
Episode 5
Mar 8, 2023 · 27 min
Charlie is on the front line of the super wars and makes no apology for The Project. Peter Helliar saves the King's coronation, and US correspondent Julia Claire unveils the variou
Episode 6
Mar 15, 2023 · 27 min
Charlie takes Hillsong to confession, torpedoes the submarine deal and unplugs Robodebt. Plus registered cinephile Alexei Toliopoulos wraps up the Oscars and Rhys Nicholson barely
Episode 7
Mar 22, 2023 · 29 min
Charlie cracks Keating, Aleisha McCormack gets on Ozempic, Joanne McNally celebrates St Patrick and Roy & HG take on bonk bans in sport.
Episode 8
Mar 29, 2023 · 29 min
Charlie helps Dutton dig for detail as the PM finds his Voice, Rhys Nicholson has the secret to global happiness, Luke Heggie trashes his Airbnb and comedian Georgie Carroll expose
Episode 9
Apr 5, 2023 · 29 min
Charlie gets by-election curious plus a host of Comedy Festival stars - Oscar-nominated twins the Lucas Bros on Trump's arrest, Scout Boxall crashes the Grand Prix and Joanne McNal
Episode 10
Apr 12, 2023 · 30 min
Charlie interprets Dutton on the Voice when 'no' means 'yes', Roy & HG take a swing at Greg Norman, Margaret Pomeranz slays Married At First Sight, and UK comic Maisie Adam takes u
Episode 11
Apr 19, 2023 · 28 min
Black Books star Dylan Moran talks life, the internet and growing up in small town Ireland. Plus Charlie cancels Arnie, Margaret Pomeranz scorches the Teletubbies and comedian Nath
Episode 12
Apr 26, 2023 · 28 min
Charlie breaks up with the Reserve Bank and cancels Barry Humphries, Rhys Nicholson sits down with the PM, comedian Kirsty Webeck makes a riot of protesting plus US correspondent J
Episode 13
May 3, 2023 · 28 min
Charlie mourns Jerry's passing and celebrates Kyle's nuptials, Margaret crushes Milf Manor, Roy & HG cheer for Tassie footy, Tony Armstrong helps the King and Aunty Donna nearly ma
Episode 14
May 10, 2023 · 29 min
Charlie crunches the budget, Andy Zaltzman in the UK anoints the coronation, Margaret Pomeranz savages I'm A Celebrity, Rhys gets rowdy in the library and comedian Suren Jayemanne
Episode 15
May 17, 2023 · 30 min
John Cleese joins Charlie to talk life, death and Python's, comedian Concetta Caristo judges Eurovision, Luke Heggie shows off his moral fibre, and the politician who lied so hard
Episode 16
May 24, 2023 · 30 min
Charlie stans Stan Grant and catches up with Sam Neill to talk ducks, dinosaurs, and Meryl Streep. Roy & HG embrace Origin in Adelaide, Margaret mauls Wrestlemania and Lizzy Hoo st
Episode 17
May 31, 2023 · 28 min
Charlie accounts for the PwC scandal, Rhys Nicholson goes behind the mask with Dave Hughes, comedian Scout Boxall teaches survival for a treacherous modern world, and the hilarious
Episode 18
Jun 7, 2023 · 30 min
Charlie's verdict on the Roberts-Smith trial of the century, Wil Anderson talks TV and his past life in the Canberra press gallery, Luke Heggie tells kids to harden up, and comedia
Episode 19
Jun 14, 2023 · 30 min
Ferguson fries Charlie, Trump on trial, Vale Kochie, Margaret Pomeranz keeps up with the Kardashians before leaving them in her dust, Andy Zaltzman on the end of Boris Johnson and