With the demise of Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering became the ABC’s longest running news-based comedy. With the demise of Sammy J’s sketches at 6.55pm on Thursdays, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering became the ABC’s only regular news-based comedy. Now that it stands alone, is The Weekly with Charlie Pickering up to the task? That depends on what you think it’s on air to do.
Since its debut in 2015, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering has slowly but steadily shed on-air talent. Initially featuring Tom Gleeson and Kitty Flanagan as regulars, with rapper and comedy writer Briggs often making an appearance in promotional materials (less often on the show itself) and Judith Lucy and Luke McGregor as regulars in later series, these days it’s largely just Pickering behind a desk.
