Charlie Pickering
Director
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (2015)
Series 2
News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.
Released April 22, 2015
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, News, Talk, Talk Show
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.week-in-review, imdb.comedian-as-tv-host, imdb.australian-politics, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.politics, imdb.political-satire + 3 more, imdb.american-politics, imdb.british-politics, imdb.politics-talk-show
Production Companies: Thinkative Television
Network: ABC TV
S2E1 - Episode 1
The Weekly returns for Season Two! The guys all look tanned and like they've lost weight. Kitty gets stuck into vaping, Tom promotes ignorance and Charlie meets Ben Stiller to talk unnerving skin care regimes.
Feb. 3, 2016, midnight
S2E2 - Episode 2
News meets Comedy in a deserted alleyway for an epic dance battle. Charlie, Tom & Kitty take on Cardinal Pell, refugees, Star Wars & lettuce. Guests: Samuel Johnson, comedian Kevin Hart, & Ice Cube. Ice Cube!
Feb. 10, 2016, midnight
S2E3 - Episode 3
The Weekly looks at all the news that's fit to print, then asks how Sunrise's Sex & The City skit slipped in there. With comedians Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan plus special guest Emma Ayres.
Feb. 17, 2016, midnight
S2E4 - Episode 4
Wherever there is both news and comedy, they'll be there. Our hero chums Charlie, Tom and Kitty tackle negative gearing, lockout laws, and protein powder. Guests: Chloe Hilliard and Andrew Denton.
Feb. 24, 2016, midnight
S2E5 - Episode 5
Comedy gangs up on news, and steals its wallet. Oscar gossip, safe schools, Tom chats hard with Michelle Bridges, Loyiso Gola dials in from South Africa, and Charlie talks to Vladimir Putin's nemesis, Masha Gessen.
March 2, 2016, midnight
S2E6 - Episode 6
The Weekly promises to put the sense back into the nonsense of the news world, with comedians Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan who are experts at supplying sense, and eliminating non.
March 9, 2016, midnight
S2E7 - Episode 7
Charlie, Tom & Kitty uncover a devilish plot to turn news into pure comedy. They tackle smartphone addiction, Warnie & an ISIS crisis. With Adam Briggs & Peter FitzSimons. Bonus sex talk with Luke McGregor.
March 16, 2016, midnight
S2E8 - Episode 8
Charlie Pickering recalls Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan to have you double-dissolving into laughter. Special guests Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone, while Tom Chats Hard with Tanya Plibersek.
March 23, 2016, midnight
S2E9 - Episode 9
In the fight between comedy & news, there's one winner, except on The Weekly where it's always a draw. Charlie, Tom & Kitty talk East Timor & Peter Dutton's movie. Guests: Sara Pascoe, Chloe Hilliard & Wyatt Roy.
March 30, 2016, midnight
S2E10 - Episode 10
Comedy sees News across a crowded room. Their eyes lock. The electricity is palpable. Charlie, Kitty & Tom tackle wrongful conviction, invasion or discovery & the Panama Papers. Guests: Briggs & Dylan Alcott.
April 6, 2016, midnight
S2E11 - Episode 11
In a feverish world, The Weekly mops your brow with comedy & soothing sips of news. Charlie, Tom & Kitty talk Clive Palmer, big data & 60 Minutes. Special guest: controversial opinionist Andrew Bolt.
April 13, 2016, midnight
S2E12 - Episode 12
If music be the food of love, then news be the food of comedy. Charlie & Kitty tackle Brazil, election logos & Johnny Depp-based dog crime. Tom beams in live from a Trump rally in New York. Guest: Nalini Joshi.
April 20, 2016, midnight
S2E13 - Episode 13
Comedy finally comes to its senses & realises it's crazy about News. Charlie, Kitty & Tom tackle 60 Minutes, Prince & the internet. Special guests: Bible historian Francesca Stavrakopoulou & actual Kevin Rudd.
April 27, 2016, midnight
S2E14 - Episode 14
For the final time this season, Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan put the sense back into the nonsense of the news world.
May 4, 2016, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 22, 2015
Last Air Date: May 28, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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