The Weekly with Charlie Pickering — Season 12
About this season
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.
Episodes (15)
1. Episode 1
Aired 14 January 2026 • 30 min
Charlie's back to strip Musk's AI chatbot bare, Andy Zaltzman calls stumps on English Cricket, Rhys Nicholson knows what you've been looking up online, and Scout Boxall is committed to your New Year's Resolutions.
2. Episode 2
Aired 21 January 2026 • 30 min
Charlie helps Australia hate in perfect harmony, Trump has his eyes on Greenland, Alex Ward saves the Brisbane Olympics and Abbey Gelmi serves up the Oz Open.
3. Episode 3
Aired 28 January 2026 • 29 min
Charlie tries to get the Coalition back together, Tom Gleeson returns to Hard Chat PM Anthony Albanese, Celia Pacquola finds love at the Dog Park and Rhys Nicholson enters the Matrix to find out if anything is really, real.
4. Episode 4
Aired 4 February 2026 • 29 min
Charlie goes to the movies with Pauline and Melania, Margaret Pomeranz conquers Aussie Shore, Alexei Toliopoulos goes Wuthering with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, plus Nick Cody pins UFC to the mat.
5. Episode 5
Aired 11 February 2026 • 29 min
Charlie investigates the scandal engorging Olympic ski jumping, Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross are looking for grand designs and maybe love, and Nicolette Minster puts microplastics under the microscope.
6. Episode 6
Aired 18 February 2026 • 29 min
Charlie mops up the Lib Spill and finds love at the Winter Games, Rhys dons the tinfoil to probe sovereign citizens, and Andy Zaltzman talks Epstein, Andrew, oat milk and other mortal threats facing Britain.
7. Episode 7
Aired 25 February 2026 • 29 min
Charlie unpacks Andrew's historic arrest, Margaret Pomeranz mulches Gardening Australia, Courtney Act sparkles for Mardi Gras, Brett Blake takes on his council, and the Today Show reporter sliding down the Alps.
8. Episode 8
Aired 4 March 2026 • 29 min
Charlie tidies up Trump's Middle East mess, fixes Albo's one-word difficulty and hits the dump button on Kyle and Jackie-O while Rhys explains why everything isn't for everyone and why that's perfectly ok.
9. Episode 9
Aired 11 March 2026 • 30 min
Charlie sorts out Iran, the Liberal Party, and other catastrophes, Margaret Pomeranz declares war on SAS Australia, Abbey Gelmi picks up after Oscar Piastri's crash and comedy superstar Hannah Gadsby gets animated.
10. Episode 10
Aired 18 March 2026 • 29 min
Charlie hits Trump's oil crisis and Albo's pitch invasion, Scout Boxall blesses St Patrick's Day, Konrad Benjamin puts the punters back in politics and Flight of the Conchords Oscar winner Bret McKenzie at the desk.
11. Episode 11
Aired 25 March 2026 • 29 min
Charlie stockpiles fuel, Marg Pomeranz exposes the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Rhys Nicholson goes down the Chemtrail rabbit hole and comedian Steph Tisdell pulls on the sneakers and runs for her life.
12. Episode 12
Aired 1 April 2026 • 29 min
Charlie charts the spike in politicians at the bowser, Rhys Nicholson wants to join the Illuminati, Nicolette Minster is suspicious of wearable tech, and UK comedy sensation Phil Wang is at the desk.
13. Episode 13
Aired 8 April 2026 • 29 min
Charlie addresses the PMs address to the nation, has God picked a side in the War? Alex Hudson saves the NDIS, and Margaret Pomeranz crashes the MAFS party, plus Irish comedy sensation Joanne McNally.
14. Episode 14
Aired 15 April 2026 • 30 min
Charlie scopes Ben Roberts-Smith's jail cell, Rhys Nicholson exposes conspiracies that turned out to be true, Nicolette Minster on hammer-to-the-face beauty fads, and expat comic Felicity Ward sells us on the UK.
15. Episode 15
Aired 22 April 2026 • 33 min
Season finale! Charlie on Trump v The Pope, Marg Pomeranz torches home shopping, Rhys Nicholson goes to jail to unwind, Alexei Toliopoulos saves Hollywood from itself plus comedy Queens Anne Edmonds and Kitty Flanagan.