The Weekly with Charlie Pickering — Season 2
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 (14)
1. Episode 1
Aired 3 February 2016 • 30 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 10 February 2016 • 30 min
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!
3. Episode 3
Aired 17 February 2016 • 30 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 24 February 2016 • 30 min
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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 2 March 2016 • 30 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 9 March 2016 • 30 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 16 March 2016 • 30 min
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.
8. Episode 8
Aired 23 March 2016 • 30 min
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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 30 March 2016 • 30 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 6 April 2016 • 30 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 13 April 2016 • 30 min
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.
12. Episode 12
Aired 20 April 2016 • 30 min
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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 27 April 2016 • 30 min
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.
14. Episode 14
Aired 4 May 2016 • 30 min
For the final time this season, Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan put the sense back into the nonsense of the news world.