On 12 March 2014, Pickering announced that he was leaving The Project to "find new challenges", and in April 2015  he started hosting a weekly comedy/news satire program on ABC entitled The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.
Pickering informed the public on March 12, 2014, that he was leaving The Project to explore new ventures. In April 2015, he launched a weekly comedy and news satire show on ABC called The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.