ˌɔn twˈɛlv mˈɑːɹtʃ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn, pˈɪkɚɹɪŋ ɐnˈaʊnst ðæt hiː wʌz lˈiːvɪŋ ðə pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt tuː "fˈaɪnd nˈuː tʃˈælɪndʒᵻz", ænd ɪn ˈeɪpɹəl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈɪftiːn hiː stˈɑːɹɾᵻd hˈoʊstɪŋ ɐ wˈiːkli kˈɑːmədi slˈæʃ nˈuːz sˈæɾaɪɚ pɹˈoʊɡɹæm ˌɔn ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː ɛntˈaɪɾəld ðə wˈiːkli wɪð tʃˈɑːɹli pˈɪkɚɹɪŋ.
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.