Charlie Pickering is set to return to the ABC in 2016 with a new series of The Weekly.
Prior to that, Pickering and the team at The Weekly will also appear in a one-hour annual news roundup special, The Yearly, in December.
Pickering said the team at The Weekly was currently on an extended hiatus from screen duties.
"Our priority has been expending much-needed time and development funding coming up with a name for the one-hour annual news roundup special," he said.
"After a laborious three minutes, we settled on The Yearly and will be taking the rest of the time off. See you in December!”
In both offerings, Pickering will again be flanked by comedians, Tom Gleeson and Kitty Flanagan.
Executive producer, Chris Walker said it was very exciting to be coming back so soon.
"One thing we can be sure of in this country is that 2016 will be even ‘newsier’ than 2015 … so I personally can’t wait to see what Charlie, Tom and Kitty come up with.”
ABC head of entertainment, Jon Casimir, said The Weekly had established itself this year as a genuine new voice.
"A part of the public discourse, sometimes urgent, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes silly, always funny," he said.
"We’re very proud to bring more of it to a hungry audience.”
The Yearly will premiere in December on ABC.
The Weekly is a Thinkative Television Production in association with ABC TV.
Executive producers are Charlie Pickering, Kevin Whyte and Chris Walker.
The series producer is Frank Bruzzese, while ABC TV executive producer is Tarni James.