2002 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2002.

List of years in Italian television
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Events edit

  • 4 December – Bruno Cuomo wins the first season of Operazione Trionfo.

Debuts edit

Rai

  • L'eredità: TV quiz based on the Argentine format El legado. As of 2023 with more than 5000 episodes, it is the longest-running television game on Italian television.

Television shows edit

Rai edit

Drama edit

Varieyt edit

  • Il caso Scarfoglia ("The Scarfoglia affair") – satirical variety by Corrado Guzzanti (protagonist and director) with Marco Marzocca and Caterina Guzzanti. A cynical TV journalist, sided by a fanatic priest, investigates about the vanishing of an average man. The simulated enquiry is only the common thread for absurd inventions, as the fake newsreels about the landing on Mars of a fascist expedition (later, Guzzanti adapts those sketches in a movie, Fascisti su Marte). [4]

Mediaset edit

Ending this year edit

Networks and services edit

Launches edit

Network Type Launch date Notes Source
GAY.tv Cable and satellite 13 May
DeeJay TV Cable and satellite 10 June
ESPN Classic Cable and satellite July

Conversions and rebrandings edit

Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source

Closures edit

Network Type Closure date Notes Source

Births edit

Deaths edit

Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility
24 January Nunzio Filogamo 99 Italian television & radio presenter, actor & singer
16 March Carmelo Bene 64 Italian stage actor and director[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Perlasca - Un eroe italiano". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  2. ^ "San Giovanni - L'apocalisse". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. ^ "Maria José - L'ultima regina". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  4. ^ "Il caso Scafroglia". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  5. ^ "Carmelo Bene Talk Show". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-18.