1988 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1988.

List of years in Italian television
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Events
  • 6 May. On an episode of the magazine Telefono giallo, hosted by Corrado Augias, about the Itavia flight 870, an airman in service in Marsala on the day of the crash (whose identity has never been ascertained), phones on air and declares to have seen the radar tracks of the event, before they were hidden by the Italian Air Force.[1]

Debuts

Variety
  • Harem – feminist talk-show, hosted by Catherine Spaak, with three female guests and a male one, who only intervenes at the end; 15 seasons.[2]
  • La tv delle ragazze (Girls TV) – satirical variety, hosted by Serena Dandini, written, directed and interpreted exclusively by women (save two male actors in minor roles); 2 seasons. It launches several comic actresses, as Monica Scattini and Angela Finocchiaro.[3]

Serials

Variety
  • Striscia la notizia (The news crawls) – satirical news program, ideated by Antonio Ricci and again on air; irreverent comical sketches, played in studio by two fake news readers, alternate with more serious reportages about social issues. The show gets, for decades, the greatest audience in the Italian television and has got by the critics praises, but also charges of demagogy and sexism, for the intensive use of girls in sexy suits (the “velinas”). Among the many hosts of the program, the most successful had been the couple Ezio Greggio-Enzo Iachetti, while its most popular reporter is the puppet Gabibbo.[5]

International

Television shows

Drama

Miniseries

Variety
  • Complimenti per la trasmissione (Congratulations for the show) – game show with Piero Chiambretti (at his debut as host of a complete program). A RAI troupe breaks live in the house of an average family and subjects it to various tests; however, the games are just a pretext to show the reactions of the ordinary people to the TV cameras.[11]  
  • Troppo forti (Too strong) –variety about the Italians’ dreams and desires, with Mara Venier (at her TV debut) and Claudio Sorrentino.[12]
  • Trasmissione forzata (Forced broadcasting) – satirical variety with Dario Fo and Franca Rame (who host a TV show for the first time after controversial Canzonissima 1962), sided by Enzo Jannacci. [13]

Serials

Deaths
DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
18 May Enzo Tortora 59 Italian TV host[16]

See also

References
  1. "Ustica, mistero senza fine". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. "Harem - Catherine Spaak". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. "La TV delle ragazze". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  4. "Casa Vianello". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  5. "Striscia la Notizia: video delle puntate, conduttori, veline e sos gabibbo". Striscia la Notizia (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  6. "Il treno di Lenin". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. "La coscienza di Zeno". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  8. "Piazza Navona". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  9. "Il segreto del Sahara". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  10. "La piovra". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  11. "Complimenti per la trasmissione". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  12. "Troppo forti". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  13. "Trasmissione forzata". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  14. "Balliamo e cantiamo con Licia". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  15. "Arriva Cristina". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  16. "Signore e Signori, Enzo Tortora!". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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