1992 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1992

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Events
  • 13 January: on Canale 5, debut of TG5, the first Finivest news program, directed by Enrico Mentana and hosted, besides the same Mentana, by Cristina Parodi and Cesara Buonamici. The first edition is troubled by several technical problems but is gratified by a greeting message from London of the president Francesco Cossiga. Soon, the Canale 5 journal, focused on current news instead of politic and conducted by Mentana with a pressing rhythm, becomes a serious competitor for the high-flown RAI news programs.[1]
  • 26 February: during the opening evening of the Sanremo festival, hosted by Pippo Baudo, Crazy Horse (alias Mario Appignani), infamous serial jammer of public events, takes the stage crying “The festival is rigged and Fausto Leali will win it!”, before being moved away by the staff. The prediction doesn't come true: the winner is Luca Barbarossa with Portami a ballare, while Leali gets only the 9th place.[2]
  • March 3: two weeks after the arrest of Mario Chiesa, Bettino Craxi is guest at TG3. The socialist leader, answering to a viewer’s question, calls Chiesa “a scoundrel who casts a shadow on a party that in Milan … in fifty years never had an administrator sentenced for serious crimes.” Instead, the Mani Pulite enquiry, originated by the Chiesa affair, in the following months spreads like wildfire, overwhelming the whole Italian political system.[3]  
  • 23 May: at 10 PM, in an interlude of the variety show Scommettiamo che..., an extraordinary edition of TG1 announces the death of Giovanni Falcone in the Capaci bombing .[4] Despite the tragic event, RAI chooses to continue the show, against the will of the same host Fabrizio Frizzi (son-in-law of another Mafia victim, Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa).[5]
  • 25 May, RAI airs from Palermo the burials of the victim; the tears of Rosaria Schifani, widow of a police escort, upset Italy.[6] Paolo Borsellino declares to the TV journalist David Sassoli: "When I picked up Giovanni Falcone's last breaths in my arms, I thought it was just a postponed appointment";[7] On 19 July, Borsellino is in turn killed in the Via D’Amelio bombing.

Debuts

Serials
  • Cinico TV – by Ciprì & Maresco, series of black-and-white shorts, hosted in various other programs; 4 seasons. The series, set in the Palermo suburbia and with freakish characters, is inspired, as the future films of the two authors, by a dark and upsetting humour.[8]

News and educational
  • Milano, Italia – political talk show, broadcast from Milan and hosted initially by Gad Lerner, 2 seasons; it's now a precious document about the season of Mani Pulite and the Mafia bombings.[9]

Serials
  • Gommapiuma (Foam rubber) – satirical comedy with puppets, Italian version of the English Splitting Image ; 3 seasons.[10]

Variety
  • Karaoke – karaoke contest from the squares of various Italian towns, hosted by Fiorello and later by his brother Giuseppe; 3 seasons more a restart in 2015.[11]
  • La sai l’ultima? (Do you know the latest story?) – contest of joke tellers, with various hosts (Jerry Scotti and Natalia Estrada the most active); 11 seasons and 6 spin-offs.[12]
  • Scherzi a parte (All kiddings aside) – candid camera show, with various hosts (Teo Teocoli the most active) and known personalities as the victims of the jokes; 14 seasons and 8 spin-offs or special editions.[13]

Shows of the year

Miniseries

Serials

Music

Variety
  • Su la testa! (Up your head!) – satirical show broadcast from the Baggio tent-theatre. The host Paolo Rossi (at his TV debut) is sided by several stand-up comedians coming from the Zelig cabaret, as Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo.[15]

Drama

References
  1. "TG5, ventotto anni fa la". www.agenziavideo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  2. "Sanremo Follie - 1992: Mario Appignani detto Cavallo Pazzo - Video". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. "Mani pulite: cronache da un'inchiesta". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. "Memorie - Fatti e persone da ricordare - TG1 Edizione straordinaria 23/05/1992 - Video". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  5. "La strage di Capaci e "Scommettiamo che": il filo che lega Frizzi alla Sicilia". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. ergrillodermarchese (22 May 2012). "Io vi perdono, però vi dovete mettere in ginocchio". YouTube. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. "Le parole di Borsellino - S1992 - Borsellino una settimana dopo la morte di Falcone - Video". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  8. "Cinico TV". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  9. "Milano, Italia". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  10. "Gommapiuma". Mediaset Play. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  11. "Karaoke". Mediaset Play. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. "La sai l'ultima?". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  13. "Sei su scherzi a parte". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  14. "Un inviato molto speciale". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  15. "Su la testa!". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  16. Fantaghirò 2: Fantaghirò 2 Video, retrieved 2021-01-26
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