Beppe Grillo on stage Beppe Grillo is one of the most recognized and probably most talented Italian stand up comedian. For almost 40 years he has entertained the Italian public through every media, and some of his most memorable performances entered the history of Italian popular culture. Grillo represents […]
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Emilio Fede
Emilio Fede The younger generations see Emilio Fede as an anchorman who is able to deviate from just telling the news. Nowadays, Fede is known more as a showman and comedian, than a journalist. The truth is, however, that Emilio Fede has a long history in journalism and is […]
Sabina Guzzanti
Sabina Guzzanti at Cannes for her movie Draquila The Guzzanti family has truly become a public affair within Italian society, as each member is somehow a public figure and is allowed to speak and appear pretty much at any condition they demand. Sabina is the daughter of Paolo, a prominent […]
Pietro Taricone
Pietro Taricone and fiancee Kasia Smutniak While Pietro Taricone didn’t win the first edition of “Big Brother,” he won Italian hearts the moment he stepped on screen. The first edition of the Italian version of the “Big Brother” hit the airwaves in 2000 and proposed a dramatic shift […]
Italian Television
Italian Television Like in North America and other parts of the industrialized world television in Italy has been a cultural phenomenon since its inception. Since the beginning of broadcasting on January 3rd, 1954, television has been a fundamental part of the public and private lives of Italians. At the time Filiberto […]
Italian Television in the 1990s
In Italy, as in North America, the 1990s saw a huge jump in popularity for two types of programs: information shows and reality shows. In the 90s Mediaset launched their own newscasts and both RAI and Mediaset added socio-political talk shows and informational programming to their daily schedules with the […]
Italian Television in the 2000s
Italian Television History: The end of 2000 sees the beginning of the the TV show format that will dominate the decade: the reality show