2012 in Italian television
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- 5 January – Francesca Michielin wins the fifth season of X Factor.
- 10 March – 21-year-old acro pole flag man Stefano Scarpa wins the third season of Italia's Got Talent.
- 17 March – Singer and actor Andrés Gil and his partner Anastasia Kuzmina win the eighth season of Ballando con le stelle.
- 1 April – Sabrina Mbarek wins the twelfth season of Grande Fratello.
- 7 December – Chiara Galiazzo wins the sixth season of X Factor.
Debuts
RAI
Serials
- The young Montalbano – prequel of Il commissario Montalbano, by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, with David Riondino as Salvo Montalbano; 2 seasons.[1]
- The family – by Riccardo Milani and Riccardo Donna, with Stefania Sandrelli, Gianni Cavina, Stefania Rocca and Alessandro Gassmann; 3 seasons and 2 spin-offs. Soap-opera about the Rengoni, a family of Lombard industrialists.[2]
- Questo nostro amore ("This our love") – by Luca Ribuoli and Isabella Leoni, with Nerì Marcorè and Anna Valle; 3 seasons. The stories of two families in Turin (an irregular couple and a patriarchal clan of Sicilians), living in the same condominium, interlace for twenty years, from the Sixties to the Eighties, till to the birth of a child, son of the two firstborns.[3]
Television shows
Rai
Drama
- Caruso, la voce dell'amore ("The voice of love") – biopic by Stefano Reali, with Gianluca Terranova in the title role, Vanessa Incontrada and Martina Stella; 2 episodes.
- One Thousand and One Nights – by Marco Pontecorvo, with Marco Bocci and Vanessa Hessler, freely adapted from the Arabian nights; 2 episodes.[4]
- Santa Barbara – by Carmine Elia, with Vanessa Hessler in the title role and Massimo Wertmuller.[5]
- Walter Chiari, fino all'ultima risata ("Till the last laugh") – biopic by Enzo Monteleone, with Alessio Boni in the title role; 2 episodes.
Serials
- Nero Wolfe – with Francesco Pannofino in the title role and Pietro Sermonti as Archie Goodwin; the adventures of the two detectives are relocated in the Rome of the dolce vita.
News and educational
2000s
- Grande Fratello (2000–present)
- Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)
- X Factor (2008–present)
2010s
- Italia's Got Talent (2010–present)
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Uno +1 HD | Cable and satellite | 25 October |
Conversions and rebrandings
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeA Super | Super! | Cable and satellite | 18 March | ||
| TV Cultura | Rádio e Televisão Cultura | Cable and satellite | Unknown |
Closures
| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Italia | Cable and satellite | 31 December | ||
| E! | Cable and satellite | 31 August |
