1990_in_Italian_television
1990 in Italian television
Overview of the events of 1990 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1990.
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- 21 March - Italy wins the 35th Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. The winning song is "Insieme: 1992", performed by Toto Cutugno.
Rai
Serials
- Pronto soccorso (Emergency department) – medical drama, with Ferruccio and Claudio Amendola, directed by Francesco Massaro; 2 seasons.[1]
Variety
- Stasera mi butto (Tonight I have a go) – talent show of impressionists (later extended to other categories), directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore ; 4 seasons (the first is hosted by Gigi Sabani, the most famous Italian impressionist of the time). The show reveals comic actors as Giorgio Panariello, Neri Marcorè and Max Giusti.[2]
Fininvest
Variety
- Mai dire gol (Never say goal) – by Gialappa’s band; 11 seasons. The show reuses the footage of other sport programs, with the trio’s voiceover mocking pitilessly football players, coaches and journalists; later, it becomes a real variety, with the sketches of comic actors as Teo Teocoli and Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and the presence of showgirls as Elen Hidding and Simona Ventura.[3]
International
- 25 September -
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Alfred J. Kwak (Italia 1) (1989-1990) 
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Babar (Rai 2) (1989-1991)
RAI
Drama
- I ragazzi di via Panisperna (Via Panisperna boys) – by Gianni Amelio, with Andrea Prodan (Ettore Majorana), Ennio Fantstichini (Enrico Fermi) and Laura Morante; in 2 parts; distributed also in a theatrical version.[4]
Miniseries
- I promessi sposi (The betrothed) – parody of the Manzoni’s novel, with the trio Marchesini-Solenghi-Lopez (also directors); the three actors play all the characters, save some cameos by TV stars; in 5 episodes. The classic novel is the pretext for a crazy satire of any conceivable TV and film genre. The show gets more public and critic success than the serious version, broadcast few months before.[5]
- A violent life – by Giacomo Battiato, from the Benvenuto Cellini’s autobiography, with Wadeck Stanczak (Cellini), Max von Sydow (Pope Clemens VII) and Ben Kingsley; 3 episodes. Distributed also in a theatrical version.
- A season of giants – by Jerry London, biopic about the youth of Michelangelo Buonarroti (played by Mark Frankel), with F. Murray Abraham (Pope Julius II) and Ornella Muti; 3 episodes.
- La piovra 5 – Il cuore del problema (The hearth of the matter) – by Luigi Perelli, with Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Patricia Millardet and Remo Girone; 5 episodes. After the killing of the superintendent Cattani, a female judge and a retired policeman carry on his fight against the Sicilian mafia.
Serials
- Il giudice istruttore (The examining magistrate) – by Florestano Vancini, with Erland Josephson, Vittorio Gassman and Luca Zingaretti; inspired by the life of Ferdinando Imposimato.[6]
Variety
- Il caso Sanremo (The Sanremo case) – history of the Sanremo festival in form of a parodic trial, with Renzo Arbore, Lino Banfi and several singers as guest stars.[7]
News and educational
- La mia guerra (My war) – by Paolo Cazzara, with Enza Sampò and Leo Benvenuti; reportage in 7 episodes about the Second World War in Italy as lived by the civilians, with several eyewitness accounts.[8]
- La macchina meravigliosa (The wondeful machine) – documentary series by Piero Angela about the human body; the journalist moves among the various organs, reconstructed by computer with cutting-edge techniques.[9]
For children
- L’albero azzurro (The blue tree) – show of educative entertainment for the littlest ones, with the puppet-bird Dodò as protagonist, realized with the contribution of renowned authors and educationalists (Bianca Pitzorno, Bruno Munari, Nico Orengo); again on air.[10]
Finivest
Serials
- Cri Cri – sequel of Arriva Cristina, with Cristina D’Avena; 2 seasons.[11]
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- "Pronto soccorso". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "Stasera mi butto - Gigi Sabani". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- "Mai dire gol". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- "I ragazzi di via Panisperna". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "I promessi sposi - Il Trio". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "Il giudice istruttore". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "Il caso Sanremo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "La mia guerra". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "La Macchina Meravigliosa". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- "L'Albero Azzurro". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- "Cri Cri 3". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
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