2012 in Italian television explained

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2012.

Events

• 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

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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

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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

• Berlino la mutante ("Berlin the mutant") – documentary by Andrea De Fusco.^[6]

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

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

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Cinematic Credibility
19 February	Renato Dulbecco	97	Host of Sanremo Music Festival 1999

See also

• 2012 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2012

References

1. Web site: Il giovane Montalbano. 2021-03-19. RaiPlay. it.
2. Web site: Una grande famiglia. 2021-03-19. RaiPlay. it.
3. Web site: Questo nostro amore. 2021-03-22. RaiPlay. it.
4. Web site: Le Mille e una Notte - Aladino e Sherazade - RaiPlay. 2021-03-22. RaiPlay. it.
5. Web site: Santa Barbara. 2021-03-22. RaiPlay. it.
6. Web site: Berlino la mutante. 2020-07-13. RaiPlay. it.