2016 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2016.

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Events

• 13 May – 26-year-old harmonica player Moses wins the seventh season of Italia's Got Talent.
• 23 May – Alice Paba wins the fourth season of The Voice of Italy.

Debuts

RAI

Serials

• L'allieva ("The pupil") – by various directors, with Alessandra Mastronardi and Lino Guanciale, from the Alessia Gazzola's novels; 3 seasons (till now). It's the most successful among the Italian forensic dramas and has for protagonist Alice Allievi, a young would-be coroner, professionally capable but maladroit in the private life.^[1]
• Medici, by various directors, with Richard Madden (Cosimo de' Medici), Daniel Sharman (Lorenzo il Magnifico) and Dustin Hoffman (Giovanni di Bicci de Medici); 3 seasons (till now); coproduction with Great Britain. The series, despite its great production values, gets mixed critics, moreover for the excessive historical inaccuracies.^[2]
• The mafia kills only in summer, by Luca Ribuoli, with Claudio Gioè, Licia Foglietta and Pif (as the teller), from the Pif's movie; 2 seasons.^[3]
• Thou shalt not kill, procedural set in Turin, with Miriam Leone and Monica Guerritore; 2 seasons.^[4]
• Rocco Schiavone – procedural set in Aosta, from the Antonio Manzini's novels, with Marco Giallini in the title role, an unruly and contemptuous but gifted deputy-commissioner, transferred from Rome as a punishment; 4 seasons (till now).

Television shows

RAI

Drama

• Io non mi arrendo ("I don't give up") – by Enzo Monteleone, with Beppe Fiorello; 2 episodes. A police inspector fights against both the traffic of toxic waste and a cancer gotten because his field investigations.^[5]
• Io sono Libero ("I'm Libero, or I'm free") – docudrama by Francesco Micicchè, with Adriano Chiaramida as Libero Grassi.^[6]
• Luisa Spagnoli – biopic by Ludovico Gasparini, with Luisa Ranieri in the title role; 2 episodes.^[7]

Serials

• Come fai sbagli ("Everything you do, you wrong") – by Riccardo Donna and Tiziana Aristarco, remake of the French Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, with Daniele Pecci, Francesca Inaudi and Caterina Guzzanti; 12 episodes. Two couples of parents raise their sons with opposite methods (authoritarian and permissive), both with disappointing results.^[8]

News and educational

• Alla scoperta dei musei vaticani ("Discovering the Vatican Museums") – by Alberto Angela; 3 episodes.^[9]

2000s

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)
• Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)
• X Factor (2008–present)

2010s

• Italia's Got Talent (2010–present)
• The Voice of Italy (2013–present)

Ending this year

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Paramount Network	Cable and satellite	1 October
VH1	Cable and satellite	1 July

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
Paramount Network	Cable and satellite	1 October

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes	Source
Nuvolari	Nuvola61	Cable and satellite	Unknown

Births

Deaths

See also

• 2016 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2016

References

1. "L'allieva". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
2. "I Medici". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
3. "La mafia uccide solo d'estate - La serie". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-21.
4. "Non uccidere". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-21.
5. "Io non mi arrendo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
6. "Io sono Libero". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
7. "Luisa Spagnoli". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
8. "Come fai sbagli". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
9. "rai-consumer » Alla scoperta dei Musei Vaticani". Retrieved 2021-04-15.