Television. Mediaset, next season’s programs


The CEO of Mediaset "Pier Silvio Berlusconi

The CEO of Mediaset “Pier Silvio Berlusconi

“It’s been a very tough two years, between the pandemic and the war, but this is a restart: we have cut costs, but not the occupation. We made more product and risked a lot more. And the results of listening and advertising sales reward us ». Like this Pier Silvio Berlusconi, CEO of Mediaset, returns after three years to tell the press from the Cologno Monzese studios the autumn and spring schedules of the company of the biscione. Above all, rattling off numbers (plus 15% on total audiences, i.e. including TV and platforms, plus 2.2% share in the largest audience, and a clear prevalence compared to Rai on the younger audience, first among the large broadcasters European per share, 34.7%, and for self-produced programs.), Berlusconi claims to offer an increasingly cross-media TV but which has “its core business in generalist TV, which will indeed increase in value over the years in comparison with the fragmentation of Internet”.

Maria De Filippi dominatrix of Saturday evening

But precisely because advertising revenues and ratings have gone well, Mediaset from its commercial point of view has no intention of changing almost anything in its formula which now sees, alas, the perennial reality show: Big Brother Vip And Island of the Famous to which the return de The mole And My mom and your dad, reality show with parents looking for a new love story, in which their teen children get involved: a playful show on paper, but one that could be discussed given the delicacy of the topic, also in terms of protection of minors. Also confirmed the firepower of the programs Maria De Filippi and the great classics like Strip the news (the Argentero-Siani duo will open the season). Lots of entertainment, then (arriving on Canale 5 in prime time Very talented a program with children led by Piero Chiambretti who will take to understand their point of view, an evening event with Orietta Berti while Hyenas on Italia 1 they become a fixed appointment on Tuesdays from October to spring), the confirmation of Rete 4 as information TV, in addition to the arrival of new fiction, The patriarch with Claudio AmendolaThe girl from Corleone, soulmate with Daniele Liotti and a series on Brigitte Bardot.

Canale 5, Cesare Bocci at Christmas with “The great beauty” in Jerusalem

But, browsing here and there, various culturally interesting proposals appear, which usually go unnoticed but which are worth underlining. The series then returns to Canale 5 The great beautyconducted by Cesare Bocci, who for Christmas will take us to discover the history and spirituality of Jerusalem. The best of BBC documentaries arrives on Rete 4, as well as on the thematic channel Focus. It’s already happening these days with the animal series Dinasties II on Network 4, while in September it will arrive The great dictionary of animals on Focus. On Network 4 always branded BBC will arrive in December Frozen Planet II and in spring Planeth earth III. On Italy 1 confirmed Freedom from Roberto Giacobbo who loves shuffling the cards between history, archeology and mystery.

The thematic network Focus, on the other hand, Mediaset leaders confirm, “in addition to acquiring, it is making a lot of effort in scientific production made in Italy, recounting the great events of science with an Italian style”. On 12 and 19 September in prime time The thousand faces of Syracuse Laura Pepe and Alessandro Vanoli between art and history. From 13 October Geological wonders of Italy: Luigi Bignami in the company of geologists, speleologists and paleontologists will introduce the geology of Marche, Umbria, Lazio and Sicily; from November 28 in prime time Medicine of the Romans curated by Laura Pepe and on 15 and 22 December The monsters of the cosmosspecial astronomy themed, by and with Luigi Bignami and the astrophysicist Gabriele Ghisellini, dedicated to the most powerful, distant and extreme celestial phenomena.

Cinema, tributes to the 100th anniversary of Vittorio Gassman and Luciano Salce

Great films on the thematic cinema channel Irisincluding a series dedicated to Martin Scorsese for his 80 years and one a Clint Eastwood. Cine34, in the channel of the great Italian cinema it proposes the first of September Gassmann 100 free day to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Shower’s birth Vittorio Gassmanwith a special by Sanguinetii and eight author’s titles starting from Overtaking. Between September and October Sanguineti also curates a series of films All De Sica dedicated to the great Vittorio De Sica while from 18 September it pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Salce proposing three special evenings.

Comedy, an event with the great actors of “Mai dire gol”

A separate chapter goes to comedy, which will start again from theaters with Zelig (3/4 episodes on Canale 5) from the Arcimboldi of Milan, a laboratory for new comedians on con Italy 1 on stagethe resumption of 11 theatrical performances by comedians such as Pucci and Giacobazzi, Emigratis with Pio and Amedeo and a project in progress for the 32 years of Never say goals: event evening or 3 special prime time episodes on Canale 5 trying to put together the great comedians launched by the program with the Gialappa’s Band, among which we remember Antonio Albanese, Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo, Luciana Littizzetto, Gene Gnocchi, Teo Teocoli, Claudio Bisio, the Mago Forest, Gioele Dix, Luca and Paolo, Ale and Franz, Paolo Hendel.

Television. Mediaset, next season’s programs