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
RAI
Serials
The young Montalbano – prequel of Il commissario Montalbano, by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, with David Riondino as Salvo Montalbano; 2 seasons. 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. 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.
Talent shows
Tale e quale show – an Italian adaptation of Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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. Santa Barbara – by Carmine Elia, with Vanessa Hessler in the title role and Massimo Wertmuller. 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.
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 Deaths Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility19 FebruaryRenato Dulbecco97Host of Sanremo Music Festival 1999
See also 2012 in Italy List of Italian films of 2012
References