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This is a list of Italian television related events from 1990.
Events
- 5 May - Italy wins the 35th Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. The winning song is "Insieme: 1992", performed by Toto Cutugno.
Debuts
Rai
Serials
- Pronto soccorso (Emergency department) – medical drama, with Ferruccio and Claudio Amendola, directed by Francesco Massaro; 2 seasons.
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.
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.
International
- 25 September -
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Alfred J. Kwak (Italia 1) (1989-1990) 
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Babar (Rai 2) (1989-1991)
Television shows
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
Finivest
Serials
- Cri Cri – sequel of Arriva Cristina, with Cristina D’Avena; 2 seasons.
Ending this year
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Births
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Deaths
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See also
References
- "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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