2014 in Italian television
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This is a list of Italian television related events from 2014.
Events
- 26 May – Micro Petrilli wins the thirteenth season of Grande Fratello.
- 5 June – Cristina Scuccia, a Catholic nun whose blind audition became an international viral hit on YouTube, wins the second season of The Voice of Italy.
- 6 December – Racewalker Giusy Versace and her partner Raimondo Todaro win the tenth season of Ballando con le stelle.
- 11 December – Lorenzo Fragola wins the eighth season of X Factor.
Debuts
= RAI =
== Serials ==
- Purché finisca bene ("As long as it ends well") – by Fabrizio Costa and others; 4 seasons. It is a cycle of comedies, without recurring actors or characters, inspired by optimism and good feelings, also when treating serious matters, as the economic crisis.{{Cite web|title=Purché finisca bene|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/purchfiniscabene|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Braccialetti rossi ("Red bracelets") – by Giacomo Campiotti, with Carmine Buschini and Aurora Ruffino, Italian version of the Spanish Polseres vermelles; 3 seasons.{{Cite web|title=Braccialetti rossi|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/braccialettirossi|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Una pallottola nel cuore ("A bullet in the heart") – by Luca Manfredi, with Gigi Proietti and Francesca Inaudi; 3 seasons. Proietti is Bruno Palmieri, a crime reporter, active and brave also if, after an attempted murder, he lives with a bullet in the chest.{{Cite web|title=Una pallottola nel cuore|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/unapallottolanelcuore|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
Television shows
= RAI =
== Drama ==
- Beauty and the beast, by Fabrizio Costa, with Bianca Suarez and Alessandro Preziosi, from the homonymous fable; 2 episodes.
=== Biopic ===
- Per amore del mio popolo ("For my people's love") – biopic by Antonio Frazzi, with Alessandro Preziosi as don Giuseppe Diana; 2 episodes.{{Cite web|title=Per amore del mio popolo|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/peramoredelmiopopolo|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Qualunque cosa succeda – ("Whenever it happens") – biopic by Albeto Negrin, with Pierfrancesco Favino as Giorgio Ambrosoli.{{Cite web|title=Qualunque cosa succeda|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/qualunquecosasucceda|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Mister Ignis, l'operaio che fondò un impero ("Mister Ignis, the laborer who founded an empire") – biopic by Luciano Manuzzi, with Lorenzo Flaherty as the domestic appliance tycoon Giovanni Borghi; 2 episodes.
- La strada dritta ("The straight road") by Carmine Elia, with Ennio Fantastichini as Giuseppe Cova (the engineer who designed the Sun Motorway) and Anita Caprioli; 2 episodes.
== Miniseries ==
- Un'altra vita ("Another life") – by Cinzia TH Torrini, with Vanessa Incontrada and Daniele Lotti; 6 episodes. An upper class woman, whose existence has been upset by her husband's arrest, tries to rebuild a life as medical officer in Ponza.{{Cite web|title=Un'altra vita - Episodi - Stagione 1|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/unaltravita|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Orfani ("Orphans") – cartoon by Armando Traverso, from the Roberto Recchioni and Emiliano Mammucari's comics; 10 episodes. In an apocalyptic future, a commando of children fights against the aliens invaders.{{Cite web|title=rai-consumer » Orfani|url=http://www.consumerproducts.rai.it/movie/orfani/|access-date=2021-04-14}}
== Serials ==
- Impazienti ("The impatient ones") – sit-com by Celeste Laudisio, with Enrico Bertolino and Max Tortora. Two crocks, for an insurance scam, are forced to a long cohabitation in an hospital, even though they can't stand each other.{{Cite web|title=Impazienti - Extra|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/impazienti|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
- Il candidato – Zucca presidente ("The candidate – Zucca for president"), sit-com by Ludovico Bassegato, with Filippo Timi, Lunetta Savino and Bebo Storti; 2 seasons. Italian version of the French Hènaut prèsident, it's the story of a postman become politician, honest but absolutely incompetent, and handled by his cynical staff.{{Cite web|title=Il candidato|url=https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/ilcandidato|access-date=2021-03-24|website=RaiPlay|language=it}}
== News and educationals. ==
- Alla scoperta del Vaticano ("Discovering the Vatican City") – by Alberto Angela; 6 episodes.{{Cite web|title=rai-consumer » Alla scoperta del Vaticano – Un viaggio esclusivo dentro le mura con Alberto Angela|url=http://www.consumerproducts.rai.it/movie/alla-scoperta-del-vaticano-un-viaggio-esclusivo-dentro-le-mura-con-alberto-angela/|access-date=2021-04-14}}
=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
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Networks and services
=Launches=
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! Network ! Type ! Launch date ! Notes ! Source |
LaC TV
| Cable and satellite | Unknown | | |
Fine Living
| Cable and satellite | 26 March | | |
Sky Atlantic
| Cable and satellite | 9 April | | |
Fox Animation
| Cable and satellite | 1 November | | |
Fox Comedy
| Cable and satellite | 1 November | | |
=Conversions and rebrandings=
class="wikitable" |
Old network name
! New network name ! Type ! Conversion Date ! Notes ! Source |
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=Closures=
class="wikitable sortable"
! Network ! Type ! Closure date ! Notes ! Source |
Fox Retro
| Cable and satellite | 31 December | | |
Births
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Deaths
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