2002 in Italian television


This is a list of Italian television-related events from 2002.

Events

  • 4 December – Bruno Cuomo wins the first season of Operazione Trionfo.

Debuts

RaiL'eredità: A TV quiz based on the Argentine format El legado. As of 2023, with more than 5000 episodes, it is the longest-running television game show in Italy.

Television shows

Drama

Variety

Il caso Scarfoglia – satirical variety show by Corrado Guzzanti with Marco Marzocca and Caterina Guzzanti. A cynical TV journalist, assisted by a fanatic priest, investigates the vanishing of an average man. The simulated enquiry serves as a common thread for absurd inventions, such as fake newsreels about the landing of a fascist expedition on Mars.

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