2003 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2003.

Events

• 8 May – Floriana Secondi wins season 3 of Grande Fratello.

Debuts

Serials

• Corto Maltese – cartoon from the Hugo Pratt's comic; coproduction with France.

International

• 19 March – Scrubs (MTV) (2001–2010)
• October – // The Adventures of Paddington Bear (Italia 1) (1997–2000)
• Unknown – Garfield and Friends (RaiSat2) (1988–1994)

Television shows

Miniseries

• The best of youth – by Marco Tullio Giordana, with Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti; 4 episodes. It's a family saga telling the Italian history from the Sixties to 2000, through the lives of two brothers (a policeman and a progressive intellectual); distributed also in a theatrical version, with international success. ÂÂ

Mediaset

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Deaths

• 24 February:  Alberto Sordi, 82, comic actor; also if moreover active in radio and cinema, he often appeared in TV variety as guest of honor.

See also

• 2003 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2003

References