2009 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2009.

Events

• 21 March – Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont and his partner Natalia Titova win the fifth season of Ballando con le stelle.
• 19 April – Matteo Becucci wins the second season of X Factor.
• 20 April – Ferdi Berisa wins the ninth season of Grande Fratello.
• 2 December – Marco Mengoni wins the third season of X Factor.

Debuts

Serials

• Il commissario Manara – mix of procedural and romantic comedy, with Guido Caprino and Roberta Giarrusso, spin-off of Una famiglia in giallo; 2 seasons.

International

• 2 December – United States of Tara (Mya) (2009–2011)

Television shows

Drama

• Una sera di ottobre ("An october evening") – by Vittorio Sindoni, with Vanessa Hessler, Gabriele Greco and Ottavia Piccolo; 2 episodes. A naive young girl becomes a detective to save her boy-friend, charged of murder.
• Tutta la verità ("The whole truth") – by Cinzia Th. Torrini, with Vittoria Puccini and Daniele Pecci; 2 episodes. The quiet life of a female lawyer is upset by the passion for an ambiguous surgeon, till to be accused for the murder of her lover's wife.

Variety

• Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)
• X Factor (2008–present)

News and educational

• L'incantatore di serpenti, la vita senza freno di Giancarlo Fusco ("The snake charmer, Giancarlo Fusco's boundless life") – documentary by Salvatore Allocca.

2000s

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Closures

Deaths

See also

• 2009 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2009

References