1989 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1989.

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Events

• November 9: the TG2 special correspondent Lilli Gruber (German native speaker) describes, for RAI, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the following events.[1]

Debuts

News and ecudational

• 1989 Cartolina (Postcard) – daily column by Andrea Barbato, consisting in a five minutes open letter addressed to a personality of politic or actuality; five seasons. [2]

Variety

• Agenzia matrimoniale (Marriage agency) – people show, hosted by Marta Flavi (by then wife of the producer Maurizio Costanzo) and later by Barbara D’Urso; 9 seasons. In every episode, two lonely hearts have a blind date in front of the cameras.[3]
• C’eravamo tanto amati (Once we loved each other so much) – talk-show, hosted by Luca Barbareschi; 5 seasons. The program, forerunner of the future trash-TV, is focused on the angry quarrels (largely staged) of couples in crisis; despite its bad taste, it gets public success and has an American version (That’s amore).[4]
• Bellezze al bagno (Bathing beauties) – game show, aired in the summer from the most famous Italian water parks; 5 seasons. [5]

Television shows

Drama

• Una donna spezzata – by Marco Leto, from Simone de Beauvoir’s La femme rompue, with Lea Massari and Erland Josephson, in 2 parts. A middle-class woman has to face the crumbling of her seemingly happy family.[6]
• The jeweler’s shop – by Michael Anderson, from the Karol Woytila’s play, with Burt Lancaster and Olivia Hussey.[7]

Miniseries

• I promessi sposi (The betrothed) – by Salvatore Nocita, from the Alessandro Manzoni’s novel, with  Danny Quinn and Delphine Forest as protagonists and a stellar cast in the minor roles (Alberto Sordi, Burt Lancaster, F. Murray Abraham, Franco Nero, Dario Fo); in 5 episodes. Realized with a 20 billion liras budget, in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk  and the Croatian television, the series gets high ratings in Italy; it’s instead ravaged by critics, who reproach it the infidelity to the book, transformed into a cloak and dagger story, and the mediocrity of the two lead actors.[8]

Variety

• Ars Amanda – malicious talk show, hosted by Amanda Lear, set in a bed where the singer and her guests chats about eroticism.[9]

News and educational

• La notte della repubblica (The night of the republic) – by Sergio Zavoli; monumental enquiry in 18 episodes about the Years of lead, with precious witnesses of many protagonists of the tragic season, politicians or terrorists.[10]

Serial

• Cristina – sequel of Arriva Cristina, with Cristina D’Avena.[11]

References

1. "Berlino '89, cronache dal crollo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
2. "Cartolina". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
3. "Agenzia matrimoniale". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
4. "C'eravamo tanto amati". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
5. "Bellezze al bagno". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
6. "Una donna spezzata". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
7. "La bottega dell'orefice". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
8. "I promessi sposi (1989)". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
9. "Ars Amanda". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
10. "La notte della Repubblica". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
11. "Cristina 2". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-12.