Canale 5

**Canale 5** is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, **TeleMilano 58**, founded in 1978.

Much of its early content came from American television shows dubbed in Italian, a common trait on Italian television today. Mike Bongiorno, the host of *Lascia o raddoppia?*, was also wooed away from RAI to host an early quiz shows on TeleMilano.

Today Fininvest controls 35% of Mediaset. The logo of *Canale 5* was originally formed by the number five beside a long *biscione* (a snake, the ancient symbol of Milan) spitting a flower. In the 1980s the reptile was replaced by a bigger number leaving only a stylized head on the top with the flower. In 2000 Canale 5 launched the Italian version of the *Big Brother* franchise, titled *Grande Fratello*, the first reality show in Italy. This was the beginning of a new era of television marked by the medium of television referring to itself both as an important part of daily life and treating itself as a member of the family or a close friend, sometimes called as "auto-reference". In 2005, *RIS Delitti Imperfetti* was launched, an Italian fiction inspired by *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*. Today there are many Italian fictions and the most famous are: *Carabinieri*, *Distretto di Polizia*, *RIS Delitti Imperfetti* and *Elisa di Rivombrosa*.

In 2005 news editor Enrico Mentana was replaced by Carlo Rossella.

On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a simulcast of Canale 5 in high-definition.

## Programs

### Variety Shows

* *Striscia la notizia*
* *C'è posta per te* (*You've got mail*)
* *Zelig*
* *Zelig off*
* *Il senso della vita* (*The sense of life*)
* *Uomini e donne* (*Men and women*)
* *Ciao Darwin*
* *La Corrida*

### Reality shows

* *Grande Fratello* (2000-...) (*Big Brother*)
* *Amici di Maria de Filippi* (2002-...) *(Fame)*
* *Changing Rooms* (2004) (*Changing Rooms*)
* *La Fattoria* (2005–2006) (*The Farm*)
* *Volere o Volare* (2005)
* *Vero Amore* (2005) (*Temptation Island*) (*True love*)
* *Unan1mous* (2006)
* *Reality Circus* (2006)
* *Armi e Bagagli* (2006)
* *Uno due tre stalla* (2007)

### Cancelled Reality shows

* *L'uomo dei sogni* (2003, only eight episodes) (*The Bachelor*)

### Soap operas

* *Beautiful* (*The Bold and the Beautiful*)
* *Centovetrine* (*The Mall*)
* *My Life*
* *La valle dei pini* (*All My Children*)

### TV series

* *Diagnosis: Murder* (*Un detective in corsia*)
* *Doc*
* *Family Law* (*In tribunale con Lynn*)
* *The Guardian*
* *Highlander: The Series* (*Highlander*)
* *Judging Amy* (*Giudice Amy*)
* *Early Edition*
* *House* (*Dr. House - Medical Division*) - from season 3, episode 16 - the previous episodes aired on Italia 1.
* *The Sopranos* (*I Soprano*) - seasons from 1 to 5. Season 6 aired on Italia 1.
* *Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye* (*Agente speciale Sue Thomas*)
* *Invasion*
* *Presto-to-Presto*
* *The Tudors* (*I Tudors - Scandali a corte*)
* *Dirty Sexy Money*
* *Angela's Eyes*
* *Parenthood*
* *Cougar Town*
* *Hart of Dixie*
* *Mr. Tofu*
* *Ally McBeal*
* *United States of Tara*
* *NYPD*
* *The Nanny* (*La tata*) - season 1. Seasons from 2 to 6 aired on Italia 1.
* *Dallas*
* *Providence*
* *Spike Jonze*

### Cartoons/Anime

* Beethoven (*Beethoven*)
* Siamo quelli di Beverly Hills *(*Beverly Hills Teens*)*
* Sailor Moon (*Sailor Moon*) (two seasons)
* Pippo e Menelao (*Spiff and Hercules*)
* Mighty Max (*Mighty Max*)
* Allacciate le cinture. Viaggiando s'impara (*The Magic School Bus*)
* Snorky (*Snorks*)
* The Real Ghostbusters (*The Real Ghostbusters*)
* Il cuore della giungla (*The Heart of the Jungle*)
* Widget, un alieno per amico (*Widget the World Watcher*)
* The Mask (*The Mask: The Animated Series*)
* Scuola di polizia (*Police Academy*)
* La fabbrica dei mostri (*Creepy Crawlers*)
* Iznogoud - Chi la fa l'aspetti (*Iznogoud*)
* Bonkera, gatto combinaguai (*Bonkers*)
* Le avventure di Raffina e Rulue (*Raffina And Rulue Adventures*)
* DuckTales (*DuckTales*)
* Cip & Ciop agenti speciali (*Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers*)
* TaleSpin (*TaleSpin*)
* Darkwing Duck (*Darkwing Duck*)
* La sirenetta - Le nuove avventure marine di Ariel (*The Little Mermaid*)
* *Mickey Mouse and Company*
* C'era una volta...Pollon (*Little\_Pollon*)
* Belle e Sebastien (*Belle and Sebastian*)
* Moners Sixton 2590 (*Moners Sixton 2950*)
* Lupin III (*Lupin the Third*)
* Georgie (*Georgie!*)
* Stupidyardigans/Evilyardigans (*The Stupidyardigans*/*The Evilyardigans*)
* I Flintstones (*The Flintstones*)
* I Jetson (*The Jetsons*)

### Italian fiction

* *Caro Maestro* (*Dear Teacher*) - 2 seasons (1995, 1996)
* *La dottoressa Giò* (*Doctor Giò*) - 2 seasons (1998, 1999)
* *Amico mio 2* (*My Friend*) - 1 season(1998)
* *Ciao professore* (*Hi teacher!*) - 1 season (1999)
* *Valeria medico legale* (*Medical examiner Valeria*) - 2 seasons (2000, 2002)
* *Distretto di Polizia* (*Police District*) - 9 seasons (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
* *Sei Forte Maestro* (*Teacher, you're great!*) - 2 seasons (2001, 2001)
* *Il Bello delle Donne* (*The Beauty of Women*) - 3 seasons (2001, 2002, 2003)
* *Ma il portiere non c'è mai?* (*But the caretaker is never there?*) - 1 season (2002)
* *Cuore* (*Heart*) - 1 season (2002)
* *Carabinieri* - 7 seasons (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
* *Elisa di Rivombrosa* (*Elisa of Rivombrosa*) - 2 seasons (2003, 2005)
* *Le Stagioni del cuore* (*Seasons of the Heart*) - 1 season (2004)
* *Cuore contro cuore* (*Heart against Heart*) - 1 season (2005)
* *RIS Delitti Imperfetti* (*R.I.S. - Imperfect Crimes*) - 4 seasons (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
* *Un ciclone in famiglia* (*Family Storm*) - 4 seasons (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
* *Caterina e le sue figlie* (*Caterina and her daughters*) - 3 season (2005, 2007, 2010)
* *Ricomincio da me* (*I start from myself again*) - 1 season (2005)
* *Questa è la mia terra* (*This is my land*) - 2 season (2006, 2008)
* *I Cesaroni* - 5 seasons (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
* *I Liceali* - 2 seasons (2008, 2009)

### Games

* *Chi vuol essere milionario?* (*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?*)

### Talk Shows

* *Mattino Cinque*
* *Pomeriggio Cinque*
* *Domenica Cinque*
* *Mai dire...* (*Never say...*)
* *Maurizio Costanzo Show*

### News

* *TG5*
* *Verissimo*
* *Terra!* (*Earth!*)
* *Matrix*

### Magazine

* *Nonsolomoda*
* *Loggione*