And like every year end our “Top flop parade“, the 5 best and 5 worst TV shows of 2023.
TOP 5
1) GIALAPPA'S SHOW
It is by far the best program of this cathodic year: Giorgio Gherarducci and Marco Santin were able to show that satire is what Dario Fo defined: “The rejection of certain rules, certain attitudes: liberating because it destroys the possibility of certain canons.” these A bunch of people. Gialappa's – backed by a magician Forrest at his best – aims to do just that: to keep us from being “trodden” by the cannons that have ultimately turned our lives into a daily vaudeville show.
2) IN OTHER WORDS
While at RAI the broadcast seemed to be suffocated by political correctness and a feel-good molasses bordering on factionalism, the new location gave everyone freedom: the authors, the presenter and therefore also us viewers. Many thanks also to Roberto Vecchioni, who does not want to teach us about life, but at least try to live the meaning of the words that we use so often today, without knowing their weight and meaning. With a Massimo Gramellini, who left the formality in the formalin and made us discover that benevolence can be goodness.
3) HUNGRY FOR LOVE
Francesca Fialdini is the revelation of the year. After years of television, 2023 will be its final consecration. In each program he shows how television can be made without being television, how professionalism does not necessarily have to be tied to a format or to the wishes of the audience. And that is the secret to conquering it.
Light without being light, Francesca Fialdini loves challenges: As with this new edition of Hunger for Love, the feeling of emptiness that many, too many, still face is perceived as a devouring discomfort rather than a possibility for new goals.
Francesca Fialdini, who is also an author, makes us understand how often we listen without hearing.
And that is the secret of those who can remind us that television is not just watching.
4) ON THE WAY TO DAMASCUS
Eva Crosetta is finally making a show about Catholicism, ecumenism and volunteerism pop. And by pop we mean boredom, as is often the case when presenters have certain times ahead of them, even on general programs. With his studio interviews he sets the rhythm of a new television language that takes nothing away from the sacred. Authentic “revelation”.
5) RAI3 sent me
Federico Ruffo is investigative television as it should be. Proof of how journalism can have a new future. Without paying attention to hype or scandals Ruffo succeeds, he is not intimidated by any guest: he has the helm of the show in his hands, renews it and without ever falling into the temptation to dominate the camera, he earns new “reports”.
FLOP 5
1) LONG LIVE RAI2
A flop, of course not in terms of ratings or even visibility, so much so that a Fiorello During prime time, TG1 even dedicated an interview to him in a special. And the problem is precisely this: how can the Force eliminate those who try to fight it, even if they are comedic? Include. This makes him a volunteer “one-man show,” a showman who ultimately finds himself in the shadow of the spotlight.
2) SANREMO FESTIVAL
The problem is that during the direction Amadeus Playback is back. And not just because of the songs.
3) X-FACTOR
How to create generations of singers, but most importantly, fans who actually say, “I’m going to go see a concert” and “I’m not going to listen to a concert.” There is no worse tragedy for music.
4) LIVE LIVE AND AFTERNOON 5
A constant challenge where even those who win in the ratings lose. The very talented Matano and Merlino have to tame worn-out formats: the murder of the day, the tragedy of the week, the centenarian celebrating his birthday with his relatives, the royal family, the dog with one paw and one eye who becomes an actor, Elder fraud, the legacy of Gina Lollobrigida, ultimately makes us perceive all issues as if they had the same importance. It ends up bringing everything to the same level: an existential shock that we face every day and that makes us more desensitized to any news every day.
5) LIVE PROPAGANDA
Zoro is always one R away from being what he wants to be. It's not even “propaganda”, but proof of why the left in Italy continues to lose: because we don't even discuss it here. Laughter will bury us.
Gian Paolo Serino, December 31, 2023
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