It had long been clear that the World Cup would revolutionize the Rai1 schedule. And that from the debut game. The game between Qatar and Ecuador affects the daily programming of the first channel, halting the course of Domenica In prematurely and completely canceling Da noi a freewheel, the hugely successful talk show directed by Francesca Fialdini.
World Cup on Rai 1, what is happening on Domenica In
Kick-off is expected for 5 p.m. but programs will end earlier to make room for the duration inauguration ceremony which precedes the debut game of the World Cup, where our Italy will be absent. And for the second time in a row. Mara Venier will then be broadcast in a reduced version until 3.30 p.m., in which the usual one-to-one interviews that have made the show’s fortune are concentrated but not absent.
However, one is expected in the coming weeks complete stop of the show which leaves room for football games Final stages of the World Cup in Qatar, which was at the center of controversy even before it began. Domenica In is expected to be suspended for November 27th, the only one of the entire program. Mara Venier doesn’t stop before Christmas, as is the case instead with other programs that give way to the championship and for many days. However, it will be aired on December 4th and 18th in an abridged version and will end earlier than usual. The departures therefore have far-reaching implications for the Rai1 entertainment program, which in its full version could not return until 2023.
At the World Championships in Qatar he stops with us with the freewheel
November 13th was the last episode of 2022 by Francesca Fialdini. Talk, back in a renewed and ever stronger guise, gives way to soccer games and retires while its slot is occupied by the World Cup. However, the date has only been postponed: Da Noi a Ruota Libera returns in January 2023 with personal interviews with its many guests.
Despite the suspension of her Sunday programming, Francesca Fialdini is not letting her audience down and is back on the air on December 11th Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, broadcast from Demircian Arena in Yerevan, Armenia. The event takes up a large part of the Domenica In, which therefore ends well before the traditional broadcast.
How daily programs change
In the first phase of the World Cup, the daily programs should not experience any major upheavals. Aside from Serena Bortone’s broadcast, Today is another day, instead affected by Snap’s union mobilizations that halted its broadcast on November 17th.
Instead, Il Paradiso delle Signore stops on December 29-12. The same fate for Alberto Matano and La Vita in Diretta, who will stop for a whole week from December 28th to 1st. With the games being moved to prime time, the afternoon programs are returning to regular broadcasting in anticipation of the Christmas holidays, during which they will be canceled for a few more days.