Canale 5

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Launched	September 30, 1980
Owned by	Mediaset
Audience share	20.33% (2008, )
Country	Italy
Formerly called	TeleMilano 58 (1978-1980)
Sister channel(s)	La5
Website	www.canale5.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, Normally tuned on channel 5 (not available in switched-off areas)
Digital	DVB-T, LCN 5, Where available
Satellite
Analogue	Not available
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard 2 during some events) on Hotbird
SKY Italia	Channel 105
yes	Channel 129
Cable
MC Cable	Channel 205
Cablecom	Channel 096 Channel 205 (digital CH-D)
Hot	Channel 156

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 eighties 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.

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

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)
• NYPD
• 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
• The Tudors (I Tudors - Scandali a corte)
• Dirty Sexy Money
• Angela's Eyes
• Parenthood
• Cougar Town
• The united states of tara

Cartoons/Anime

• Beethoven (Beethoven (TV series))
• Siamo quelli di Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Teens)
• Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon) (two seasons)
• Pippo e Menelao (Spiff and Hercules)
• L'ispettore Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
• Batman, cavaliere della notte (The New Batman Adventures)
• I Puffi (The Smurfs)
• Snorky (Snorks)
• The Real Ghostbusters (The Real Ghostbusters)
• Widget, un alieno per amico (Widget the World Watcher)
• The Mask (The Mask: The Animated Series)
• La fabbrica dei mostri (Creepy Crawlers)
• Iznogoud - Chi la fa l'aspetti (Iznogoud)
• Mr. Magoo (Mr. Magoo)
• Alf (Alf)
• Robinson Bignè (Robinson Sucroë)
• Foofur superstar (Foofur)
• Ace Ventura (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series))
• Tartarughe Ninja alla riscossa (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 animated series))
• I Simpson (The Simpsons)

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 - 3 seasons (2006, 2008, 2009)
• 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

External links

• Official Site (Italian)