Continuity remains the main theme of Mediaset’s 2026-2027 television season, but there is no shortage of news to strengthen the offer of the three generalist networks. During the presentation of the palinsesti, Pier Silvio Berlusconi reiterated the group’s willingness to continue investing in the content, defining Italian television “a benchmark at European level” and emphasizing that the goal is to propose products capable of renewing the palinsest without renouncing the programs that in recent years have consolidated the relationship with the public.
Canale 5 will continue to focus on fiction, great shows and musical events, Italy 1 will strengthen its identity between cinema, entertainment and sport, while Rete 4 will further strengthen the information offer with the arrival of Milo Infante and new programs to deepen.
Canale 5 tra grandi show, reality e appuntamenti evento
Entertainment remains the heart of programming of the flagship Mediaset. In fact the main formats that characterize the network for years, from Big Brother Vip, confirmed with the same team of the last edition, to You yes que Vales, Friends, There is mail for you, Temptation Island, Zelig, Who wants to be millionaire – The tournament, Scherzi a Parte and TIM Battiti Live in its seasonal editions.
Among the novelties is the return of L’Isola dei Famosi, which will be presented with a renewed formula and the management of Selvaggia Lucarelli, also chosen as opinionist of the Big Brother Vip. They will also deter the new game show entrusted to Michelle Hunziker, The Club of 1%, adaptation of the international format dedicated to quiz, and El Desafío, celebrity show already established in Spain that will put famous characters in front of physical and mental evidence.
The network will also continue to invest in show events. Among those announced are This Is Me, once again with Maria De Filippi and Silvia Toffanin, La Ruota dei Campioni, Taratatà, Dive, dedicated to the great interpreters of Italian music, I return to Christmas with Giorgio Panariello and a new show by Pio and Amedeo.
La musica sarà protagonista della stagione
Also in the next season Canale 5 will devote ample space to the great musical events. In autumn, specials are planned with Irama, Achille Lauro, Emma and Giorgia, to which will be added An important story, the evening that will accompany the final stage of the world tour of Eros Ramazzotti.
Also confirmed Il Volo – All for One and the traditional Christmas concert of the trio, which will see the participation of guests like Arisa, Noemi and Malika Ayane. During the season will also arrive Viva Napoli!, led by Gigi D’Alessio, the new show Gigi and Vanessa together, with Vanessa Incontrada, A country, a thousand songs, with the participation of the Poohs, and a new edition of Super Karaoke, confirming the music as one of the pillars of the entertainment of the network.
Preserale, access
After the excellent results obtained in recent months, the Wheel of Fortune remains firmly in the first time access of Channel 5. The preserale will enrich itself with a rotation of titles that includes The Wall, Next another!, Caduta Libera and the return of two historical formats like Passaparola and Ok! The price is right.
The information will also maintain an important space in the second evening of the flagship. Risiko returns, with Federico Rampini, while from January will debut a new study program conducted by Bianca Berlinguer.
Le fiction
Return Purple as the sea, with the third season always with Francesca Chillemi but with Rodrigo Giurao Diaz instead of Can Yaman, also this time will first come out on Mediset Infinity and then on Canale 5. Sabrina Ferilli will return with A Testa alta and there will be a second season of A new life with Anna Valle.
Vanessa Incontrada will be protagonist of Erica, in three evenings, and A Beautiful World in 4 evenings; finally Alex Bravo will arrive with Marco Bocci in six evenings (ready for a long time and that already had to leave the previous season), Can Yaman will be the protagonist of Il labirinto delle farfalle. And then Mother Earth with Cristiano Caccamo, a TV movie on Carlo Acutis My name is Carlo with Samuele Carrino who will probably come out in October in the twentieth anniversary of death. There are new projects for Raoul Bova and Gabriel Garko in progress.
Italia 1 conferma cinema, intrattenimento e sport
Italy 1 continues in the last few years confirming Le Iene, Le Iene Inside, Zelig On, with Paolo Ruffini, Ale & Franz, and Sarabanda Celebrity, who will return with a new edition.
The cinema will continue to occupy a central part of the programming with titles like Wicked, Dune – Part Two and Wonka, while on the sports front the network will broadcast the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup and, among the main news of the season, also the Nitto ATP Finals, an appointment that further strengthens the presence of tennis in the offer Mediaset.
Rete 4 amplia l’offerta informativa
The main innovations of Network 4 concern the information. The arrival of Milo Infante is one of the most significant changes of the new palimpsests: the journalist will lead a new weekly program in the first evening and 11 o’clock, daily appointment on the air from Monday to Friday.
The Fourth Republic, Outside the Choir, Dritto and Rovescio, Fourth Grade, White Zone and It is always Cartabianca, which from next season will move to Wednesday leaving Tuesday to the new project of Infante.
Among the novelties there is also room for Giganti – The protagonists of history, program of Toni Capuozzo dedicated to the figures that marked contemporary history. It also changes the first time: 4 of Sera will remain on the air from Monday to Thursday, while from Friday to Sunday will arrive Real Politik, entrusted to Tommaso Abate.
Le parole di Pier Silvio Berlusconi
During the presentation of the palinsesti, Pier Silvio Berlusconi reiterated the editorial strategy of the group, underlining the desire to continue investing on general television and on the original productions. The manager defined La Rota della Fortuna the program “which changed the destinies of Italian TV”, indicating in the big show event an investment capable of bringing new public and value to Canale 5.
Berlusconi also highlighted the central role of information within the Mediaset offer, defining it as one of the company’s distinctive elements, and reiterated that, unlike other European television groups, MFE intends to continue investing on the content and quality of its products, maintaining general television at the centre of its strategy.
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