Overview
- Roberto Benigni will return to Rai1 in December 2025 to host a primetime special on Saint Peter, marking his first Rai appearance in a decade.
- Rai has reduced episode counts for flagship current affairs series such as Report and PresaDiretta even as total informational hours climb by 8.2% to 2,719.
- Whoopi Goldberg will join the cast of Un Posto al Sole in a storyline blending mystery and a new romance for the soap’s 30th anniversary.
- Veteran hosts Carlo Conti, Antonella Clerici and Milly Carlucci will reprise their leading roles on Tale e Quale Show, The Voice Senior and Ballando con le stelle respectively.
- Gabriele Corsi is set to join Mara Venier as co-host of Domenica In under the revamped daytime lineup.