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Striscia La Notizia Sets Jan. 22 Prime-Time Return as Five-Week Variety Relaunch

The reboot moves the show into a prime-time variety format featuring six veline, a studio band.

Overview

  • Canale 5 will air the weekly edition titled “La voce della presenza” on five consecutive Thursdays starting January 22 after a seven-month hiatus.
  • Veteran hosts Ezio Greggio and Enzo Iacchetti return in a revamped studio with a live band led by Demo Morselli and an expanded cast of six veline.
  • The premiere features Maria De Filippi as an on-camera avenger with Tina Cipollari and Giovannino in a stunt targeting drivers in disabled spaces, with Alessandro Del Piero appearing as “Capitan Del Piero.”
  • Criminologist Roberta Bruzzone will front a new investigative segment, “Striscia Criminale,” focused on behind-the-scenes wrongdoing.
  • At the launch event, creator Antonio Ricci urged Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to speak out against war and accused Rai’s Affari Tuoi of inducing gambling, citing what he says is documentation about budgets and so‑called lucky numbers.