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Fiorello returns to Rai 1 with a short show alongside Fabrizio Biggio
Fiorello returns to Rai 1 on 18 October with a brief new entertainment show.
He will appear with long-time collaborator Fabrizio Biggio at 8:30 p.m., after the evening news.
The show has no announced title or format, and it is not planned as a traditional, long Saturday-night variety programme.
Fiorello says social media has changed how people watch, making short entertainment more suited to current habits.
He also wants to offer something new in a TV landscape he says repeats the same schedules and shows.
The programme is presented as a short experiment in a new format and will be available live and on demand on RaiPlay.
The pair’s radio show, La Pennicanza, returns on Radio 2 on 20 October.
Fiorello returns to Rai 1 on Sunday, 18 October 2026, with a new show alongside Fabrizio Biggio.
The programme is scheduled for 20:30 and is described as a short, experimental format rather than a traditional variety show.
Il Fatto Quotidiano reports that the show will last 15 minutes, while other articles do not specify its duration.
The show has no announced title or fully disclosed format.
RaiNews says the programme was created to promote Fiorello’s return to Radio 2 with La Pennicanza, which starts on 20 October.
- Who
- Fiorello and Fabrizio Biggio.
- What
- They are presenting a new, short show on Rai 1. It is described as an experimental format, not a traditional variety show.
- When
- Sunday, 18 October 2026, at 20:30.
- Where
- Rai 1; the show will also be available on RaiPlay, live and on demand.
- Why
- RaiNews says the programme was created as a television “short circuit” to launch Fiorello’s return to radio with La Pennicanza.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The first teaser for Fiorello’s return was published, with a generic “coming soon” announcement.
Fiorello and Fabrizio Biggio’s new show is scheduled to air on Rai 1 at 20:30.
The new season of La Pennicanza is scheduled to start on Radio 2.
- Broadcaster
- Rai 1
- Air date
- 18 October 2026
- Time
- 20:30
- Co-presenter
- Fabrizio Biggio
- Reported duration
- 15 minutes
- Radio programme
- La Pennicanza starts on Radio 2 on 20 October 2026
3 sources
“La tv italiana si è impigrita, si vedono sempre gli stessi palinsesti e gli stessi show”: Fiorello torna stasera su Rai 1 dopo 15 anni con un programma misterioso di 15 minuti. Ecco cosa sappiamo
Fiorello torna su Rai 1 dopo 15 anni con uno show "misterioso"
Stasera in tv su Rai 1 torna Fiorello con uno show tutto nuovo. E c’è anche Biggio
What people are saying
You can no longer make long and elaborate works.
Social networks have changed our minds, and not always for the better. The public accepts only short things.
I don’t want to be polemical, but Italian television has grown lazy in a ritual that is repeated every year.
Today, variety has to be presented differently, in step with changing times.