2003 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2003.

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Events

• 8 May – Floriana Secondi wins season 3 of Grande Fratello.

Debuts

Rai

Serials

• Corto Maltese – cartoon from the Hugo Pratt's comic; coproduction with France.

International

• 19 March – Scrubs (MTV) (2001–2010)
• October – // The Adventures of Paddington Bear (Italia 1) (1997–2000)
• Unknown – Garfield and Friends (RaiSat2) (1988–1994)

Television shows

RAI

Miniseries

• The best of youth – by Marco Tullio Giordana, with Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti; 4 episodes. It's a family saga telling the Italian history from the Sixties to 2000, through the lives of two brothers (a policeman and a progressive intellectual); distributed also in a theatrical version, with international success.  

Mediaset

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Music Box Italia	Cable and satellite	Unknown
Padre Pio TV	Cable and satellite	Unknown
Boomerang	Cable and satellite	31 July
Fox	Cable and satellite	31 July
Sky Sport Arena	Cable and satellite	31 July
Sky Sport Uno	Cable and satellite	31 July
Sky TG24	Cable and satellite	31 August
MTV Brand New	Cable and satellite	14 September

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes	Source

Deaths

• 24 February:  Alberto Sordi, 82, comic actor; also if moreover active in radio and cinema, he often appeared in TV variety as guest of honor.

See also

• 2003 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2003