This is a list of Italian television related events from 2006.

Events

• 6 January – The 2004 Miss Italia Cristina Chiabotto and her partner Raimondo Todaro win the second season of Ballando con le stelle.
• 27 April – Augusto De Megni wins the sixth season of Grande Fratello.

Debuts

RAI

Miniseries

• Raccontami ("Tell me the story") – by Riccardo Donna and Tiziana Aristarco, with Massimo Ghini and Lunetta Savino; 2 seasons. Italian version of the Spanish Cuéntame cómo pasó.^[1]

Serials

• L’ispettore Coliandro ("Inspector Coliandro") – by the Manetti bros, with Giampaolo Morelli; 7 seasons. The series has for protagonist Marco Coliandro (created by Carlo Lucarelli), a young police inspector in Bologna, seemingly a "tough guy" but actually naïve and bungling.^[2]

International

• 2 October – / Get Ed (Rai 2) (2005–2006)
• // The Baskervilles (Boing) (2000)

Television shows

Rai

Drama

• Bartali: The iron man, by Alberto Negrin, with Pierfrancesco Favino in the title role and Simone Gandolfo as Fausto Coppi; 2 episodes.^[3]

Variety

• Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)

Mediaset

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)

Ending this year

Births

Deaths