A Slippery Slope

Prior to the mid-nineties, Italian television did not produce any soap operas. Daytime serials were imported mainly from the USA. Unexpectedly, the most commercial television genre was produced for the first time by the public service broadcaster: Un posto al sole was aired by RAI in 1996. The comme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cardini, Daniela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision 2017-09-01
Series:VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture
Online Access:https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2017.jethc120/