This is a list of Italian television related events from 1997.
The RAI-Mediaset duopoly shows the first signs of crisis; several shows by the two estates are suspended or change their host for low ratings, while the new media, as Internet and the satellite television, spread also in Italy.
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Telegatto award, for the season 1996-1997.
In the fall, no less than four Mediaset variety are suspended for low ratings: