The formula and placement of the program within the schedule have remained unchanged over the years, while the number of evenings has changed.
Each episode sees politicians, experts, television personalities and news protagonists called to discuss one or more issues.
Guests enter the studio one at a time passing through a door opened by an employee who acts as a butler, played by the actor Paolo Baroni.
[1] The program's theme song, rearranged over the years, is the soundtrack to the film Via col vento.
Together with the Maurizio Costanzo Show, it is considered one of the television programs that have most made the history of late evening entertainment in Italy.