Telegatto

Telegatto
Telegatto awarded to Madonna in 1992
Awarded for	Television award
Country	Italy
First award	1984
Final award	2008

Telegatto (a composition of television and gatto, meaning "cat", after the trophy, which is a small statue representing a cat), was an Italian television award first conceived in 1971 following the contest Gran Premio internazionale dello Spettacolo, although the first award ceremony wasn't held until 1984. The ceremonies are known as Telegatti, the plural form of Telegatto. They were sponsored by the weekly magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and broadcast on Canale 5. The prize was a golden cat statue with the network's initials on its face, inspired by a cartoon from the television series Super Classifica Show, a cult show in the 1980s and early 1990s. The award ceremony was cancelled in 2009.

On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of a press conference for the photography book dedicated to the event, ^[1] and a decade after the last edition, the director of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, Aldo Vitali, hypothesized the return of the event in Milan for October of the same year, to be hosted by Carlo Conti. The show, however, never resurfaced. ^[2]

Hosts

• 1984: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Fabrizia Carminati
• 1985: Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Gabriella Golia, Alessandra Buzzi, Susanna Messaggio, Fiorella Pierobon
• 1986: Mike Bongiorno, Milly Carlucci
• 1987: Mike Bongiorno, Carol Alt, Renée Simonsen
• 1988: Mike Bongiorno, Gabriella Carlucci
• 1989: Mike Bongiorno, Heather Parisi
• 1990: Corrado, Elisabetta Gardini
• 1991: Corrado, Raffaella Carrà
• 1992: Corrado, Fabrizio Frizzi and Antonella Elia
• 1993: Corrado, Milly Carlucci
• 1994: Corrado, Alba Parietti ^[3]
• 1995: Corrado, Mara Venier
• 1996: Corrado, Mara Venier ^[4]
• 1997: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci
• 1998: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci ^[5]
• 1999: Pippo Baudo, Milly Carlucci ^[6]
• 2000: Paolo Bonolis, Raffaella Carrà ^[7]
• 2001: Gerry Scotti, Maria De Filippi ^[8]
• 2002: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi ^[9]
• 2003: Pippo Baudo, Alessia Marcuzzi ^[10]
• 2004: Gerry Scotti, Raffaella Carrà ^[11]
• 2005: suspended
• 2006: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker ^[12]
• 2007: Claudio Bisio, Vanessa Incontrada
• 2008: Pippo Baudo, Michelle Hunziker

Foreign Telegatto winners

• Elton John – 1973 (special Telegatto) ^[13]
• Paul Newman – 1976 ^[13]
• Barbra Streisand – 1977 ^[14]
• John Travolta – 1978 (special Telegatto) ^[13]
• Warren Beatty – 1979 ^[14]
• Liza Minnelli – 1982 (special Telegatto) ^[13]
• Peter Gabriel – 1983 ^[14]
• Bee Gees – 1984 ^[14]
• Dallas – 1984
• Linda Gray – 1984 (portrayal of Sue Ellen Ewing in Dallas) ^[13]
• Larry Hagman – 1984 (portrayal of J. R. Ewing in Dallas) ^[13]
• Dallas – 1985
• Dynasty – 1985
• Quo Vadis? – 1985
• Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1985
• V – Visitors – 1985 (union of V and V The Final Battle )
• Dallas – 1986
• V – Visitors – 1986
• Joan Collins for Dynasty – 1986 ^[15]
• Paul McCartney – 1986 ^[14]
• Dallas – 1987
• North and South – 1987
• Mick Jagger – 1987 ^[14]
• Stevie Wonder – 1987 ^[14]
• Capitol – 1987 (special award)
• Dynasty – 1988
• Guiding Light – 1988
• Dynasty – 1989
• Fame – 1989 (special award)
• Happy Days – 1989 (special award) ^[13]
• Loving – 1989 (special award)
• Tina Turner – 1989 ^[14]
• The Young and the Restless – 1990 (special award)
• Eddie Asner for Lou Grant – 1990
• Sylvester Stallone – 1990 ^[13]
• The Bold and the Beautiful – 1991
• Twin Peaks – 1991
• Robert De Niro – 1991 ^[13]
• Robert Mitchum – 1991 (Lifetime Achievement Award) ^[16]
• MacGyver – 1992
• Miami Vice – 1992
• Madonna – 1992 ^[14]
• Arnold Schwarzenegger – 1992 (Foreign cinema on TV) ^[13]
• Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1993
• Perry Mason – 1993
• Michael Douglas – 1993 (Foreign cinema on TV) ^[13]
• Dustin Hoffman – 1993 (Cinema on TV) ^[13]
• Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1994
• The Bold and the Beautiful – 1994
• Columbo – 1994
• Magnum, P.I. – 1994
• Beverly Hills, 90210 – 1995 ^[17]
• Kirk Douglas – 1995 (Platinum Award in the "Cult TV" category) ^[13]
• Steven Seagal – 1995 (Special award for Cinema on TV) ^[18]
• The Bold and the Beautiful – 1996
• Dallas – 1996
• The X-Files – 1996 ^[19]
• Tony Curtis – 1996 (Platinum Award)
• Joe Pesci – 1996 (Platinum Award) ^[20]
• The Bold and the Beautiful – 1997 (Soap opera) ^[21]
• ER – 1997 (Foreign TV series) ^[21]
• Johnny Depp – 1997 (Foreign cinema on TV) ^{[21] [22]}
• Eli Wallach – 1997 (Platinum Award) ^[23]
• Murder, She Wrote – 1999 ^[24]
• The Simpsons – 2000
• James Coburn – 2000
• George Clooney – 2000 ^[13]
• Elizabeth Taylor – 2001 (Lifetime Achievement Award) ^{[25] [26]}
• Robert Wagner for Hart to Hart – 2001 (Cult TV award) ^{[27] [28]}
• Sean Connery – 2002 (Special award Cinema on TV) ^[29]
• Peter O'Toole – 2002 (Special award Cult TV) ^[29]
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – 2003
• Ernest Borgnine – 2003
• Susan Sarandon – 2003

References

1. "Tornano i Telegatti: l'annuncio ufficiale" [Telegatti are back: the official announcement]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
2. "Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni: The Telegatti are back. And soon the book about the prize". mondadori.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "Ascolti TV: 12 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti" [10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 11 May 1994. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "Ascolti TV: 10 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti" [10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 8 May 1996. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
5. "Ascolti TV: Oltre 10 Milioni Seguono Il Gala' Dei Telegatti" [More than 10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 6 May 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
6. "Ascolti TV: Quasi 10 Milioni Per Notte Telegatti" [Almost 10 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti Night]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 5 May 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
7. "9 Milioni e Mezzo di Spettatori Per Il Telegatto" [9.5 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 17 May 2000. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
8. "TV: Ascolti, Oltre 8 Milioni di Spettatori per i Telegatti" [More than 8 Million Viewers Watch Telegatti]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 23 May 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
9. "TV: Ascolti, Telegatti Superstar Con Piu' Del 40% Di Share" [TV Viewers: Telegatti Superstars with more than 40% share]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 8 May 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
10. "Ascolti, Per I Telegatti Oltre 7 Milioni di Spettatori" [TV Viewers: Over 7 Million for Telegatti]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 16 May 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
11. "TV: Ascolti, 'Amanti e Segreti Batte I Telegatti" [Amanti e Segreti Beats the Telegatti]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 6 April 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
12. "TV: Ascolti, Boom Per I 'Telegatti' Quasi Al 36% Di Share" [TV: Boom for Telegatti with Almost 36% Share]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 26 January 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
13. Umbro, Elisa (2 April 2018). "La storia dei Telegatti: gli ospiti e i vincitori stranieri dal 1973 al 2000" [The history of Telegatti: guests and foreign winners from 1973 to 2000]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
14. Fiorelli, Paolo (15 March 2018). "Un viaggio nel fantastico mondo dei Telegatti" [A journey into the fantastic world of Telegatti]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
15. "Joan Collins vince il Telegatto 1986 per Dynasty" [Joan Collins wins the 1986 Telegatto for Dynasty]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 21 February 2019.
16. "Robert Mitchum vince il Telegatto alla carriera nel 1991" [Robert Mitchum wins the Telegatto for Lifetime Achievement in 1991]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
17. "Luke Perry ritira il Telegatto 1995 per Beverly Hills" [ Luke Perry Collects 1995 Telegatto for Beverly Hills]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 4 March 2019.
18. "Steven Seagal awarded with Telegatto by Mara Venier". Getty Images (published 24 June 2019). 29 May 2019. Special Award for Cinema on TV...May 9th, 1995
19. "X Files vince il Telegatto, lo ritira Gillian Anderson" [X Files wins the Telegatto, Gillian Anderson collects it]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 20 March 2019. 1996, il premio è come il miglior telefilm[1996, the award is like the best TV series]
20. "Joe Pesci ritira il Telegatto nel 1996" [Joe Pesci collects the Telegatto in 1996]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 27 November 2019.
21. Oppo, Maria Novella (5 May 1997). "Telegatti senza sorprese, vince sempre lo show" [Telegatti without surprises, the show always wins](PDF). Gli Spettacoli. L'Unità (in Italian). Archivio storico digitale (1946-2014). Retrieved 14 January 2025. tra i premiati (per il cinema straniero in tv) il bellissimo Johnny Depp[among the award winners (for foreign cinema on TV) the beautiful Johnny Depp]
22. "Johnny Depp vince il Telegatto 1997" [Johnny Depp wins the 1997 Telegatto]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 20 March 2019.
23. "Leonardo Pieraccioni consegna il telegatto a Eli Wallach nel 1997" [Leonardo Pieraccioni delivers the telegatto to Eli Wallach in 1997]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 28 January 2020.
24. "Angela Lansbury ritira il Telegatto nel 1999 per La Signora in giallo" [ Angela Lansbury collects the Telegatto in 1999 for Murder, She Wrote]. Mediaset Infinity ^{[ disambiguation needed ]} (in Italian). 4 March 2019.
25. "Elizabeth Taylor". The Australian . Retrieved 14 January 2025. at the Telegatti television awards, in Milan, Italy. She received the popularly-voted prize in 2001.
26. "2001 Telegatti". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2025. Premio 'Telegatto' alla Carriera:["Telegatto" Lifetime Achievement Award]
27. "Telegatto choc" [Telegatto shock]. Film.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2025. Premi speciali di questa serata per...Liz Taylor, Robert Wagner (per il telefilm cult Cuore e batticuore)[Special awards this evening for...Liz Taylor, Robert Wagner (for the cult TV series Hart to Hart)]
28. "Robert Wagner". notiziecinema.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2025. Telegatto Vinti: Premio Cult TV, (2001)[Telegatto Won: Cult TV Award, (2001)]
29. "Telegatto, Italy (2002)". IMDB . Retrieved 14 January 2025.