The Rai Change face. With the official presentation of Rai schedules For the 2025-2026 season, the company in viale Mazzini has clearly shown that the future is also built by making difficult choices. Heavy goodbyes, suspended programs and well -known faces that they disappear from the front row in which the watchword is rationalization. It is cut for contain costs And it changes to strengthen what does not hold up in terms of listening. But the changeyou know, has a price. And this price, at least for now, seems to be represented by a long list of excluded.
The great excluded from the Rai schedules
Exit from the scene, albeit perhaps temporary, for two beloved figures: Alessia Marcuzzi and Alessandro Cattelan. For both, Rai schedules do not foresee a role active next season. No location and no new project in sight with Boom e Obligation or truththe two bets that had marked the Return of Marcuzzi to Raiwhich are deleted. A double blow that leaves the presenter out of the games.
Even more symbolic the Destiny of Cattelan. His And then there is Cattelan The vision of a Rai who knows how to dialogue with the younger generations also arises, and with him also fades. His ironic and contemporary style has not found fertile ground in the public service: “Cattelan is a Complex talent for generalist TV“, Explained the director of the Geni Coordination Management, Stefano Colettaat the press conference. A lost occasion? Perhaps. Meanwhile, it is murmured that Mediaset is preparing the ground to welcome it with open arms.
The formats that close
Each change of television season leaves behind a trail of suspended titles, experiments unreacled or simply sacrificed in the name of the reorganization. And i Rai 2025-2026 schedules they are no exception. Petroliumthe historic investigation program conducted by Duilio Giammaria, will not return. They are also falling under the dark Rai2 intercom With Simona Ventura and Paola Perego – perhaps intended for a reformulation after the ski races that end in March – e The human factorreflective space of Rai3.
To really surprise, however, are some unexpected releases. Agorà Weekend He closes despite a good hold in listening. Border line, Tango e Rebus They come out of the radars. The schedule lightens, of course, but leaves a feeling of emptiness, as if the time was missing for a real maturation of the projects.
The news
But among goodbyes and suspensions, Rai relaunches one New offer with emerging facessimpler languages ​​and reorganized spaces. Central barthe new format with Elisa Isoardi, will debut in October, taking the place of Saturday live. Emma d’Aquino, Francesco Giorgino and Vincenzo Schettini remain outside the active offer. Their experiences, some even promising, find no space in the new editorial architecture. The goal is Reduce costsrethink the weak hourly bands and give more consistency to programming. But the question remains: is it possible to really innovate without risking a little more, without giving time to the projects to mature?
I Rai 2025-2026 schedules They tell about a company that wants to change skin, reorganize themselves and be more efficient. But in the process, there is a risk of losing important pieces. The exit of Alessandro Cattelan e Alessia Marcuzzitogether with the cancellation of already structured programs, marks a technical but also cultural passage. A change of gaze, perhaps necessary, but which leaves some questions pending.
