Saturday 25 May is the day of the grand finale of TV Talk. the program that talks about television behind the scenes on Rai3. In addition to the expected Awards of the season, it is also the last episode for the historic host Massimo Bernardini who a few weeks ago announced his desire to leave space for young people. Presenting the program lineup, the journalist announces: “It’s also my last episode, but I’m leaving it in good hands, but we’ll talk about this, with the inevitable emotion, at the end of the episode.” The first guest is Enrico Mentana to comment on a season of information on TV. The director of the La7 news program is asked to repeat a joke he made, with the cameras off, shortly before: “For centuries now all people who have some sort of notoriety have dreamed of being able to attend their own funeral… And you manage to achieve this result, you can listen to what they say about you…”.
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The farewell to Bernardini’s program, inevitably, is the leitmotif of the beginning of the episode. Speaking about two television seasons ago, Mentana states: “It was your penultimate year on TV Talk…”. “But let’s not make it a burden”, the host quips, with the director of Tg La7 commenting: “It’s a dramatic day, let’s try to exorcise it…”.
