Domenica In

Domenica in
Country of origin	Italy
Original language(s)	Italian
No. of seasons	40
Production
Running time	360 min. (1976 − 2009) 290 min. (2009 − 2013) 170 min. (2013 − present)
Release
Original network	Rai 1
Picture format	4:3 Black-and-white (1976 – 1977) 4:3 Color (1977 – 2009) 16:9 SDTV (2009 − present)
Original release	1976 – present

Domenica in is an Italian Sunday long-running television show broadcast by Rai 1 since 1976. During its history, the title was also spelled as Domenica in... and Dom&Nica in.

The show was originally planned to offer to the Italian audience, affected in those years by a profound austerity, an alternative to the typical Sunday afternoon trips and outings. It has been the first Italian program to go well beyond the standard duration of 2 hours and to have a very long running, about six hours from 14,00 p.m. to 20,00 p.m. A program which is different in its structure from one edition to another, it consists of different segments reserved to entertainment, interviews, sport, games, journalism.

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