''TG5'' (''TeleGiornale 5'') is a news programme on the Italian TV channel

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, part of the

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network and owned by

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. It is broadcast domestically on

and

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several times a day. The rating for the programme's 08:00 PM edition, are among the highest for Italian commercial TV. The programme is broadcast from

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. The editor-in-chief is Clemente Mimun.

Programme format

The roots of the programme go back to 1980 on

, with a programme covering

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called ''Video 5''. In 1983 it was replaced by ''Canale 5 News''. The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader but with additional newsreaders for financial reports. Generally the programme features reports which are preceded and followed by the

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reporting live from the scene of the report. TG5, as it exists today, was created in 1992 with

Enrico Mentana Enrico Mentana (born 15 January 1955) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He founded the Italian news programme '' TG5'' and directed it from 1992 to 2004. In 2005, as Canale 5's editorial director, he conceived and curated th ...

as director.

Programmes

* ''TG5 Mattina'' and ''TG5 flash'': Cristina Bianchino, Paolo Di Lorenzo, Francesca Cantini, Veronica Gervaso,

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* ''TG5 Giorno'' and ''TG5 flash'':

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, Costanza Calabrese, Domitilla Savignoni, Paola Rivetta, Francesca Cenci * ''TG5 Sera'':

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, Alberto Bilà, Elena Guarnieri, Dario Maltese * ''TG5 Notte'': Lorenzo Montersoli, Antonio Sapio, Paolo Trombin

Editor-in-chief

* 1992-2004 -

* 2004-2007 - Carlo Rossella * 2007-''present'' - Clemente Mimun * 2020 - Mauro Crippa (ad ''interim'') R.T.I. - Mediaset Mass media in Rome Italian television news shows 1992 Italian television series debuts Canale 5 original programming {{italy-tv-prog-stub