| Medici | |
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| Also known as | Medici: Masters of Florence (season 1) Medici: The Magnificent (seasons 2–3) |
| Genre | Historical drama |
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| Opening theme | "Renaissance" by Paolo Buonvino & Skin (s. 1)[1] "Revolution Bones" by Paolo Buonvino & Skin (s. 2–3) |
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| Country of origin | Italy United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer | Fania Petrocchi |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Production companies | Lux Vide Big Light Productions Rai Fiction |
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| Network | Rai 1 (Italy) |
| Release | 18 October 2016 – 11 December 2019 |
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Medici (Italian: I Medici) is a historical drama television series created by Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer. The series was produced by Italian companies Lux Vide and Rai Fiction, in collaboration with Spotnitz's Big Light Productions. The series follows the House of Medici, bankers of the Pope, in 15th-century Florence. Each season follows the events of a particular moment of the family's history exploring the political and artistic landscape of Renaissance Italy.
The first season of the series, titled Medici: Masters of Florence, premiered in Italy on Rai 1 on 18 October 2016. It takes place in 1429, the year Giovanni de' Medici, head of the family, died. His son Cosimo succeeds him as head of the family bank, the richest in Europe at the time, and fights to preserve his power in Florence. The series reached between four and eight million viewers on original airings. According to Italian ratings compiler Auditel, the broadcast of the first episode attracted a record 8.04 million viewers.[2]
The second season, titled Medici: The Magnificent, takes place 35 years later and tells the story of Cosimo's grandson Lorenzo de' Medici. It premiered on Rai 1 in 2018, while a third season, which completes the story of Lorenzo, followed in 2019. The series is broadcast in 190 countries worldwide, including on Netflix in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and India,[3] and on SBS in Australia.[4]
- ^ "Renaissance (From "Medici: Masters of Florence")". iTunes. Apple Inc. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "Les Médicis, Maîtres de Florence : carton d'audience pour la série de SFR Play". Toutelatele (in French). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Munn, Patrick (24 November 2016). "Wild Bunch TV Sells Big Light's 'Medici: Masters Of Florence' To Netflix In US, Canada & India". TV Wise. Disqus. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Medici: Masters of Florence premiering on SBS this April". MediaWeek. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.