The format created by Antonio Ricci in 1988, is the longest Mediaset's running series.
Broadcast by Canale 5 after the news, Striscia is an irreverent variety show with a civic commitment to report medical malpractice, corruption of the Italian system, and from 1992 to 2010, Striscia helped the State to recover the record sum of 7 billion and 800 million euros. The data was published in a research conducted by Bocconi University (The social, cultural and economic relevance of Striscia la Notizia from its birth to today).