Telegatto

the statuette

Telegatto (a composition of tele(visione) and gatto which means "cat", since the prize for winners is a little statue representing a cat) is an Italian television award first given out in 1971 following the contest "Gran Premio internazionale dello Spettacolo", sponsored by the weekly magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and aired on Canale 5. The prize is a golden cat statue with the network's initials on his face. It was inspired by a cartoon on the television series Super Classifica Show, a cult show in the 1980s and early 1990s.

It could be compared with the People's Choice Award and the TV Guide Award.

Hosts

• 1984 Mike Bongiorno
• 1985 Mike Bongiorno, Cinzia Lenzi, Alessandra Buzzi, Susanna Messaggio, Gabriella Golia e Fiorella Pierobon
• 1986 Mike Bongiorno e Milly Carlucci
• 1987 Mike Bongiorno, Carol Alt e Renée Simonsen
• 1988 Mike Bongiorno e Gabriella Carlucci
• 1989 Mike Bongiorno e Heather Parisi
• 1990 Corrado e Elisabetta Gardini
• 1991 Corrado e Raffaella Carrà
• 1992 Corrado, Fabrizio Frizzi e Antonella Elia
• 1993 Corrado e Milly Carlucci
• 1994 Corrado e Alba Parietti
• 1995 Corrado e Mara Venier
• 1996 Corrado e Mara Venier
• 1997 Pippo Baudo e Milly Carlucci
• 1998 Pippo Baudo e Milly Carlucci
• 1999 Pippo Baudo e Milly Carlucci
• 2000 Paolo Bonolis e Raffaella Carrà
• 2001 Gerry Scotti e Maria De Filippi
• 2002 Pippo Baudo e Alessia Marcuzzi
• 2003 Pippo Baudo e Alessia Marcuzzi
• 2004 Gerry Scotti e Raffaella Carrà
• 2005 Suspended
• 2006 Pippo Baudo e Michelle Hunziker
• 2007 Claudio Bisio e Vanessa Incontrada
• 2008 Pippo Baudo e Michelle Hunziker
• 2009 Suspended

American TV shows and personalities "Telegatto" winners

• Dallas - 1984
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1985
• Quo Vadis? - 1985
• Dallas - 1985
• V- Visitors - 1985 (the union of V and V: The Final Battle)
• Dynasty - 1985
• V- Visitors - 1986
• Dallas - 1986
• award to Joan Collins for Dynasty - 1986
• North and South - 1987
• Dallas - 1987
• Capitol - 1987 (special award)
• Dynasty - 1988
• Guiding Light - 1988
• Dynasty - 1989
• Happy Days - 1989 (special award)
• Fame - 1989 (special award)
• Loving - 1989 (special award)
• award to Sylvester Stallone - 1990
• award to Edward Asner for Lou Grant - 1990
• The Young and the Restless - 1990 (special award)
• Twin Peaks - 1991
• The Bold and the Beautiful - 1991
• award to Robert Mitchum - 1991
• award to Robert De Niro - 1991
• Miami Vice - 1992
• MacGyver - 1992
• award to Arnold Schwarzenegger - 1992
• Perry Mason - 1993
• Beverly Hills, 90210 - 1993
• award to Dustin Hoffman - 1993
• award to Michael Douglas - 1993
• Columbo - 1994
• Beverly Hills, 90210 - 1994
• Magnum, P.I. - 1994
• The Bold and the Beautiful - 1994
• Beverly Hills, 90210 - 1995
• award to Kirk Douglas - 1995 (Plainum Award)
• award to Steven Seagal - 1995
• award to Tony Curtis - 1996 (Plainum Award)
• Dallas - 1996
• The X-Files - 1996
• The Bold and the Beautiful - 1996
• award to Joe Pesci - 1996 (Plainum Award)
• ER - 1997
• The Bold and the Beautiful - 1997
• award to Eli Wallach - 1997 (Plainum Award)
• Murder, She Wrote - 1999
• award to James Coburn -2000
• The Simpsons - 2000
• award to George Clooney - 2000
• award to Elizabeth Taylor - 2001
• award to Robert Wagner - 2001
• award to Sean Connery - 2002
• award to Peter O'Toole - 2002
• award to Ernest Borgnine - 2003
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 2003
• award to Susan Sarandon - 2003