TV Programs Today, Wednesday, August 12, 2026: Full Schedule

Wednesday 12 August 2026 is packed with prime time events: space for popular science on Rai 1, athletics on Rai 2 and cinema on Canale 5, Rete 4 and Italia 1. Here is tonight's complete schedule and the main afternoon events.

Prime time on August 12th

Rai 1 presents a new episode of Noos – The Adventure of Knowledge at 21:30 PM . Topics include: a child's early years with educationalist Daniele Novara, the investigation into Ted Bundy analyzed by Carlo Lucarelli, the dangers of deepfakes with Massimo Polidoro, and "frozen worlds" with astrophysicist Edwige Pezzulli. TG1 Sera follows at 23:55 PM.

Rai 2 dedicates the evening to sport: at 21:00 PM, the third day of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham , with the finals of the women's hammer, men's 400 meters, women's 400 meters, and men's 110 meters hurdles, plus the semifinals of the women's 200 meters. At 23:00 PM, the documentary The Basketball Dream – Marco Belinelli , dedicated to the first Italian NBA champion.

Rai 3 airs at 21:15 PM with Il vizio del lupo – Un giorno in pretura (The Wolf's Vice – A Day in Court) : the case of Speranza Ponti's disappearance from Alghero in December 2019, with her partner Massimiliano Farci in the dock. In prime time access, at 20:45 PM, a new episode of L'appartamento – Sold Out starring Giorgio Pasotti, the series replacing Un posto al sole during the summer break.

Canale 5 focuses on cinema: at 22:05 PM , Croce e Delizia , starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Alessandro Gassman, will air . Meanwhile, in the afternoon, there will be a double screening of new Turkish dizis: Forbidden Fruit at 12:18 PM and My Sweet Lie at 12:42 PM, followed by Be My Sunshine (13:34 PM), Far Away (14:29 PM), and Tutto per la mia famiglia (15:19 PM, 15:27 PM, and 16:17 PM).

Italia 1 is showing Chicago P.D. in prime time , with new episodes on TV for the first time, followed by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Cold Case . Rete 4 is entrusting the evening to the film Shall We Dance? starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez.

Films and series on other networks

Rai 4 airs Black Swan with Natalie Portman at 9.19pm, followed by Bones and All . On 20 Mediaset at 9.23pm Blade , while Rai Movie offers The Return at 9.10pm . Also worth mentioning are Sapiens, un solo pianeta on Rai 5 (9.19pm), Uno sbirro in Appennino on Rai Premium (9.20pm), Cattivi vicini on Twentyseven (9.04pm) and La bocca on Cine34 (9.56pm). On Top Crime, at 9.54pm, the series CSI: Miami.

The evening ends in the late evening with Ocean's 8 on Canale 5 (10.48pm), Unbroken on Rete 4 (11.35pm), Truman Capote – In Cold Blood and Appresso alla musica with Renzo Arbore and Gegè Telesforo on Rai 3 (11.25pm).