Skam Italia

Skam Italia (often stylized as SKAM Italia) is an Italian teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series Skam. The series first aired on 23 March 2018 on TIMvision.

Plot
The series follows the daily lives of students at the Liceo J.F. Kennedy in Rome as they deal with typical issues of adolescence. Each season follows a different protagonist and centers on topics such as relationship insecurities, slut-shaming, coming out, mental illness, toxic masculinity, and anorexia nervosa. The show occurs in real time, meaning when something happens at a certain date or time, scenes are uploaded to the show's website, called "clips." The show also utilizes Instagram and text message screenshots to give the characters a realistic feel. After the show's Netflix revival in season 4 and subsequent seasons after, the real-time and transmedia aspects are dropped, as all episodes are released at once.

Season 1 (2018)
Season 1 aired from 29 March to 8 June 2018 and comprised 11 episodes. It centered around Eva Brighi, a teenage girl who struggles with trusting her boyfriend, Giovanni, who used to date her former best friend, Laura, who has cut her out at school. Eva eventually finds new friends in Eleonora, Federica, Sana, and Silvia, and finds the strength to break up with Giovanni and focus on herself for a change.

Season 2 (2018)
Season 2 aired from 12 October to 24 December 2018 and comprised 10 episodes. It broke from the traditional Skam order of central characters, instead centering on Martino Rametta, Giovanni's best friend, a closeted gay teenager. He quickly finds himself falling in love with Niccolò, who struggles with borderline personality disorder and a tenuous family situation. Leaning on his friends Giovanni, Luca, and Elia, Martino begins to embrace who he truly is.

Season 3 (2019)
Season 3 aired from 15 March to 7 June 2019 and comprised 11 episodes. It focused on Eleonora Sava, Eva's new best friend. Eleonora lives with her older brother, completely independent from their parents, and prides herself on being wise beyond her years. However, her confidence threatens to come crashing down when she has to face her romantic feelings for Edoardo, a popular boy at school, and is the victim of revenge porn.

Season 4 (2020)
Season 4 was released in its entirety on 15 May 2020 and comprised 10 episodes. It focused on Sana Allagui, a Muslim-Italian girl, and Eva and Eleonora's friend. She begins to struggle to balance her faith and her friendships, as she begins to develop feelings for her brother's best friend, Malik, who identifies as a non-Muslim.

Season 5 (2022)
Season 5 was released in its entirety on 1 September 2022 and comprised 10 episodes. This season is the first to move past the original Skam storylines, centering around Elia Santini, one of Giovanni and Martino's friends. He struggles with toxic masculinity and sexual intimacy, which stems from his micropenis size, as well as being forced to repeat his senior year of high school without his friends. Over the course of the season, he finds himself drawn to classmate Viola, who also struggles with intimacy after being groomed by a teacher at their high school.

Season 6 (2024)
Season 6 was released in its entirety on 18 January 2024 and comprised 10 episodes. This season will be the first to focus on a Skam Italia character without a counterpart from the original Norwegian series. Asia Giovannelli is the central character, one of Viola's best friends. Charismatic, strong, and determined, Asia and her friend group, "The Rebels," will face challenges to their decisive morals and ideals by the arrival of new students, especially Giulio. Asia also struggles with the pressures of school, which manifests in anorexia nervosa.

Production and release
In October 2017, it was announced that Skam would be remade in several European countries, including Italy. The first season, which was directed by Ludovico Bessegato, was released on TIMvision on 23 March 2018.

Skam Italia was renewed for a second season in June 2018, with Bessegato confirmed to be directing. In July, it was revealed that the Italian series would follow a different order from the Norwegian series, with the second season focusing on Martino. The first episode of the second season was released on 12 October 2018 on TIMvision.

In October 2018, filming for the third season was announced, with Eleonora and Edoardo as protagonists. Unlike the prior two seasons, the third season was directed by Ludovico Di Martino, rather than Bessegato. The first episode of the third season was released on 15 May 2019 on TIMvision.

Production of the fourth season was announced in December 2019 with Ludovico Bessegato returning as director. The season was co-produced by Netflix, who acquired the rights to distribute the first three seasons on 1 January 2020. The entire fourth season was released on Netflix on 15 May 2020, and focused on Sana, a Muslim-Italian girl.

In June 2021, Netflix announced the production of the fifth season, which would release in 2022. The season's protagonist was Elia, whose sexual insecurities stemmed from his micropenis. The entire fifth season was released on Netflix on 1 September 2022.

On 26 January 2023, Netflix announced the production of the sixth season. Filming began on 27 February with Tiziano Russo directing.