you are still comparing that scene to a national tv show. I am from Reggio Calabria and my local channels, RTV and TeleReggio, are similar to that, I guess local roman TV is the same.
I guess we can agree on the rest.

"I don't know if it translated through the language barrier, but the talk show bit was awfully acted by everyone involved. Something out of a bad SNL sketch. Embarrassing moment for the show."