The Cesaronis (Seasons 1–7)

The Cesaronis (I Cesaroni, 2006) is an Italian comedy series to watch online on iFILM — eight seasons on Canale 5 that made it one of the longest-running family hits in Italian primetime.

Giulio is a widower raising three sons above his wine shop in Rome's working-class Garbatella district. Lucia arrives from middle-class Milan, divorced and starting over with two daughters. They recognise each other from a brief teenage romance decades earlier — and somehow end up under the same roof, trying to blend two families who don't share a single habit. Claudio Amendola and Elena Sofia Ricci anchor the show, while Alessandra Mastronardi, who later broke through internationally, got one of her earliest roles in the first seasons.

What keeps the series going past episode three is that nobody is entirely right or wrong — the friction between the families feels earned, not manufactured. Eight seasons is not an accident. Stream all episodes of The Cesaronis online on iFILM.