Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
| Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Iginio Straffi |
| Written by | Marco Rossi |
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| Theme music composer | Maurizio D'Aniello |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language | Italian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24 mins |
| Production companies | Rainbow S.p.A. Nickelodeon (pilot) |
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| Network | Rai Gulp Netflix (worldwide) |
| Release | August 29, 2016 – December 2, 2017 |
Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends is an Italian live-action sitcom which premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The series was created by Iginio Straffi. It focuses on two roommates at the Fashion Academy of Milan: Maggie (Emanuela Rei), an American girl on a scholarship in Italy, and Bianca (Giorgia Boni), the daughter of an Italian fashion entrepreneur.
The series was originally developed as a 2011 television pilot starring the Californian musical duo Kalina and Kiana, titled "My American Friend." The pilot was co-produced by Rainbow SpA and Nickelodeon, which are both part of Viacom. Two Italian actresses, Emanuela Rei and Giorgia Boni, were recast as the two leads after the pilot was greenlit for a full series. As requested by RAI, the series was first performed in Italian and later dubbed into other languages. Three seasons of Maggie & Bianca were filmed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.