Rai/HBO co-production L’Amica Geniale/My Brilliant Friend (2018–) provides an illuminating example of changing strategies for transnational drama co-production in television’s burgeoning ‘multiplatform’ era. Foregrounding institutional over textual analysis, the article places My Brilliant Friend (MBF) within the industrial, creative and cultural contexts that have facilitated it. Important to these contexts is that transnational co-productions between non-US broadcasters and US-based premium networks are not only increasing but also exhibiting a new degree of cultural diversity. The article examines MBF’s origination as a literary adaptation, its genesis as a ‘cross-platform’ co-production, and its exemplification of changing drama commissioning strategies for Rai and HBO.

Rai / HBO的联合制作L'Amica Geniale /《我的朋友》（2018–）提供了一个崭新的例证，说明了在电视业蓬勃发展的“多平台”时代跨国戏剧合作制作策略的变化。文章以机构分析为基础，而不是文本分析，将My Brilliant Friend（MBF）置于促进其发展的工业，创意和文化背景下。对于这些情况而言，重要的是，非美国广播公司与美国优质网络之间的跨国联合制作不仅在增加，而且展现出新的文化多样性。本文探讨了MBF的 起源是文学改编，起源是“跨平台”联合制作，并且是改变Rai和HBO的戏剧委托策略的例证。