Career
Costanzo began his career as a journalist, and in the late 1970s appeared in several television shows, before creating his most famous show, The Maurizio Costanzo Show, currently the most important and longest-lasting talk show in Italy. Costanzo"s television style includes subtle, low-profile irony. He also wrote the screenplays for several films, as well as the lyrics of the song "Se telefonando", which was popularized by Mina.
Costanzo was the artistic director of the main television channel of Silvio Berlusconi, Canale 5.
In 2010 he moved to Radiotelevisione Italiana, presenting the talk show Bontà sua. Costanzo is the "communication-agent" (an aesthetical and rhetorical consultant for public appearances) of many Italian political leaders.
Since 2011 he collaborates with Radio Manà Manà. He is a professor at the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano.