In November 2003 Sabina Guzzanti wrote, directed and was featured in the first and only installment of "Raiot", a late-night TV political satire show broadcast on Rai Tre. After lampooning Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, she was sued by Berlusconi's Mediaset lawyers (notably Cesare Previti's law firm) for "lies and insinuation" and the show was pulled amid controversy; in the suing document Previti defined satire as "that thing which tends to minimize and to make a politician likeable, to diminish the social tensions" (""quella cosa che tende a sdrammatizzare e a rendere simpatico un politico, a diminuire le tensioni sociali"") as the basis to accuse the show of not being satirical but a direct political attack. As a form of protest, the second instalment was recorded live in the Auditorium of Rome and broadcast by independent television networks; during the event among others Dario Fo, Beppe Grillo and Daniele Luttazzi gave her their support. After that Sabina Guzzanti announced that the only official instalment of "Raiot" had completely vanished from the RAI's archives.