Alexander Maslyakov
Self - Host
KVN (1961)
KVN is a Russian humour TV show and competition where teams compete by giving funny answers to questions and showing prepared sketches. The programme was first aired by the First Soviet Channel on November 8, 1961. Eleven years later, in 1972, when few programmes were being broadcast live, Soviet censors found the students' impromptu jokes offensive and anti-Soviet and banned KVN. The show was revived fourteen years later during the Perestroika era in 1986, with Alexander Maslyakov as its host. It is one of the longest-running TV programmes on Russian Television. It also has its own holiday on November 8, the birthday of the game, which KVN players celebrate every year since it was announced and widely celebrated for the first time in 2001.
Genres: Comedy, Family, Game Show, Talk
Keywords: tmdb.live-recording, tmdb.game-show, imdb.youth-television-show, imdb.competition, imdb.humorous-show, imdb.sketch-comedy, imdb.talent-game-show
Production Companies: AMIK, Channel One
Network: Channel One
Country: Russia
Production Countries:
Russia,
Soviet Union
Languages:
Russian
Season 1
7 episodes
Season 2
7 episodes
Season 3
1 episodes
Season 4
1 episodes
Season 5
1 episodes
Season 6
1 episodes
Season 7
1 episodes
Season 8
1 episodes
Season 9
1 episodes
Season 10
1 episodes
Season 11
1 episodes
Season 12
1 episodes
Season 13
1 episodes
Season 14
1 episodes
Season 15
1 episodes
Season 16
5 episodes
Season 17
7 episodes
Season 18
8 episodes
Season 19
10 episodes
Season 20
1 episodes
Season 21
1 episodes
Season 22
1 episodes
Season 24
1 episodes
Season 25
1 episodes
Season 26
1 episodes
Season 27
1 episodes
Season 28
1 episodes
Season 29
12 episodes
Season 30
1 episodes
Season 31
12 episodes
Season 32
1 episodes
Season 33
1 episodes
Season 34
1 episodes
Season 35
1 episodes
Season 36
12 episodes
Season 37
12 episodes
Season 38
12 episodes
Season 39
12 episodes
Season 40
13 episodes
Season 41
14 episodes
Season 42
13 episodes
Season 43
15 episodes
Season 44
4 episodes
Season 45
9 episodes
Season 46
15 episodes
Season 47
14 episodes
Season 48
14 episodes
Season 49
17 episodes
Season 50
16 episodes
Season 51
15 episodes
Season 52
15 episodes
Season 53
14 episodes
Network: Channel One
Runtime: 1674 min.
Episode Runtime: 119 min.
Released: Nov. 8, 1961
Last Air Date: Oct. 9, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+