KVN (1961)

KVN (1961)

1961-11-08 Central Television USSR, Channel One
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Seasons and episodes

53 Season 53 February 27, 2025
52 Season 52 February 16, 2024
51 Season 51 February 18, 2023
50 Season 50 February 16, 2022
49 Season 49 April 11, 2021
48 Season 48 February 12, 2020
47 Season 47 February 15, 2019
46 Season 46 January 27, 2018
45 Season 45 February 14, 2017
44 Season 44 February 06, 2016
43 Season 43 February 08, 2015
42 Season 42 March 02, 2014
41 Season 41 February 24, 2013
40 Season 40 February 19, 2012
39 Season 39 February 13, 2011
38 Season 38 February 07, 2010
37 Season 37 January 01, 2009
36 Season 36 January 01, 2008
35 Season 35 January 01, 2007
34 Season 34 January 01, 2006
33 Season 33 January 01, 2005
32 Season 32 January 01, 2004
30 Season 30 January 01, 2003
31 Season 31 March 01, 2002
29 Season 29 March 02, 2001
28 Season 28 January 01, 2000
27 Season 27 January 01, 1999
26 Season 26 January 01, 1998
25 Season 25 January 01, 1997
24 Season 24 January 01, 1996
22 Season 22 January 01, 1995
21 Season 21 January 01, 1994
20 Season 20 January 01, 1993
19 Season 19 October 02, 1992
18 Season 18 January 10, 1991
17 Season 17 January 10, 1990
16 Season 16 April 29, 1989
15 Season 15 January 01, 1988
14 Season 14 January 01, 1987
13 Season 13 January 01, 1986
12 Season 12 January 01, 1972
11 Season 11 January 01, 1971
10 Season 10 January 01, 1970
9 Season 9 January 01, 1969
8 Season 8 January 01, 1968
7 Season 7 January 01, 1967
6 Season 6 January 01, 1966
5 Season 5 January 01, 1965
4 Season 4 January 01, 1964
3 Season 3 January 01, 1963
2 Season 2 December 31, 1961
1 Season 1 November 07, 1961

Overview

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.

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