КВН - Высшая лига: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: КВН - Высшая лига
• Format: Game Show
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 1986-05-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Первый канал
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4999

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-05-25; final listed air date 1987-06-08.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-10-17; final listed air date 1989-01-01.
• Season 3: premiered 1989-04-24; final listed air date 1989-12-01.
• Season 4: premiered 1990-01-01; final listed air date 1991-01-01.
• Season 5: premiered 1991-03-30; final listed air date 1991-12-13.
• Season 6: premiered 1992-01-01; final listed air date 1992-12-03.
• Season 7: premiered 1993-01-01; final listed air date 1993-12-26.
• Season 8: premiered 1994-01-01; final listed air date 1994-12-02.
• Season 9: premiered 1995-01-01; final listed air date 1995-12-02.
• Season 10: premiered 1996-01-07; final listed air date 1996-12-17.
• Season 11: premiered 1997-01-01; final listed air date 1997-12-10.
• Season 12: premiered 1998-01-01; final listed air date 1998-12-09.
• Season 13: premiered 1999-01-01; final listed air date 1999-12-23.
• Season 14: premiered 2000-01-01; final listed air date 2000-11-30.
• Season 15: premiered 2001-01-01; final listed air date 2001-12-15.
• Season 16: premiered 2002-01-01; final listed air date 2002-12-17.
• Season 17: premiered 2003-01-01; final listed air date 2003-12-17.
• Season 18: premiered 2004-01-15; final listed air date 2004-12-12.
• Season 19: premiered 2005-02-11; final listed air date 2005-12-12.
• Season 20: premiered 2006-02-11; final listed air date 2006-12-21.
• Season 21: premiered 2007-02-17; final listed air date 2007-12-28.
• Season 22: premiered 2008-02-08; final listed air date 2009-01-02.
• Season 23: premiered 2009-01-30; final listed air date 2009-12-27.
• Season 24: premiered 2010-02-07; final listed air date 2010-12-24.
• Season 25: premiered 2011-02-18; final listed air date 2011-12-30.
• Season 26: premiered 2012-02-19; final listed air date 2012-12-28.
• Season 27: premiered 2013-02-24; final listed air date 2014-01-06.
• Season 28: premiered 2014-03-02; final listed air date 2014-12-21.
• Season 29: premiered 2015-02-08; final listed air date 2015-11-03.
• Season 30: premiered 2016-02-22; final listed air date 2016-04-24.

Source and licence

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