KVN Major League

Synopsis

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.

Details

Created by

Alexander Maslyakov

Aired

April 1, 1986

Status

Returning Series

Country

Russia, Soviet Union

Network

Central Television USSR

Episodes

488

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Where to watch

No known streaming options in United States.

Seasons

1. Season 1 · episodes: 8 · 1986
2. Season 2 · episodes: 7 · 1987
3. Season 3 · episodes: 5 · 1989
4. Season 4 · episodes: 7 · 1990
5. Season 5 · episodes: 8 · 1991
6. Season 6 · episodes: 10 · 1992
7. Season 7 · episodes: 9 · 1993
8. Season 8 · episodes: 10 · 1994
9. Season 9 · episodes: 10 · 1995
10. Season 10 · episodes: 13 · 1996
11. Season 11 · episodes: 12 · 1997
12. Season 12 · episodes: 13 · 1998
13. Season 13 · episodes: 13 · 1999
14. Season 14 · episodes: 12 · 2000
15. Season 15 · episodes: 12 · 2001
16. Season 16 · episodes: 12 · 2002
17. Season 17 · episodes: 12 · 2003
18. Season 18 · episodes: 12 · 2004
19. Season 19 · episodes: 12 · 2005
20. Season 20 · episodes: 12 · 2006
21. Season 21 · episodes: 12 · 2007
22. Season 22 · episodes: 12 · 2008
23. Season 23 · episodes: 12 · 2009
24. Season 24 · episodes: 12 · 2010
25. Season 25 · episodes: 13 · 2011
26. Season 26 · episodes: 13 · 2012
27. Season 27 · episodes: 14 · 2013
28. Season 28 · episodes: 13 · 2014
29. Season 29 · episodes: 15 · 2015
30. Season 30 · episodes: 15 · 2016
31. Season 31 · episodes: 14 · 2017
32. Season 32 · episodes: 15 · 2018
33. Season 33 · episodes: 15 · 2019
34. Season 34 · episodes: 14 · 2020
35. Season 35 · episodes: 17 · 2021
36. Season 36 · episodes: 16 · 2022
37. Season 37 · episodes: 15 · 2023
38. Season 38 · episodes: 15 · 2024
39. Season 39 · episodes: 16 · 2025
40. Season 40 · episodes: 11 · 2026

Cast

• 
  Alexander Maslyakov

  Self - Host
• 
  Yuli Gusman

  Self - Judge
• 
  Konstantin Ernst

  Self - Judge
• 
  Valdis Pelšs

  Self - Show host
• 
  Leonid Yarmolnik

  Self - Judge
• 
  Igor Vernik

  Self - Show host
• 
  Mikhail Galustyan

  Self - Judge
• 
  Pelageya Khanova

  Self - Judge
• 
  Dmitriy Khrustalev

  Self - Show host
• 
  Mikhail Efremov

  Self - Judge
• 
  Dmitriy Nagiev

  Self - Judge
• 
  Vadim Galygin

  Self - Judge

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