KVN Major League

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.

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Alexander Maslyakov as Self - Host
• Albert Akselrod as Self - Judge
• Svetlana Zhiltsova as Self - Guest
• Alla Mikheeva as Self - Judge
• Sergey Zhilin as Self - Judge
• Konstantin Ernst as Self - Judge
• Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Self - Judge
• Valdis Pelšs as Self - Judge

Supporting cast

• Yana Churikova as Self - Judge
• Aleksey Krivenya as Self - Judge
• Aleksandr Oleshko as Self - Judge
• Yekaterina Strizhenova as Self - Judge
• Andrey Rozhkov as Self - Judge
• Edgard Zapashnyy as Self - Judge
• Pelageya Khanova as Self - Judge
• Oleg Novitsky as Self - Judge
• Katerina Shpitsa as Self - Judge
• Sergey Svetlakov as Self - Judge
• Ekaterina Dragunova as Self - Judge
• Aleksandr Revva as Self - Judge

Guest cast

• Alexander Maslyakov as Self - Host
• Albert Akselrod as Self - Judge
• Svetlana Zhiltsova as Self - Guest
• Alla Mikheeva as Self - Judge
• Sergey Zhilin as Self - Judge
• Konstantin Ernst as Self - Judge
• Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Self - Judge
• Valdis Pelšs as Self - Judge
• Yana Churikova as Self - Judge
• Aleksey Krivenya as Self - Judge
• Aleksandr Oleshko as Self - Judge
• Yekaterina Strizhenova as Self - Judge

Episodes

This series spans 20 seasons with 209 episodes.

Production

Release

References

1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
2. TVMaze
3. IMDb
4. Official Website
5. EpisodeTime Show Page