Release Date

08 Nov, 1961

Runtime

01:55: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

289/52

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.

Original Title

КВН

Photos

Season 1

07 Nov, 1961

Season 2

31 Dec, 1961

Season 3

01 Jan, 1963

Season 4

01 Jan, 1964

Season 5

01 Jan, 1965

Season 6

01 Jan, 1966

Season 7

01 Jan, 1967

Season 8

01 Jan, 1968

Season 9

01 Jan, 1969

Season 10

01 Jan, 1970

Season 11

01 Jan, 1971

Season 12

01 Jan, 1972

Season 13

01 Jan, 1986

Season 14

01 Jan, 1987

Season 15

01 Jan, 1988

Season 16

29 Apr, 1989

Season 17

10 Jan, 1990

Season 18

10 Jan, 1991

Season 19

02 Oct, 1992

Season 20

01 Jan, 1993

Season 21

01 Jan, 1994

Season 22

01 Jan, 1995

Season 24

01 Jan, 1996

Season 25

01 Jan, 1997

Season 26

01 Jan, 1998

Season 27

01 Jan, 1999

Season 28

01 Jan, 2000

Season 29

01 Oct, 2001

Season 30

01 Jan, 2003

Season 31

01 Mar, 2002

Season 32

01 Jan, 2004

Season 33

01 Jan, 2005

Season 34

01 Jan, 2006

Season 35

01 Jan, 2007

Season 36

01 Jan, 2008

Season 37

01 Jan, 2009

Season 38

07 Feb, 2010

Season 39

13 Feb, 2011

Season 40

19 Feb, 2012

Season 41

24 Feb, 2013

Season 42

02 Mar, 2014

Season 43

08 Feb, 2015

Season 44

01 Jan, 2016

Season 45

01 Jan, 2017

Season 46

27 Jan, 2018

Season 47

24 Feb, 2019

Season 48

01 Jan, 2020

Season 49

11 Apr, 2021

Season 50

16 Feb, 2022

Season 51

18 Feb, 2023

Season 52

16 Feb, 2024

Actors