KVN 1961

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.

  • Poster for Season 1

    Season 1

    1961

    7 episodes

    Season 1 of KVN premiered on November 7, 1961.

  • Poster for Season 2

    Season 2

    1961

    7 episodes

    Season 2 of KVN premiered on December 31, 1961.

  • Poster for Season 3

    Season 3

    1963

    1 episodes

    Season 3 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1963.

  • Poster for Season 4

    Season 4

    1964

    1 episodes

    Season 4 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1964.

  • Poster for Season 5

    Season 5

    1965

    1 episodes

    Season 5 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1965.

  • Poster for Season 6

    Season 6

    1966

    1 episodes

    Season 6 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1966.

  • Poster for Season 7

    Season 7

    1967

    1 episodes

    Season 7 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1967.

  • Poster for Season 8

    Season 8

    1968

    1 episodes

    Season 8 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1968.

  • Poster for Season 9

    Season 9

    1969

    1 episodes

    Season 9 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1969.

  • Poster for Season 10

    Season 10

    1970

    1 episodes

    Season 10 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1970.

  • Poster for Season 11

    Season 11

    1971

    1 episodes

    Season 11 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1971.

  • Poster for Season 12

    Season 12

    1972

    1 episodes

    Season 12 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1972.

  • Poster for Season 13

    Season 13

    1986

    1 episodes

    Season 13 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1986.

  • Poster for Season 14

    Season 14

    1987

    1 episodes

    Season 14 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1987.

  • Poster for Season 15

    Season 15

    1988

    1 episodes

    Season 15 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1988.

  • Poster for Season 16

    Season 16

    1989

    5 episodes

    Season 16 of KVN premiered on April 29, 1989.

  • Poster for Season 17

    Season 17

    1990

    7 episodes

    Season 17 of KVN premiered on January 10, 1990.

  • Poster for Season 18

    Season 18

    1991

    8 episodes

    Season 18 of KVN premiered on January 10, 1991.

  • Poster for Season 19

    Season 19

    1992

    10 episodes

    Season 19 of KVN premiered on October 2, 1992.

  • Poster for Season 20

    Season 20

    1993

    1 episodes

    Season 20 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1993.

  • Poster for Season 21

    Season 21

    1994

    1 episodes

    Season 21 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1994.

  • Poster for Season 22

    Season 22

    1995

    1 episodes

    Season 22 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1995.

  • Poster for Season 24

    Season 24

    1996

    1 episodes

    Season 24 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1996.

  • Poster for Season 25

    Season 25

    1997

    1 episodes

    Season 25 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1997.

  • Poster for Season 26

    Season 26

    1998

    1 episodes

    Season 26 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1998.

  • Poster for Season 27

    Season 27

    1999

    1 episodes

    Season 27 of KVN premiered on January 1, 1999.

  • Poster for Season 28

    Season 28

    2000

    1 episodes

    Season 28 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2000.

  • Poster for Season 29

    Season 29

    2001

    12 episodes

    Season 29 of KVN premiered on March 2, 2001.

  • Poster for Season 30

    Season 30

    2003

    1 episodes

    Season 30 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2003.

  • Poster for Season 31

    Season 31

    2002

    12 episodes

    Season 31 of KVN premiered on March 1, 2002.

  • Poster for Season 32

    Season 32

    2004

    1 episodes

    Season 32 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2004.

  • Poster for Season 33

    Season 33

    2005

    1 episodes

    Season 33 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2005.

  • Poster for Season 34

    Season 34

    2006

    1 episodes

    Season 34 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2006.

  • Poster for Season 35

    Season 35

    2007

    1 episodes

    Season 35 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2007.

  • Poster for Season 36

    Season 36

    2008

    12 episodes

    Season 36 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2008.

  • Poster for Season 37

    Season 37

    2009

    12 episodes

    Season 37 of KVN premiered on January 1, 2009.

  • Poster for Season 38

    Season 38

    2010

    12 episodes

    Season 38 of KVN premiered on February 7, 2010.

  • Poster for Season 39

    Season 39

    2011

    12 episodes

    Season 39 of KVN premiered on February 13, 2011.

  • Poster for Season 40

    Season 40

    2012

    13 episodes

    Season 40 of KVN premiered on February 19, 2012.

  • Poster for Season 41

    Season 41

    2013

    14 episodes

    Season 41 of KVN premiered on February 24, 2013.

  • Poster for Season 42

    Season 42

    2014

    13 episodes

    Season 42 of KVN premiered on March 2, 2014.

  • Poster for Season 43

    Season 43

    2015

    15 episodes

    Season 43 of KVN premiered on February 8, 2015.

  • Poster for Season 44

    Season 44

    2016

    4 episodes

    Season 44 of KVN premiered on February 6, 2016.

  • Poster for Season 45

    Season 45

    2017

    9 episodes

    Season 45 of KVN premiered on February 14, 2017.

  • Poster for Season 46

    Season 46

    2018

    15 episodes

    Season 46 of KVN premiered on January 27, 2018.

  • Poster for Season 47

    Season 47

    2019

    14 episodes

    Season 47 of KVN premiered on February 15, 2019.

  • Poster for Season 48

    Season 48

    2020

    14 episodes

    Season 48 of KVN premiered on February 12, 2020.

  • Poster for Season 49

    Season 49

    2021

    17 episodes

    Season 49 of KVN premiered on April 11, 2021.

  • Poster for Season 50

    Season 50

    2022

    16 episodes

    Season 50 of KVN premiered on February 16, 2022.

  • Poster for Season 51

    Season 51

    2023

    15 episodes

    Season 51 of KVN premiered on February 18, 2023.

  • Poster for Season 52

    Season 52

    2024

    15 episodes

    Season 52 of KVN premiered on February 16, 2024.

  • Poster for Season 53

    Season 53

    1970

    1 episodes

    Season 53 of KVN premiered on -.