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