KVN Major League

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes•1986

Season 2

7 Episodes•1987

Season 3

5 Episodes•1989

Season 4

7 Episodes•1990

Season 5

8 Episodes•1991

Season 6

10 Episodes•1992

Season 7

9 Episodes•1993

Season 8

10 Episodes•1994

Season 9

10 Episodes•1995

Season 10

13 Episodes•1996

Season 11

12 Episodes•1997

Season 12

13 Episodes•1998

Season 13

13 Episodes•1999

Season 14

1 Episodes•2000

Season 15

12 Episodes•2001

Season 16

12 Episodes•2002

Season 17

1 Episodes•2003

Season 18

1 Episodes•2004

Season 19

1 Episodes•2005

Season 20

1 Episodes•2006

Season 21

1 Episodes•2007

Season 22

12 Episodes•2008

Season 23

12 Episodes•2009

Season 24

12 Episodes•2010

Season 25

12 Episodes•2011

Season 26

13 Episodes•2012

Season 27

14 Episodes•2013

Season 28

13 Episodes•2014

Season 29

15 Episodes•2015

Season 30

4 Episodes•2016

Season 31

9 Episodes•2017

Season 32

15 Episodes•2018

Season 33

14 Episodes•2019

Season 34

14 Episodes•2020

Season 35

17 Episodes•2021

Season 36

16 Episodes•2022

Season 37

15 Episodes•2023

Season 38

15 Episodes•2024

Season 39

16 Episodes•2025

Season 40

4 Episodes•2026