Many of us are very familiar with all these people whom we could very often see on TV screens in the past, and some of whom we still see. Next, we suggest recalling popular TV presenters from the 90s, and also find out how their further fate.
Arina Sharapova started as the host of the Vesti program on Channel 2, and from 1996 to 1998 she became the host of the Vremya (ORT) information program.
Then Sharapova moved to the “Good Morning” program, and after that she began to rarely appear on air.
In 2014, Arina became president of the School of Arts and Media Technologies, and in the same year she appeared as the host of the Crimea Island project.
Boris Kryuk. From January 13, 1991 to 1999, Boris was the permanent presenter and director of the TV game “Love at First Sight.”
Boris did not disappear from television, he simply became invisible - since May 2001 he became a presenter, director, scriptwriter and general producer TV games "What? Where? When?"
The audience hears only his voice. In the first time after the death of the creator and permanent presenter of the program, Vladimir Voroshilov, the editors hid the name of the new presenter from both viewers and experts: his voice was distorted using a computer.
Alla Volkova was the host of the romantic television show "Love at First Sight" along with Boris Kryuk.
After the closure of this show, Alla married for the third time, works as an editor of all programs produced by the production center "Igra-TV" - "What? Where? When?", "Songs of the 20th Century" and "Cultural Revolution".
Alexander Lyubimov. He came to television as a correspondent and then host of the “Vzglyad” program. From 1995-1998 he became the author and host of the “One on One” program.
Since 2007, he has been an employee of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and hosted the “Senate” program on the “Russia” channel. Later he was appointed first deputy general director of the Rossiya TV channel.
In August 2011, he left VGTRK, becoming a member of the Right Cause political party. In November of the same year he left the party and headed RBC TV channel, at the end of 2014 he left the post, but remained on the board of directors.
Svetlana Sorokina. From 1991 to 1997, she was a political commentator and host of the daily news program Vesti. Sorokina’s signature “farewell” songs, with which she closed each issue of Vesti, became especially famous.
From May 2001 to January 2002, she worked on the TV-6 channel in the information program “Today on TV-6” and the talk show “Voice of the People.”
Now Svetlana is a member of the Academy of Russian Television, a former member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), a teacher at the Higher School of Economics, the host of the “In the Circle of Light” program on the radio station “Echo of Moscow” and the “Sorokina” program on the Dozhd TV channel "
In the 80s and early 90s, Tatyana Vedeneeva was perhaps the most popular TV presenter. She ran "Alarm Clock" Good night, kids!" and "Visiting a Fairy Tale" (Aunt Tanya), the program "Morning", "Song of the Year" and many others television shows.
Vedeneeva left television quite suddenly. While vacationing in London, the presenter was delighted with him and decided to extend the trip for a week. I called my work and asked for a few days off.
In Ostankino, no one shared the presenter’s joy about England; Tatyana was categorically offered to return on time or... write a letter of resignation. Vedeneeva did not take the threat seriously. And they took her statement quite seriously.
Now Tatyana is engaged in business. One day, her husband brought her tkemali sauce from Tbilisi. The ex-presenter was inspired by the idea of launching the production of tkemali in Russia. It took several years to study recipes and organize production. Now Tatyana is the owner of the Trest B corporation, and in every metropolitan supermarket you can buy sauces from Vedeneeva.
The peak of Igor Ugolnikov's popularity occurred in the early nineties. First, the program “Both-on!” was aired, followed by the equally funny “Angle Show!” In 1996, Igor released the series of programs “Doctor Angle”.
Afterwards the programs “Good Evening” and “It’s Not Serious!” appeared. But they did not gain popularity.
The official version of Russian television regarding the closure of " Good evening" - "The transfer sucks up a lot of money,” Igor said in an interview. “And this is fair: it was daily, a large number of people worked in it.”
For some time, Igor tried himself in a different role: he held the position of vice-president of the Russian Cultural Foundation, and was the director of the House of Cinema. But television didn’t let me go.
Now he produces the television magazine "Wick". He does not forget the acting profession. He starred in several TV series and films.
Ksenia Strizh hosted the programs “At Ksyusha’s”, “Strizh and others”, “Night Rendezvous”... She never had such wild popularity and recognition as during her work in the program “At Ksyusha’s”. In the early 90s, there was little music on TV, and Swift invited the most interesting artists to her show.
In 1997, Swift returned from television to radio: there she felt at ease. Was a presenter on television channel"La Minor". After a scandal involving the fact that she appeared on air drunk and laughed at the teeth of her guest Alexander Solodukha, information appeared about her dismissal, but now Ksenia is working on the channel again.
Shenderovich’s last program, which was seen by the mass Russian audience, was called “Free Cheese” and aired on TVS. When TVS closed, Shenderovich gave up on big television.
He began writing for Novaya Gazeta and the Gazeta newspaper, and acquired his own programs on Ekho Moskvy and Radio Liberty. True, Shenderovich didn’t manage to quit TV completely.
On the "Russian Channel Abroad" on Sundays in the final analytical program "Russian Panorama" he hosts his own column - "A Cup of Coffee with Shenderovich", in which he tells former compatriots who have gone to live in Israel and Germany how things are here in Russia.
Ivan Demidov was the permanent presenter of the music program "MuzOboz". But the mysterious image with the constant dark glasses is a thing of the past.
Demidov chose the post of Deputy Minister of Culture over a television career, and now he heads the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art.
The duet of Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov is an amazing example of professional compatibility and long-term friendship.
After the closure of MTV, the tandem was temporarily revived on the Zvezda channel in the show Starry Evening with Anton Komolov and Olga Shelest, but did not repeat its former success.
Currently Olga is a permanent presenter entertainment show"Girls" and music competition“Artist” on the Russia-1 channel, host of the TV game “Understand Me” on the “Carousel” channel, as well as co-host of the “Temporarily Available” program with Dmitry Dibrov on the TVC channel.
Anton has worked on various TV channels, and since September 5, 2011, together with Elena Abitaeva, he has been hosting the “RUSH-RadioActive Show” on the radio station Europe Plus
Elena Hanga is remembered for her bold and frank program “About This,” which aired on the NTV channel from 1997 to 2000. And if today the topic of sex is a common thing, then for the late 90s it was a real breakthrough.
Later, Hanga hosted the daytime and, of course, much less loud talk show "The Domino Principle", in different time her co-hosts were Elena Starostina, Elena Ishcheeva and Dana Borisova.
Since the fall of 2009, he has been working in unnoticeable projects: he hosts the weekly talk show “Cross Talk” on the Russian English-language channel Russia Today, and broadcasts on the radio station “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.
Valery Komissarov. The most pressing topics were discussed on the program “My Family” family life: the assorted heroes willingly “washed their dirty linen in public”, discussing their problems live on the state channel “Russia”.
Housewives watched the program with bated breath (not least because of the impressive host Valery Komissarov) from 1996 to 2003, until it was canceled.
From November 16 to December 30, 2015 - director and host of the “Our Man” program on Russia 1 channel, as well as the creator and owner of the “My Family” food brand.
In addition to Arina Sharapova, there were several other memorable news anchors on ORT/Channel One. One of them is Alexandra Burataeva. In 1995, she moved to work on the ORT television channel and from the same year began hosting the “Time” and “News” programs until 1999.
On December 19, 1999, she was elected to the State Duma in the single-mandate Kalmyk electoral district and was re-elected in 2003 on the United Russia list.
From March to August 2013, Alexandra worked as PR director of the Sergei Bezrukov Theater, and from September 2013 - president of the production company So-Druzhestvo.
Igor Vykhukholev is also a former presenter information programs"News" and "Time" on Channel One. In 2000-2004, he sometimes replaced his colleagues in the Vremya information program.
Went for a promotion. Since 2005 - chief editor of night and morning news broadcasts of the Directorate of Information Programs of Channel One. In 2006 he moved to VGTRK. Since 2006, he has recorded interviews with political figures for the Vesti 24 news channel.
Igor Gmyza. In 1995, after the creation of the ORT television channel, he received an invitation to become the host of the “Time” program. He hosted the program in 1996-1998, alternating with Arina Sharapova.
He worked as the presenter of Novosti until the spring of 2004: at first he hosted daytime and evening broadcasts, and towards the end of his work he switched to morning broadcasts, after which he left Channel One.
After a short experience as a political press secretary, he went to radio. Since January 2006 - political commentator for Radio Russia, host of the daily interactive talk show "Minority Opinion"
Sergey Dorenko. In the early 90s he was a political observer at VGTRK and host of the Vesti program. Then the host of the “Time” program on the first channel “Ostankino”, and from January 1994 - the host of the “Podrobnosti” program on the RTR channel.
Then he was the chief producer of the Directorate of Information Programs and Analytical Broadcasting of ORT and the host of the daily program "Time".
Despite the fact that he gained his fame thanks to television, Dorenko has repeatedly stated that he does not watch television. Currently he hosts his own program on YouTube, and since 2014 he has been the editor-in-chief of the radio station “Moscow Speaks”.
Many still remember and love the very first couple of presenters - Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk (later Pavel Kostitsyn and Katya Vinogradova were on Inter, and now Andrei Domansky and Vasilisa Frolova). Boris and Alla looked so harmonious that from time to time there were persistent rumors that they had become husband and wife.
After the show, Volkova actually got married (and for the third time), but not to Boris at all, but to Igor Ivannikov, the former lead singer of the Doctor Watson group, with whom she is still happily married today.
In 2000, when the program was closed, Alla disappeared from television screens, but did not stop creative activity on TV, taking the place of program director at the television company "Igra-TV" ("What? Where? When?", "Brain Ring", "Cultural Revolution", etc.), where he still works under the leadership of... Boris Kryuk.
Volkova has two adult sons, Yuli and Arthur, and a grandson and a granddaughter. Lives in country house in outskirts of Moscow. She loves baking pies, riding a bike, dogs (she has several of them) and weaving baubles from natural stones.
We managed to talk with Alla about “Love at first sight” and more.
"It was completely improvised"
- Alla, remember your reaction to the offer to become the host of the “Love at First Sight” program?
I remember that I was pleasantly surprised and, as a responsible person, rushed to the libraries to read Freud. Believe it or not, I even took two years of psychology courses taught by my friend, university rector Olga Potemkina! Before all this, I was an “expert”; in 1979 I came to the youth editorial office for the program “What? Where? When?” The decision - who to take as host of the program - was made by two people: Vladimir Voroshilov and Natalia Stetsenko (Voroshilov’s wife, Boris Kryuk’s mother, TV editor - Author).
- This was the first entertainment show; I had no experience of hosting such programs yet. What did they ask of you?
They didn’t demand anything from us, it was complete improvisation. The British helped us for several years. We didn't have computers! When they saw equipment from 1970 or even 1967 on our television center, they grabbed their heads. And they were very surprised when the result was a perfect picture. They brought us computers that weren't on our TV at the time, and their computer guy Chris Goss did all the cutscenes for us, the hearts flying out, the archery.
- What was our specialty?
Presenters. Boris is intellect, intelligence, wonderful humor. And Alla the presenter is all about lightness, outfits, hairstyles. They even dyed my hair blonde. Yes, I myself added frivolity to my image.
- Were you comfortable as a blonde?
I am a completely different person in real life! But we have a lot of different characters inside us. And at different moments a person manifests himself differently. We had a good stylist Alexander Shevchuk. So when he changed my appearance, everyone applauded him! Every time our group looked at me in surprise, because every time he drew me a new face! For this I am very grateful to him, because they recognize me only by my voice (laughs). He also selected the costumes.
“I’m glad there were no tabloids back then.”
- Did you feel like a star?
They recognized us. But this was the post-Soviet space. You cannot compare the concept of a star then and now. Nowadays it denotes a glamorous lifestyle. And then we didn’t even know such a word! For us, work and creativity came first.
- You were probably constantly “married” to Boris Hook. How did you disown this?
The thing is that it didn’t really bother us. If we had an affair, we would get married. Moreover, it is so convenient to produce a program for ten years and be together (laughs). If we didn’t get married, it means there was no romance.
Actually, I love Boris very much, I have such a sisterly love for him. And the fruit of this love is this program. Boris also always treated me and still treats me very tenderly. But he has a completely different type of woman in his head that he will marry (laughs).
I am terribly glad that my program was published for so long and that then there was, in fact, no yellow press that would come up with all sorts of tall tales. It’s just that my children and my mother, who was still alive at that time, could not stand all this horror and nightmare when they discuss who and what, where and with whom.
- Did your acquaintances ask to participate in the project “through connections”?
No. As in the case of "What? Where? When?" not a single friend of mine, not a single relative sent a single question or received any money.
- Do you think there is a need for modern viewer in similar projects now?
I think this program is for all times.
"This is life, and everyone steps on their own rake"
- Now in Ukraine, the updated project “Love at First Sight” has just started on the Inter channel. But this is no longer a youth show - its characters are mainly those who are about 30 or over 30...
More experienced heroes are a very correct approach. After all, they have something to say! We also had different heroes. And there were young people. There were even children who had very funny sayings. One little girl, 5 years old, answered the question “What is happiness”? replied: “This is a room full of gold.” Like this!
- How do you feel about the fact that now communication between men and women has moved to the virtual level?
They will have to meet someday! The fact is that in this way they expand their social circle. You can’t sit in a cafe and talk to 9 applicants! And here you can meet everyone and reject someone (laughs). This is life, and everyone steps on their own rake.
- Do you believe in love at first sight?
This is probably what happens - at first glance. From him, everyone decides whether this person is his or not.
From the history of TV shows
“Colleagues did not recognize the program”
Stephen Leahy (the author of the program, at that time the director of the Action Time company, from which they bought the license for the show. - Author) brought a whole bag different programs, formats that his company produced,” recalls Alla Volkova. - Vladimir Voroshilov and Natalia Stetsenko chose “Love at First Sight” because it amazed them. They didn't want to buy any new quiz or something else like "What? Where? When?"
As for the audience, they were divided. Some believed that this was a revolutionary show and drew parallels with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall. And someone thought that this was an immodest program and that some things related to the relationship between men and women should not be discussed.
By the way, all the programs of our television company - “What? Where? When?”, “Brain Ring”, “Cultural Revolution”, “Life is Beautiful” - have been awarded the TEFI award more than once. And “Love at First Sight,” although it was published for almost 10 years (from 1991 to 2000), has no awards. Her colleagues did not recognize her. They thought that this was too frivolous a show for our people.
The management also had an ambivalent attitude towards this program... We were assigned at twelve o'clock at night. But still the ratings went through the roof.
I remember one of the critics wrote that we send potential brides and grooms on a romantic trip in couples in cabins. In fact, there was nothing like that! Participants won a romantic trip, at the end of the year we collected them and sent them all on one ship. Naturally, no one lived with each other. Boys were placed with boys, girls with girls. We did not set our goal to get married. Although, indeed, some couples got married, and then we invited them to the studio.
Boris Kryuk – presenter, screenwriter and director television programs"What? Where? When?”, “Brain Ring” and “Love at First Sight”. In addition, Boris Kryuk is the first deputy general director of the Igra-TV television company and vice-president of the International Association of Clubs “What? Where? When?".
Boris Kryuk was born in Moscow into the family of Alexander Kryuk, a design engineer, and Natalia Stetsenko, who worked as a co-author and first editor of the TV game “What? Where? When?". By the way, Boris had another well-known relative in his family: the TV presenter’s great-grandfather Pyotr Savelyevich was considered the first violin at the Minsk Opera and Ballet Theater.
The parents of the future TV presenter were classmates, they met long before the wedding, but after the birth of their son they lived together for only 4 years. Soon Natalia remarried her colleague, who also greatly influenced Boris’s upbringing.
At school, the boy was much better at humanitarian subjects, and besides, Boris was interested in creativity - Kryuk studied at music school in guitar class and performed bard songs more than once. All the more surprising for those around him was Bori’s decision to enter the university where his father graduated - MSTU named after N.E. Bauman. Nevertheless, the young man managed to successfully graduate from a technical university and obtain the profession of a design engineer.
However, Boris Kryuk did not work in his direct specialty, but immediately got an official job at a television studio. In the Ostankino TV tower, Boris became an employee of the Youth Editorial Office Central television.
A television
The biography of Boris Hook turned out to be predetermined by the TV presenter’s family. In the studio Boris spent time with school age, which is not surprising when the mother and stepfather earn this interesting job. Boris often helped announce the television program “What? Where? When?”, even when Vladimir Voroshilov was leading the game. And it was Boris who was the author of the rule “Losing experts leave the club forever,” which the boy came up with at the age of 12. A little later, the young man worked as an assistant director, and in high school and during his student years he held the position of music editor and “commanded” musical breaks.
In 1990, Boris first tried himself as a director of an independent project. Hook had the idea to create a dynamic intellectual game “Brain Ring”. And since 1991, Boris Kryuk began to appear before viewers as the TV presenter of the entertainment show “Love at First Sight,” which he hosted for 8 years together with his permanent co-host Alla Volkova. A curious situation has developed around these two programs. Boris Kryuk directed "Brain Ring", which hosted famous expert, and Kozlov, in turn, worked as the director of a romantic program hosted by Boris.
After the death of TV presenter Vladimir Voroshilov in 2001, Hook took his stepfather’s chair in the game “What? Where? When?". Six years before his death, Vladimir Voroshilov promised to give the show to Boris, but Hook responded by saying that he was ready to work on a television show, but only Vladimir Yakovlevich should host the show.
Although at first, information about who replaced the TV presenter was carefully hidden. And both from spectators and from experts. Boris Aleksandrovich’s voice was specially distorted using a computer program, and to completely disorientate, Voroshilov’s cousin, dressed in a tuxedo, came to the studio and rushed into the announcer’s room with a swift gait.
Boris Kryuk appeared for the first time as the official TV presenter of “What? Where? When?" only in 2007, and even then the cameras only managed to capture the TV presenter from the back. And only a year later, Boris Kryuk came out and talked with experts when Andrei Kozlov was awarded the title of Master.
Boris Aleksandrovich tries to preserve the traditions that Voroshilov and Stetsenko put into the game, but at the same time does not want to lag behind the times. For example, now experts receive questions from TV viewers both by traditional mail and via the Internet, and even via SMS. But the main atmosphere of intellectual excitement remains unchanged.
Boris Kryuk was at the origins of this popular intellectual TV game and is sure that last years game “What? Where? When?" has become, on the one hand, more commercialized, and on the other, more emotional and spectacular. In an interview, the TV presenter said that money spoils experts.
Personal life
Boris Kryuk got married for the first time in 1990. His wife's name was Inna, and she was a microbiologist by profession. In this marriage, the couple had a son, Mikhail, and a daughter, Alexandra, who graduated from prestigious universities in the UK. The son became an economist, and the daughter received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Boris and Inna lived together for just under 10 years, but the father maintained a close relationship with the children and always takes them with him on vacation with his new family.
Hook's second wife is Anna Antonyuk. The woman worked in economic sphere, but after marriage she left her job and focused on running household and raising two daughters, Alexandra and Varvara. As you can see, in two different families Boris named his first daughters the same name Sasha. As journalists learned, this family name: in Hook’s family, almost all grandmothers and great-grandmothers had the same name.
Boris Kryuk now
In 2016, Boris Kryuk and the club connoisseur became guests of the popular talk show “Evening”. The TV presenter and the game participant told viewers about the traditions of the intellectual game and explained why experts on “What? Where? When?" and today they continue to play in tuxedos. The guests of the program also answered the question of who is considered the best expert, and told what it means for the club and the intellectual game.
On January 2, 2017, Boris Kryuk again entered the gaming room of the intellectual game “What? Where? When?". This is the fourth time this entire period that Hook has led the game. The first time took place in 2008, the second on December 28, 2013, and the third on December 26, 2015. It turns out that Boris Kryuk came out to experts only in the winter series of games (finals of the year).
In November 2017 intellectual club attracted the attention of even those who were not fans of the game show. and Alexander Druz caused a scandal on the set of the intellectual program “What? Where? When?".
The scandal was provoked by a comment from Boris Hook, who noticed that Kim Galachyan, who was standing in the hall, nodded when he heard the correct guess at the table. The TV presenter turned to Alexander Druz and Andrey Kozlov with a request to help understand the current situation. The judge and masters considered this gesture as a hint and did not count the correct answer to the players.
Rovshan Askerov said that Alexander Abramovich no longer exists for him and called Druz’s act “vile” and the master’s “nonentity.” Askerov also refused to shake hands with his competitor in this game, Elena Potanina. Alexander Druz responded by saying that Askerov “lost his reputation in front of millions of television viewers.”
In 2016, opponents already staged similar scandal on the game. Alexander Druz quarreled with Rovshan Askerov after the first game of the spring series, and the reason for the conflict between experts was the question of tomatoes, to which Askerov’s team gave an ambiguous answer.
Projects
- 2001 - “What? Where? When?"
- 1991-1999 - “Love at first sight”
- 1990 - “Brain Ring”
Oh, what times those were! The program “Morning Star”, “Love at First Sight”, “Morning Mail”, “Me and My Dog”... It was impossible to get the whole country out of the house when these programs were shown on TV. And then most of them closed. Just. Without explaning the reason. Woman’s Day decided to find out where the country’s most beloved television programs went. Those whose success most modern television shows have not been able to replicate to this day.
Maxim Chizhikov, Vsevolod Eremin, Elena Selina, Olga Bekhtolt, Daria Evans· May 15, 2015
"Morning Star"
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In 1991, a new musical program “Morning Star” was aired on Channel One of the then Soviet television, which immediately won the hearts of all viewers.
The author and host of the program was famous TV presenter, actor and showman Yuri Nikolaev. It is worth noting that Yuri could not then find a sponsor for selecting a team, children, operators, renting premises... The author of the program had to invest his own money, borrowed from a bank on credit, into the program.
Competition rules
The program was conducted on a competitive basis, in which participants showed their skills in vocal or dance genres depending on age ( age groups from 3 to 15 and from 15 to 22 years). The jury, consisting of four people, gave a score to each of the participants. The one with the most points advanced to the next round. In addition, the program included a competition for presenters and a competition for young performers. classical music, held jointly with the New Names Foundation.
It must be said that “Morning Star” paved the way to fame for many now famous pop performers, such as Ani Lorak, Yulia Nachalova, Sergei Lazarev, and many others. The program, which lasted 12 years, was repeatedly awarded the highest awards, including international ones.
Latest issue
In 2002, it migrated from Channel One to TVC, where it existed until 2003. On November 16, 2003 took place latest issue transfers.
The creator of the program, which will forever be remembered by everyone, happily recalls the past years and is sad that his brainchild was closed.
In his opinion, today there are few programs for teenagers on domestic television, and he would really like to revive “Morning Star”, but, unfortunately, this does not depend on him.
“When I conceived the program, I thought that if it lasts for several years, it will be great,” recalls Yuri Alexandrovich. – As a result, the program lasted 13 years. For the program, I think this is a very good indicator. Nevertheless, television is moving forward, new formats have appeared, Channel One has new views. “Star Factory” appeared, which was considered similar to “Morning Star”, and my program was closed. It’s not that I’m offended, it’s just that this is my brainchild, and probably I should have moved on, developed more. Although I was constantly introducing some new ideas, nominations, decorations. But, probably, it was necessary to change the form itself in accordance with the times. Of course, I dream of resuming “Morning Star”, but I think that it would hardly be aired on Channel One. Now there is a children's "Voice", very good program. Perhaps she would have gone on another channel. You see, now all channels have transformed my idea in one form or another, and now every channel has children’s programs. Of course, what I came up with is the author's program. Now, alas, there are practically no copyrighted programs, and I don’t remember that since 1990 anyone has promoted their own brand. I succeeded and I’m happy that I did it.”
"Love at first sight"
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“Love at first sight” - television romantic game show. Aired from January 12, 1991 to August 31, 1999 on the RTR television channel. The very first episode of the program was filmed in London, in the studio where the English version of “Love at first sight” was filmed. The hosts of the program were Alla Volkova and Boris Kryuk. And Hook’s voice is now heard in the program “What? Where? When?".
In 2011, an attempt was made to revive the show with slightly modified rules on MTV, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The program lasted in this form for less than six months.
There are still analogues of the TV game, but “Love at First Sight” remained for our TV viewers one of the most striking and unusual programs of the Soviet period. First of all, viewers loved her for her mystery and romance. There was no vulgarity in it, which is now in abundance on modern television.
Rules of the game
The action took place in two stages. On the first day, three girls and three guys met for the first time in the studio, where they answered the hosts' treacherous questions. At the end of the game, pressing the buttons simultaneously determined who sympathized with whom. If the participants' opinions coincided with the computer's, happy couple went to a restaurant to get to know each other better and prepare for the next stage.
The next day, participants were asked to answer the presenters’ questions about how their partner(s) would behave in a given situation. The correct answer gave the right to one shot, which was realized at the end of the game. Shooting was carried out in sectors behind which were located various prizes, including the main one - “Romantic Journey”. If they hit “Broken Heart,” the game stopped and the couple lost everything “that was acquired through back-breaking labor.”
Subsequently, the rules changed somewhat - the pair for the second stage began to be determined by audience voting in the studio, and the number of heart sectors decreased (but the “Broken Heart” sector disappeared). The main idea of the program is to create a happy married couple, whose wedding gift would be a romantic trip, remained.
End of love
In this form, “Love” existed until the end of August 1999. After the closure of this show, Alla married for the third time and disappeared from the screens. However, she did not stop her creative activity, becoming the editor of the production center “Igra-TV”.
But Boris Kryuk remained in the public eye, hosting the program “What? Where? When?".
“You know, the story of why the program was closed is becoming legendary. In fact, the last few years of its existence were broadcast less and less. The last filming took place in 1998, right before Black Tuesday,” said Boris Kryuk. “So the economic situation had an impact. I must say that it was a rather expensive show due to the scenery, computers, etc. Alla and I grew a little during the journey and wanted to move on. As a result, “Love at First Sight” ran for some time, but still closed. Everything was by mutual agreement, no one had any complaints about this. Afterwards, a lot of analogues appeared on the screens, which could not repeat our success.
Now I have found myself so much in the program “What? Where? When?” because I’m not on the screen. I don't like it when people come up to me and want something from me. By nature, I am not an actor, I don’t need to be loved, looked at, etc. I prefer to stay in the shadows."
"50x50"
About the transfer
“50x50” is an information and entertainment music program for young people, which appeared on television in 1989. The symbol of the program was a branded splash screen in the form of a zebra. The TV show was popularly nicknamed “Fifty-Fifty.” The name reflected the concept of the program: half music and half information, half of the guests were already famous pop stars and half were beginners.
The information part talked about news in the world of show business and musical events.
Among other things, the program showed new video clips, interviews with stars, competitions and quizzes from Russian pop stars and sponsors.
First broadcast
The program first aired on the First Central Television Program in 1989. From 1989 to 1991, the host was Sergei Minaev. In 1990, Alexey Veselkin became his co-host, and they spent several episodes together.
In 1991, the program was hosted by Veselkin alone, a little later Ksenia Strizh became his co-host, and in 1993, program director Nikolai Fomenko replaced her with Dina Rubanova. Veselkin hosted some episodes alone. In 1992, the program aired on the 2x2 TV channel, but soon returned to Ostankino Channel 1. Several editions in 1992 were conducted by Nikolai Fomenko and Sergei Kalvarsky.
Closing
At the beginning of 1998, the program was closed, but on September 19, 1998 it was resumed on RTR under the name “50x50. I'll be a star." Sergey Minaev became the host again, some episodes were hosted by Kirill Kalyan instead. IN new version the presenter conveyed the commentary to the teenagers, each of whom dreamed of becoming a star.
Where, just like in previous issues, various clips of popular stars were shown. On April 24, 1999, the last issue was released on RTR. The last episode finally appeared in 2000 on channel TV-6, after which the program was no longer aired.
The TV show “50x50” was the most spectacular and large-scale at that time musical project. The presenters were allowed to improvise live. The program filmed its own video clips. The news component of the program consisted of interesting events in Soviet and later Russian show business.
"Two Pianos"
About the transfer
The musical television game “Two Pianos” was broadcast on the RTR channel from 1998 to 2003.
In 2004, she moved to the TVC channel, where she stayed until May 2005. It is worth noting that the program was awarded national award"Ovation-1998" in the category "Best Musical Program of the Year".
Rules of the game
Let's remember what the rules of the game were. So, two teams of three people each participate: two invited guests (usually famous actors or singers) and accompanist. Teams take turns choosing one of the closed blue screens and must guess the intended song, the line from which is encrypted on the television screens. It is impossible to guess the song by the first word, so participants are required to sing any song where it appears open word, necessarily in the appropriate case. If players open the red screen, the turn goes to the other team.
In the super game of the program, all six screens open at once, on which the words of the song are mixed up. Either the host can ask the finalist team to name a number from one to six, or invite the finalist on stage to choose one of six balls, each of which has the same numbers written on it. The number on the ball or named by the finalist team will correspond to the number of screens to be opened. If the participants of one of the teams guess the song, then the team of a certain piano becomes the winner of the program.
Presenters
The program was hosted by Sergei Minaev (1998-2001), then he was replaced by Valery Syutkin (2002-2003), and then he continued to host the program in 2004 until its closure in 2005.
"My family"
About the program
Everyone, of course, remembers the Russian family talk show with Valery Komissarov, aired on ORT from July 25 to August 29, 1996, then there was a break until October 3, 1996, after which “My Family” returned to the air again and aired on Thursdays , then on Saturdays until the end of 1997. In 1998, the program moved to RTR and aired there on Saturday evenings until 2003. And already from 2004 to 2005 there were reruns on channel TV3.
Rules
The program discussed Various types family problems. Participated as professional psychologists, as well as actors, musicians and so on. Conversations usually took place in the studio, in a makeshift large kitchen.
Closing the program
Initially, they wanted to close the program in the spring of 2003, but then the information was refuted by the presenter himself. The final decision to close it was made in the summer of 2003, when Valery Komissarov joined the United Russia party and became involved in politics, as well as new television projects.
"Morning Post"
About the transfer
The program "Morning Mail" was broadcast in 1974. It aired consistently on Sundays at 11 a.m. until the mid-90s.
The presenter was Yuri Nikolaev, but sometimes the program was broadcast by Shirvindt, Derzhavin, Shifrin, Vedeneeva, Akopyan, Shustitsky. The program was extremely popular among Soviet viewers. Even in Soviet army The weekend schedule included the item “Watching the programs “Serving the Soviet Union” and “Morning Mail”.
Rules
The concept of the program is to fulfill the requests of viewers. According to the script, bags of letters arrived for the program, where viewers asked to fulfill a musical request. Nikolaev read an interesting letter and included a musical number. In fact, bags of letters, of course, arrived, but no one fulfilled these requests. Nikolaev said in one of his interviews that if all requests had been fulfilled, then there would have been no one in the program except Pugacheva, Kobzon, Antonov and Rotaru. A script with an interesting plot was simply written and acted out by the host and guests of the program, if they were invited.
Decline of popularity
In the mid-90s, Nikolaev led a new project, “Morning Star,” and left “Morning Mail.” The program immediately lost ratings and moved to the ORT channel, where it was hosted by Cabaret-Duet Academy, Sergei Minaev, and the Ponomarenko brothers. Later, Nikolaev returned to the program and tried to revive it, but to no avail. The transfer was conveniently forgotten.
"Me and my dog"
About the show
Dog show “Me and my dog” – entertainment, in which owners and their dogs took part. They participated in competitions together, overcame obstacles together, answered questions and received prizes.
In 1995, the program first appeared on the NTV channel, and in 2002 it moved to Channel One. Also in 2002, the program was broadcast on Ren TV.
The main motto of the “Dog Show” is: “If a dog cannot do something, the owner can do it for him, and vice versa.”
Rules
Any person raising a dog could take part in the show. The competitions were evaluated by a jury, which usually included theater and film artists, popular pop singers, poets, composers, writers, and directors.
After the takeover of the NTV television company in April 2001, the program temporarily stopped broadcasting, and reruns of the best moments of old episodes were broadcast. In the fall of 2001, the authors of the program decided to change the concept in connection with the move to a new studio. The dog-walking yard was transformed into an elite dog club, and the image of the presenter, who became the owner of this club, also changed. But as before, entrance to the studio was open to everyone without exception. A brass band also appeared in the studio.
Closing the transfer
In September 2002, the program, together with the program “Travels of a Naturalist,” moved to Channel One.
However, the studio's style and graphic design remained the same. In 2004, the NTV channel wanted to lure “Dog Show” back to itself, but this never happened. The program finally ceased to exist in August 2005.
Achievements
The program was nominated four times for the national television competition "TEFI" (in 1996 - as best program for children, in 1997 - “Best Presenter”, in 1998 - as the best entertainment program and best presenter). Has a diploma International festival television programs for children and youth. Its permanent presenter is Mikhail Shirvindt.
"Call of the Jungle"
Description
The children's entertainment program "Call of the Jungle" was originally broadcast on Channel One weekly on Saturday mornings from 1993 to 1995 and on ORT every Wednesday from 1995 to 2002. The first presenter of the program was Sergei Suponev. After him, the program was also broadcast by Pyotr Fedorov and Nikolai Gadomsky.
Rules of the game
As a rule, two teams took part in the game - “predators” and “herbivores”. Each team had 4 people.
Herbivores played in yellow T-shirts with pictures of animals on them. So, the participants were an elephant, a panda, a koala, and a monkey. The predators played in red jerseys: crocodile, lion, panther and leopard.
Two teams participated in competitions like " Happy Starts" When “herbivores” won in a particular competition, they were given a fake “banana” as one point. When the “predators” won, they were thrown a fake “dice”. At the end of the game, the team with the most bananas or dice in the basket at the end of the game won.
From 2006 to September 12, 2009, episodes shown on ORT from 1995 to January 12, 2002 were aired in repeats on the former Telenyanya channel. Since June 1, 2011, episodes of 1993-1994 have been repeated on the Nostalgia channel.
"Sex with Anfisa Chekhova"
About the transfer
Who do people prefer to have sex with? Where do they do this? When? How? Detailed, fresh, interesting information on how to get real satisfaction from intimate life, shared Anfisa Chekhova in her television erotic show “Sex with Anfisa Chekhova.”
She introduced viewers to the practical and technical side of sex life. Real intimate stories, the opinion of sexologists, the results of scientific research. The program talked about all aspects of sexual relationships, the desire for intimacy, the search for unusual experiences, one-night stands, passion, love, and the thirst for adventure.
The erotic show “Sex with Anfisa Chekhova” has been aired in Russia since 2000. The author of the idea and permanent presenter Anfisa Chekhova has been collecting materials for many years to introduce viewers to her conclusions. Given the nature of the program, it was usually broadcast either at midnight or a little later. Specially invited male strippers helped Anfisa reveal the innermost secrets of her sexual life.
In her program, Anfisa talked about the most interesting stories from people's personal lives. About how to become sexy and realize your deepest desires, how to return extinguished passion, win your beloved man and prevent him from going to the left.
Closing the show
Despite the show's popularity, it was not destined to last long. During the economic crisis, filming of new episodes of the program stopped. The project was frozen, and old episodes of the program until 2012 were released in repeats.
"Window"
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The first episode of the “Windows” program was released on the STS TV channel on May 20, 2002. And immediately gathered a huge audience at the screens. After all, spying on your neighbors through the keyhole is a curious thing and loved by many. And in the program, childish passions were in full swing: offended wives pulled out the hair of their husband’s mistresses, men fought over the slightest insults, strippers and transvestites came to the program, and, naturally, all this was accompanied by obscene language. The audience has never seen such a show! There were similar programs on Channel One with similar washing of bones and digging through dirty laundry: “ Big Wash", "My family", but it seemed that there were still some boundaries there. In “Windows” they were completely erased.
There was another factor why the audience loved the show so much. He was led by the charming Dmitry Nagiyev, with his shirt unbuttoned on his chest and long curly hair. He did not mince words, sometimes he pushed guests together, and his “everything, bye, bye” is still remembered by the audience.
Plot
The idea and style of the program are copied from The Jerry Springer Show, which has been on the air since 1991.
Usually the plot of the program developed according to the following scheme: Dmitry Nagiyev explained the background of the conflict, then its participants were invited to the studio one after another. The heroes dealt with each other verbally or using force. In this case, by the way, there was a “security service” in the studio, consisting of two strong men, whose goal was to separate the fighters.
After the end of the discussion, the presenter announced a “gong” and invited the audience to speak about the problem, and each was given exactly ten seconds. So, in one program three were analyzed different stories, nothing related to each other.
Latest issue
A few months after the start of broadcasting the program, the newly established TV channel TVS wanted to lure the ratings “Windows” to itself. But the author of the scandalous talk show, Valery Komissarov, changed his mind at the last moment and canceled the deal.
In 2002, the new general director of the STS channel, Alexander Rodnyansky, decided to close Okna. And from July 22, 2002, the program began to air on the TNT channel. True, STS also played old issues of Windows for the rest of the summer, until September 1st.
In February 2005, the last block of programs was filmed, and in the same year the talk show was closed due to declining ratings. The fact is that by this moment the audience was finally convinced: all the heroes are fake actors. At first, many still believed that it was real people dared to come to the program to understand their family matters. But attentive viewers began to notice that in some episodes the characters were repeated, but the stories they told did not match.
“I’ll tell you a secret: during the existence of the program, there was not a single real hero in it,” Dmitry admitted several years after the show closed. – Until now, no one has repeated the success of “Windows”. Imagine when a channel with a share of 3.4% (professionals should understand this) gives figures of 26%. It's like an ant carrying an elephant. That's roughly what it was like.
God bless the creators of the program. While working at Okna, I bought real estate in Moscow. So we still exist in a small apartment - me and my mother with a cat.”
Lolita without complexes
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The first episode of the program was released on Channel One on August 29, 2005. Eternal theme: family problems, relationships between fathers and children, men and women, sex, love... But there is one difference: Lolita’s emotionality. The singer talked with each guest as close girlfriend. She never judged, but she could openly express the most impartial criticism, and then cry with the hero. Her motto: “Getting rid of complexes helps a person change his attitude towards life, and therefore change his life.”
Plot
Each program was devoted to a separate topic. Lolita indicated a series of questions that she tried to answer together with her guests, each of whom told their own story at a separate table in the center of the hall. Professional psychologists and psychotherapists were also present in the studio, who gave the heroes specific advice and helped them find a way out of the most hopeless situations. And this, by the way, was a breakthrough in the talk show format. Lolita was one of the first to work in conjunction with professional commentators, for which in 2007 she was awarded the national television award “TEFI” in the category “ Talk show host».
Latest issue
The talk show was closed in 2007 on the initiative of Lolita herself. The singer admitted that this work exhausted her terribly.
“There is no secret here, I was just tired and left,” Lolita said. – I passed all the stories through myself, delved into the essence of each one, got incredibly tired and, as a result, broke down from overexertion. At that time, I had suffered greatly physically, because television was not my only job. I was also not satisfied with the editing of the program. What took place on the set was livelier and richer than what was broadcast. I'm talking about technical flaws. It happens that the operator misses, and the one who sits at the control panel in the editing room is too lazy to tell about it. I'm a perfectionist by nature, so when I see this, I swear. I’m used to delving into everything to the very essence and I don’t understand how you can work carelessly. I'm uncomfortable."
Return
After 8 years, the program has a chance to return to the screens. True, on a different channel and with a different name.
“For those who miss the program “Without Complexes”: my new show “Lolita” has been filming since August 2014,” she said good news singer. – We received the go-ahead after the pilot episodes. The program will be aired on the “Friday!” channel.
"I myself"
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The first truly women's talk show appeared on February 22, 1995, on the eve of the men's holiday of Defender of the Fatherland Day, as a protest against the fact that most films and programs of that time were aimed at men: politics, sports, action films, etc. In the program “I Myself” they talked only about women’s problems under the leadership of Yulia Menshova, the daughter of director Vladimir Menshov and actress Vera Alentova. Julia did not want to follow in the footsteps of her star parents, and this was her first attempt to do something on her own. Just a few months later she had already become one of the most popular, most recognizable TV presenters on the Russian television screen.
Plot
The studio gathered celebrities, experts in various fields and the most ordinary people to talk openly, argue about pressing problems: “I don’t love my child,” “My husband joined a sect,” etc. IN different periods After the talk show went on air, Yulia Menshova had co-hosts: playwright and prose writer Irina Khrisanfova, psychologist Olga Serdobova, writer Maria Arbatova.
Closing
The program “I Myself” existed until 2002, first airing on channel TV-6, and later on NTV. Over the years of its existence, the program “I Myself” repeatedly changed its style and was broadcast on different channels, but all this time it remained one of the most popular, highest-rated talk shows. In 1999, Yulia Menshova became a laureate of the national television award “TEFI” in the “Talk Show Host” category. “Until the time I worked on the show “I Myself,” my dad wasn’t too proud of my successes. Basically, they and my mother nagged me,” Yulia recalled. “And when I left their wing, theater and cinema, and took up television, some kind of objectivity came. They began to react calmer. And finally they became proud of me. After receiving the TEFI, my dad even praised me for the first time.”
Return to TV
After almost 10 years, Yulia Menshova returned to TV. Her original program “Alone with Everyone” is currently airing on Channel One, where she talks with popular people for an hour. “This is a return to home,” admitted Yulia. – Over the past 10 years, some changes have occurred on television, but they are more of a structural nature. What we once discovered as a bicycle now works automatically. And it's very nice. As for the actual recording of the program, I don’t have the feeling that there was any pause at all. I don’t feel frantic excitement, I calculate my strength and know what I can do and what I can’t. Probably, when it’s really your business, you adequately assess your strengths, without underestimating your capabilities or exaggerating.”
"Lucky case"
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The family quiz show appeared on domestic television in 1989. This is not the know-how of our producers, but an analogue of the American show “Race to the Leader.” Two teams (families) consisting of four people took part in each episode. They answered intellectual questions presenter, each other, TV viewers. Based on the results of 5 rounds, the winner was determined. The team that managed to win four games in a row received unimaginable prizes at that time: a TV, a VCR and a stereo system.
Rules
The rules of the quiz have undergone changes over time. Initially, on the table in front of the teams there was a playing field with colored sectors indicating the topics of the questions. After 1994 this field disappeared. True, a new round appeared, where pop stars, actors, and athletes asked questions to the participants. The ratings for “A Happy Occasion” were crazy until 1999. After moving from ORT to TVC, the program lasted a couple more months, and then closed completely.
Leading
From the very first issue, the quiz was hosted by Mikhail Marfin, who, one might say, along with Voroshilov, instilled in Russians a love for smart games. In addition to hosting “Happy Occasion,” Mikhail was the editor of the KVN Major League from 1992 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2009 he was a permanent member of the jury of the TNT programs “Laughter without Rules” and “Killer League.” Since 2013, he has been hosting the show “You Can’t Get Smarter” on the STV channel. Writes scripts for TV series and films.
"A woman's gaze" by Oksana Pushkina
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For the first time, domestic television viewers found out who Oksana Pushkina was in 1997. Upon returning home after a long stay in the USA, the journalist came to the VID company with an offer to make an original program about difficult women's destinies. The creators of VID liked the idea. A couple of months later, “ Women's stories"Oksana Pushkina." The audience instantly remembered Pushkina’s manner of presentation: the revelations of stars talking about their difficult life, overcoming adversity and a sympathetic voice-over. Oksana instantly became one of the most popular presenters.
Moving to NTV
True, despite the success, two years later Pushkina moved to NTV due to financial disagreements with the channel. They say they didn't pay any money. Oksana’s new program began to be called “A Woman’s View” by Oksana Pushkina.” But the “first button” did not lag behind. Oerteshniks launched a twin project “Women’s Stories” with Tatyana Pushkina.” Not only do the presenters of similar programs have the same last names, but they were also very similar in appearance. As a result, the two channels had almost identical programs.
Closing
The last episode of “A Woman’s View...” aired in 2013. The program was closed due to Pushkina’s return to Channel One.
Talk show "Arina"
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The program aired on the NTV channel in 1998–1999. The host, as the name suggests, is Arina Sharapova. The genre of this show is very similar to Yulia Menshova’s project “Alone with Everyone,” which is currently airing on Channel One.
The essence of the project
Famous people came to Arina’s studio and talked about various, sometimes very personal topics. For example, on one of the talk show broadcasts there was Lyudmila Gurchenko, who talked about terrible disease, which she transferred in ’96. Sharapova's program was distinguished by very interesting, but at the same time tactful questions and, of course, the charm of the presenter.
Closing
However, in October 1999, Arina left for TV-6, and in 2001 she returned to First, where she still hosts “Good Morning”. From 2007 to 2010, Sharapova was the co-host of " Fashionable verdict" In 2013, she conducted several editions of the game “The Most best husband", in 2014 - host of the project "Island of Crimea". Since 2014, she has been the president of the School of Arts and Media Technologies.
"Brain Ring"
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Another domestically produced intellectual show from Vladimir Voroshilov. The creator of the program “What? Where? When?" conceived this project back in the early 80s. However, he managed to bring the idea to life only a decade later. The essence of the program is close to “ChGK”, however, instead of one team of experts, two teams of 6 people answer the same questions. The order of answers is determined by a button on the participants’ table: whoever pressed first is the first to answer. Accordingly, the intensity of passions increased due to competition.
Leading
The first few issues in the early 90s were conducted by Voroshilov himself. In 1991, Andrei Kozlov, one of the experts in the elite club, became the host of the project. Besides him, Alexander Druz, Boris Burda, and Vladimir Belkin took part in the Brain Ring at different times.
What now?
The program also moved frequently from channel to channel. At first it was shown on the first button, and was shown on TVC for some time. From February 6 to December 4, 2010 it aired on the STS TV channel. The presenters were Andrei Kozlov and actress Elizaveta Arzamasova (in the image of Galina Sergeevna Vasnetsova, a character in the TV series “Daddy’s Daughters”). In 2013, several episodes were shown by the Zvezda channel (a special tournament among employees of the Ministry of Defense).
Also, their own versions of the show were released in Ukraine, Belarus, and Azerbaijan.
"Up to 16 and older"
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In 1983, a program covering the lives of young people appeared on the First Program of the USSR Central Television. Moreover, it spoke not only about the achievements and successes of young Soviet citizens, but also about their problems. Homelessness, hazing in the army, drugs and rock and roll – the presenters and correspondents of “Until 16...” examined the most pressing topics. Even intimate issues were discussed in the “Tete-a-Tete” section. Famous people were often invited to the program. So, in 1988, immediately after the sensational film “Needle,” the idol of that time, Viktor Tsoi, appeared on the air.
Journalists and presenters
On initial stage the issue was a magazine consisting of individual stories and reports. Later, the program became closer to the format of a talk show with a studio and guests discussing burning topics of the younger generation. Among the presenters of the show were Sergei Suponev, who since 1986 worked in the Children's Editorial Office of Central Television and prepared stories for the program “Under 16 and Over” and Alexey Veselkin.
Closing
“Under 16 and Over” lasted a long time on silver screens, until 2001. Since then, the project has been on indefinite hiatus. No one has ever fully filled this niche.
"The Domino Principle"
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The program started on the NTV channel in 2001. The hosts of “The Domino Principle” were Elena Ishcheeva and Elena Hanga. Issues were issued at a daily frequency. The program caused an unprecedented stir - over three television seasons of broadcasting, more than 700 programs were aired.
The essence of the program
The talk show was based on real heroes And real stories. In each episode, the hosts, together with guests and experts from the program, discussed a specific situation or problem. The name “Domino Principle” was intended to reflect the essence of what was happening in the studio - the desire to study every circumstance, any factor that influences the chain of subsequent events. In a figurative sense, when one domino pushes another, the entire chain falls.
Closing
More and more often, Elena Ishcheeva and Elena Khanga had to resolve conflicts not only between the broadcast participants, but also among themselves. As Ishcheeva later admitted, she and Hanga could not work well together, but if this had happened, the program could have existed for a very, very long time. By 2006, The Domino Principle's ratings had dropped so low that the program had to be taken off the air.
"Details"
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The program appeared on the STS channel television network in 2002. The host of “Details” was Tina Kandelaki. The episodes were broadcast live. The production of the first version of the program, aired from September to December 2002, was carried out by the VID television company. Then the program went for revision and returned to the air only in 2003.
The essence of the program
Guests came to Tina Kandelaki’s studio with whom she could have an interesting and informative conversation on various topics. From 2003 to 2007, the “Details in the Morning” program was broadcast, hosted by Sasha Markvo and Nastya Chukhrai, and the regular episode was published on weekdays at night. From this program came “Stories in Detail” and “Cinema in Detail”. Since the fall of 2006, the program was broadcast live and became interactive - anyone could call the program studio by phone and ask a question to the guest. At the same time, politicians were never invited to the program in accordance with the apolitical concept of STS broadcasting.
Closing
In November 2006, Tina Kandelaki became the winner of the TEFI award in the “Talk Show Host” category thanks to this TV show. However, in the first half of 2007, the popular program disappeared from the air on STS due to low ratings of the latest episodes. The reason for the lower ratings is the lack of updating of the format. In addition, it was mentioned that over the four years of the program’s existence, Kandelaki managed to talk with almost all possible guests.
In the summer of 2007, they decided to revive the program in an updated format. Tina Kandelaki began to host it together with Renata Litvinova and Kirill Serebrennikov. However, this format did not arouse much viewer interest, and after the New Year holidays in 2008, the program was finally closed.
"Weak Link"
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TV game "The Weakest Link" on Russian television became an analogue English The Weakest Link. In Russia, the program was launched on September 25, 2001. It immediately aroused increased interest among the audience and even divided it into two camps: some considered the game to be excessively cruel, revealing the most indecent qualities in people, while others, on the contrary, considered it interesting and exciting.
Rules of the game
A team of seven (before November 2001 - nine) previously strangers tries to earn a prize of up to 400,000 rubles by answering the host’s questions. A total of 6 rounds with 7 players, 7 rounds with 8 players, 8 rounds with 9 players and the final. The time for each round is limited (the duration of the first round is 2.5 minutes, each subsequent round is 10 seconds less), the time for thinking about the final questions is not limited.
A special feature of the transfer is the removal of one of the players at the end of each game round, which is done by voting of all players.
The first question of the first round is asked to the player whose name is first in alphabetical order (in subsequent rounds - to the strongest player of the previous round according to statistics, or if the strongest link has left the game, then the player with the first name in alphabetical order or the next strongest link in statistics starts the round), then the players answer in turn. In each round you can earn up to 50,000 rubles by building chains of correct answers. In the last round, any amount earned by participants is doubled (that is, you can earn up to 100,000 rubles). The fastest way to earn money maximum amount- build a chain of 8 correct answers, in this case the round ends early.
Maria Kiseleva's jokes:
– Who is dragging the whole team down?
– Who got lost in three pines?
– Who has a head just to eat in it?
– Who is suitable for the slogan “Slower, lower, weaker”?
– Whose intelligence is at the level of the plinth?
– Who will the team remove like a sore tooth?
Closing
The game aired on Channel One with Maria Kiseleva as host until July 2, 2005. Two years later, the license to produce its own version of the game was acquired by Channel Five; from December 2, 2007 to December 28, 2008, Nikolai Fomenko hosted the game.
"Peak hour"
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A popular television program of the VID television company in the 90s in the genre television interview, copied from Larry's show King Larry King Live, right down to the host's braces, is one of the programs that "changed the way Russians view television." It aired live on Channel One Ostankino, and from April 3, 1995 on ORT from Monday to Thursday at 19:00. The first issue was released on May 30, 1994. Until March 1, 1995, the program was hosted by Vlad Listyev.
The essence of the program
The host of the program, Vlad Listyev, invited a guest to the studio, with whom he had conversations on current topics- V different years Kristina Orbakaite, Yuri Nikulin, Yan Arlazorov and others visited the studio.
Closing
After the murder of Vlad Listyev on the evening of March 1, 1995, many assumed that the program would be closed, but it continued to air. On the evening of March 2, 1995, an episode of the program dedicated to Vlad Listyev was released, without a host. After the launch of ORT, from April 3 to September 28, 1995, the program was alternately hosted by Sergei Shatunov and Dmitry Kiselev, from October 2, 1995 to August 29, 1996, the program was alternately hosted by Dmitry Kiselev and Andrey Razbash. Since September 2, 1996, the talk show was hosted by Andrei Razbash. In February 1998, the program covered the Olympic Games in Nagano.
"Finest Hour"
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The children's television program began airing on Mondays on the ORT channel on October 19, 1992. It was conducted in the format of an intellectual game. The first host of the program was actor Alexey Yakubov, but he was soon replaced by Vladimir Bolshov. The first few months of 1993 were hosted by Igor Bushmelev and Elena Shmeleva (Igor and Lena), from April 1993 to December 8, 2001, Sergei Suponev, who became the head of the program. Project by Vladislav Listyev.
Rules of the game
The game was played according to two fundamentally different systems of rules. To be precise, the rules differed even from game to game, in particular, the participation of parents in the rounds in the points season (in some rounds the host was released after the first) and the awarding of stars in the second.
Points season
The game consisted of three rounds and the final. 6 teams took part in the game, each of which consisted of a participant - a schoolchild of approximately 8-10 grades and one of his parents, less often a teacher or friend. Parents answered all questions at the same time as their children, earning them extra points. If the parent gave three incorrect answers, then he left the game. In the points season there was no “0” sign (there is no correct answer), no round. The difference between the first and second only affected the order in which the words were named in the final.
Star season
A star was given for the correct answer of both the participant and the parent in the first and third rounds; in the second, the parent had the longest word, the participant had the longest word, and they received a different number of stars from game to game. The difference in stars gave a handicap in the final: the one who cannot say the word or give the star loses.
If all participants should receive a star on the same basis, then no one received it. It became especially important in the later games, since the record was 9 stars (+1 for opening a red box), and with that number no one reached the final: it was guaranteed that you could only get 3+2+2, in the first round you need three the player made a mistake, and in the third - so that the opponents give the correct answer to the same question or make a mistake.
Zero round
A gift for the presenter - a craft or a performance. At first, the presenter gave a star to those who cooked. But after everyone began to prepare, the star was given only to the best. Once the presenter gave a star to the only participant who did not prepare anything.
First tour
In the first round, participants were offered eight items or concepts indicated on a video board, and were asked questions to which these items were the answers. Answers were given by raising up plates with numbers - answer numbers (respectively, from 1 to 8).
Second round
At the beginning of the second round, 10 large cubes with letters on the sides poured out of the pipe (later - 9 with a star replacing any letter). Those letters that ended up on the top faces (looking up) were taken for the task. From these letters it was necessary to form words, using as many of the dropped letters as possible. The parents also composed the words. For the longest word among the parents, the participant received 50 points. For their words, all participants received 50 points for each letter. Later, a star was awarded for the participant's longest word, and another for the parent. In some cases, they got three if they matched.
There was also a game with the spectators according to the rules: the spectators who were the first to name each word, if it was the longest that was composed, came out. Then there was one prize: you had to guess which one (they took turns asking a question that could be answered “yes”/“no”). And receive a prize if the presenter answers “yes” to the exact, sometimes close, name of the item).
At least three players advanced to the third round. Those who composed the longest words came out first. Then those who composed shorter words but had the most points (stars). If the points were equal, everyone passed.
Prize competition
In the points season: the player who composed the longest word (if several, then the one who scored the most points in the 1st-2nd rounds; in case of a tie, an additional question was asked) had the right to choose a prize for himself. The prizes were hidden in five numbered boxes; you had to point to the right box. The player could keep the prize or open another one (up to three boxes). If two people had the same number of points (which was rare; equality was needed in the first round), then an additional question was asked.
In the star season: the player who composed the longest word (if more than one, then the one with the most stars) had the right to choose a prize. The prizes were hidden in seven boxes of different colors and sizes; you had to point to the right box. A star was taken to open each box. If you don’t like the prize, you can leave it and open another one. In one of the boxes there was a star, giving the right to open another box for free. The red box may contain the most good prize, but it may be empty, after which you cannot open other boxes in any case (the rule was not introduced immediately). If two participants named a word of equal length and had an equal number of stars, they could open one box each, except for the red one. If there was a star, then he opened the second one for free, “Applause” - for a fee. Sometimes participants opened the boxes, and there was nothing there...
Third round
In the third round, 4 (later 3) objects or concepts appeared on the scoreboard. For each question, unlike the first round, different items appeared. It was necessary either to indicate which of the objects or concepts was superfluous, or by raising two signs at once to show which of the objects needed to be swapped so that they were located in a certain order. The evaluation was similar to the first round.
In the later games, parents did not answer the question, but only the first one to raise the sign and with the correct answer received it. The rule changed the strategy: for the leader (who reached the final) there was a theoretical opportunity to be the first to raise the sign, but it was necessary for both opponents to answer correctly or both to make a mistake, and so that an equal number of stars had previously been collected. The person lagging behind had to be the first to raise the sign, otherwise they would not advance to the finals. Only two players reached the final.
The final
In the finals, participants without parents (later with them) competed against each other, starting with the one with the lowest number of points. The winner was the one who made up more short words from one long one. For a word named alone, he received 20 points. For a word named with a parent, +10. If during the game the player scored 1000 points and won the final, he won a super prize.
Closing
After the tragic death of presenter Sergei Suponev on December 8, 2001, the program ceased to exist. The last episode was broadcast on January 16, 2002. They did not find a replacement for the presenter, although they tried Sergei Belogolovtsev and Kirill Suponev as new presenters. In addition, many other ORT children's programs were closed, such as Call of the Jungle, as well as the broadcast of animated series at 15:30.
"Big Wash"
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The show was launched in July 2001, then still on the ORT channel. Presenter Andrei Malakhov recalls how his idea was born:
– I saw how popular talk shows and their hosts are in the USA: Larry King, Oprah Winfrey (Malakhov studied in America. – Website note). Moreover, they had been leading them for ten to fifteen years. And so, upon returning, in the corridors of Ostankino I met TV presenter Larisa Krivtsova (who later became the producer of The Big Streak - Antenna note), and she asked me if there were any fresh ideas. I shared my American impressions. Moreover, when talking about the talk show, I assumed that this was rather its format. But at the next meeting, she stunned me with the news that she had agreed with the channel management about new program(this was the “Big Wash”) and that I would lead it.
This show gave impetus to Andrei's stellar career.
Rules of the game
The slogan of the program: “One hour - this is the automatic operating mode of the washing machine. Now, instead of the usual soap operas, housewives, having started their laundry, will watch an hour-long talk show.” For an hour, Malakhov talked with guests in the studio, discussing the scandalous details of the personal lives of both stars and ordinary people. She went out on weekdays, first at four o’clock, then at five.
Closing
The program ceased to exist in 2004. But the format of the scandalous talk show on Channel One has not disappeared. “The Big Wash” simply changed its name. First on “Five Evenings”, and then on “Let Them Talk”.
"Both on!"
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Rules
The program was quite revolutionary for the then Soviet television. The graphic design is a black and white checkered pattern, and that was the meaning: it’s chess, a taxi, and a certain element of clownery. It was a satirical program, they joked both about people and about some events. One of the most bright numbers– “Funeral of Food”, a parody of the funeral of Soviet general secretaries. In addition to Ugolnikov, the team also included a member of the “Secret” group Nikolai Fomenko, Valdis Pelsh (he directed the first few episodes), actor Evgeny Voskresensky. It was in “Oba-na!” Nonna Grishaeva and Maria Aronova, then 3rd year students of the Shchukin School, began their careers.
Closing
After Nikolai Fomenko and Evgeniy Voskresensky left the program, it was renamed “Oba-na!” Corner show." The last episode aired on December 24, 1995.
"Love at first sight"- a television game show that originally aired on Channel One in two parts. Later, when “Love at First Sight” began to be broadcast by RTR, the program began to be broadcast in its entirety.
“Love at First Sight” became the first licensed game purchased by Russian television in the West. The rights to it belong to the English studio Action Time.
The constant leaders were Alla Volkova And Boris Kryuk.
Three young men and three girls took part in the game. At the first stage, the game participants had to answer tricky questions from the presenters. At the same time, the players were hidden from each other and formed an idea about each other only on the basis of the answers they heard.
Then the girls and boys “selected” a pair for themselves by pressing buttons, and the computer determined which pairs matched.
Those who were lucky enough to choose each other went to a restaurant, and the next day the second stage of the game began.
Each member of the couple had to answer questions about the expected behavior of the partner in a given situation. Each correct answer earned one shot. After this stage was completed, the couple agreed on who would shoot the drawn hearts. A prize was hidden under each heart; if the shooter hit the heart, the couple received the prize.
The super prize was a romantic trip for two. There was also " broken heart", which meant the end of the game.
In later editions, the rules of the game were slightly modified. Now, among the matched pairs, TV viewers chose one, which immediately moved on to the second stage - answering questions about each other and playing for prizes. The criterion for the audience's choice was screaming - the couple for whom they screamed longer and louder won.
The program first aired on the ORT channel on January 12, 1992, and the last episode of the show took place in 1996. From 1997 to 1998, the program was broadcast on the RTR channel.
In 2000, the ORT company launched a program, the prototype of which was “Love at First Sight” - “The Seventh Sense”. The host was Igor Vernik, and the essence was that a participant from 6 different applicants makes a choice, focusing on how the competitors pass various tests. The program aired from February 12, 2000 to May 26, 2001.
in the photo Boris Kryuk with his wife and her sister
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