KVN Major League (1986): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1986, KVN Major League is a family, comedy and talk series.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. KVN Major League stars Alexander Maslyakov as Self - Host, Albert Akselrod as Self - Judge, Svetlana Zhiltsova as Self - Judge and Alla Mikheeva as Self - Judge, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, KVN Major League has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch KVN Major League page.

If you liked it. Fans of KVN Major League tend to enjoy Anne with an E, Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall and Big Time Rush.