The TNT channel, according to the end of 2018, takes 6th place in popularity among Russian TV channels. The popularity of TNT is easily explained: the channel constantly pleases viewers with new television projects, and the old ones do not lose relevance.
We’ll talk about the most popular shows on TNT. And this list will include not only “old men”, who have won the hearts of viewers for many years, but also very young shows, which beat all possible ratings of the channel.
10. Studio Union
A humorous musical program that was released in 2017 and managed to win the love of the TNT audience.
The hosts of the show are former KVN players from the team of the same name. Two guests are invited to the program, who must undergo music competitions in the gameplay.
For example, guess what modern song was quailed in the old Russian manner. Or add missing words to an absurd song lyrics. Or guess who owns the line "I have never played in the GTA" - a rapper or a politician (a phrase, by the way, said Navalny).
The program is suitable even for family viewing: there are no vulgar jokes or aggression in it, in addition, the spectator can play some song contests with the participants of the show, just cover up the prompts with answers on the screen.
9. Slaughter League
The show, which was broadcast from 2007 to 2010 and presented us with such famous comedians as Ruslan Bely, Denis Kosyakov, Ilya Sobolev (performed in the duet "Beautiful"), Anton Ivanov and Alexei Smirnov (duet "Cattle"), Eduard Matsaberidze, Stas Starovoitov , Dmitry Romanov and many others.
Indeed, very many modern and familiar comedians left the walls of the Slaughter League, at one time the ratings of this show were off the scale. Despite the late show time (from 23:00 to 00:30), the program came out on top in terms of visibility among all major Russian television channels.
After the “Slaughter League”, the projects “Slaughter Evening” and “Slaughter Night” followed. "Nights" began immediately after the "League", and went on hire until 01:30. The best comedians from the Slaughter League participated in this program, and the show also had high ratings.
8. The battle of psychics
The show has been on the air since 2007, so far 19 seasons have been released, and an additional branch “Psychics are investigating” has appeared, in the filming of which the best psychics from the “Battle” take part.
The program focuses on the elimination: the first half of the series, the participants pass the test, resorting to the help of their psychic abilities, and at the end of the episode, the presenter will expel one of the weakest participants.
Of course, the media often criticize this show, because after it a huge number of scammers and charlatans appeared. But the program goes without interruption every year, sometimes even releasing two seasons with a break between them of only a month.
7. Comedy battle
Humorous show aimed at finding new Russian-speaking comedians. The host of the show is Pavel Volya, the permanent members of the jury are Semyon Slepakov and Garik Martirosyan, the guest is the third member of the jury.
Qualifying tests are held in three stages, at each of which weak participants drop out. The winners of the Comedy Battle got a resident place in the Comedy club program, however, in the new season of 2019, participants can choose absolutely any show of a humorous genre on TNT, in which they can become participants after winning the battle.
6. Improvisation
The show, which has been on the screens since 2016 and still has not lost its relevance. As they say on TNT itself: "Improvisation is the only show without a script."
Indeed, 4 participants in the program come up with jokes on the go, relying on the strength of their improvisation. The presenter - Pavel Volya - gives the guys unusual situations that they have to play. The main condition for improvisation, of course, is to amuse the viewer.
The first improvisation in a release usually takes place without a guest, acting as a warm-up for program participants. For the rest of the improvisations, an invited guest joins the program: not only TNT channel employees, but also many large Internet bloggers visited the show.
5. Dancing
The show has been on the screens since 2014 and, as part of this program, participants are fighting for the title of the best dancer in the country and a cash prize. The program completely changed the attitude to dancing, as to work and serious professional activity in our country.
Young guys perform in front of famous Russian choreographers - Yegor Druzhinin and Miguel - in the hope of joining a team with one of the mentors.
The difficulty for dancers is not only to please the jury, but also to capture the hearts of viewers. Every week, one participant leaves the show, gaining the least number of votes of audience sympathy.
From season 4 Tatyana Denisova joined the regular members of the jury, and Sergey Svetlakov most often takes the place of the invited guest.
4. Stand Up
Russian comedy show hosted by Ruslan Bely. Comedians in the stand-up genre appear in the program, that is, in a monologue format, one participant enters the stage and talks about some urgent problem with humor and irony.
The show has been released since 2013, but its ratings have not fallen, and there are more and more new comedians. Since the beginning of 2017, the “Open Microphone” project began to appear on TNT, this is a kind of “Comedy battle” in the stand-up world. The winners of the Open Microphone have a chance to appear on the TNT stage Stand Up and become one of the main residents of the show.
3. The bachelor
The show premiered in 2013, and the new season will be released in the spring of 2019. Each bachelor is an unmarried, rich and famous man, and the participants must be adults and with good external data. During the show, the bachelor goes on dates with the girls, and in the final, he chooses between the two remaining participants.
The bachelor of the first season was the famous football player Evgeny Levchenko. In the second season, Maxim Chernyavsky came to look for a bride. Also on the show as bachelors came Alexei Vorobyov, Ilya Glinnikov (actor in the TV series “Interns”), Timur Batrutdinov and Yegor Creed.
2. Comedy club
The show has been broadcast on the channel since 2005, and new residents appeared from KVN until 2014. The program involves comedians known to all Russian-speaking television viewers - Pavel Volya, Alexander Revva, Garik Kharlamov, Timur Batrutdinov, Garik Martirosyan, Marina Kravets, Sergey Gorelikov and many others.
Within the framework of the show, there are also musical groups, such as Lips, USB, Nestroy Band, as well as a musical stage character - Eduard Surovy.
Residents of the show make films according to their scripts, playing roles themselves in films. The most famous films released under the Comedy Club Production logo are 3 parts of The Best Movie.
1. House 2
The project "House 2" was launched in 2003 and is still broadcast in prime time on TNT. In the first season, the participants in the show built a house that was supposed to be played out among couples in love with the help of a spectator vote.
Initially, the show was hosted by Ksenia Sobchak and Ksenia Borodina, but after Sobchak left, Olga Buzova, who was a participant in the show in one of the first seasons, took the chair.
On the project, couples are still “building” love, for which the show is heavily criticized. He was even sued, demanding to ban showing the program about family scandals in the daytime. After that, “House 2” came out only in the evening and at night, but when the court case was reviewed, the show began to be broadcast again in the afternoon.