Life without humor is boring and monotonous. Each person just needs laughter and joy. For some, itâs meeting with friends, for some itâs an evening with relatives, and someone likes to spend time alone, studying the list of humorous programs.
The fact remains: humor and laughter prolong life both spiritually and physically, and this has been proved by scientists. With humor in life itâs easier to overcome obstacles. But this is not entirely about that. This article will tell about the most popular humorous television broadcasts today, both Russian and Ukrainian.
Humor on Russian television
Many Russians watch humorous programs on TNT. The list of the most popular programs is not very large. Among them are mainly those that were founded by immigrants from the "KVN" or "Comedy Club."
The main such programs include: âComedy Clubâ, âHBâ, âStand Upâ, âComedy Battleâ and âOur Russiaâ. All of these TV shows are still on TV and have high ratings. Let's look at each of them briefly.
Comedy club
The program itself is a multi-part build, which releases weekly. In the show you can find different forms of humor - satire, stand-up, miniature scenes, humorous songs and much more. Stars of the Russian and not only pop stars are invited to the program, who also sometimes take part in humorous skits or dialogues.
The Comedy Club program first aired in 2005, April 23. The first season included 52 issues. The story of the transfer began with rather primitive scenery, nevertheless it was able to win the interest of many. The creators were the participants of the program, the producers were Garik Martirosyan and Arthur Dzhanebekyan. Of course, many more people with interesting ideas and ideas regarding the future show took part in the creation.
The basic collective of this program consisted of such well-known artists as Garik Martirosyan, Pavel âSnezhokâ Volya, Garik âBulldogâ Kharlamov, Timur âKashtanâ Batrutdinov, Roman Yunusov, Alexey Likhnitsky, Dmitry âLyusyokâ Sorokin, Vadik âRamboâ Galygin, Timur Rodriguez, Max Perlov, Tair Mammadov, Egor Alekseev and host of the program Artashes Sargsyan. Later, in 2006, Alexander âAâ Revva, Sergey Bessmertny and Alexander Nezlobin joined the team .
It is worth noting that, despite the many diverse shows, the best Russian comedy shows are broadcast on TNT today. The list of Russia is made by the Comedy Club.
Currently on television is already 11 season. Most of the âpioneersâ remained in the show, and Garik Martirosyan has been leading since the 6th season.
Stand up
Also worth mentioning is Stand Up. The format of the show is a bit like âComedy Clubâ, but it is a calmer program, based on the stand-up humor genre - a colloquial genre, a monologue of one performer in front of a live audience that covers problems that are close to each person.
The host of this show is Ruslan Bely. Each new release of the show is built on a specific storyline, new artists who can try their hand at the stage are invited to the program.
The show went on air in 2013.
"HB" show
Another show, released in 2013, replenishes the list of humorous programs - âHBâ. A script was created for the script by Javid Kurbanov, Alexander Onipko and Artem Sizykh.
This multi-series show consists of various sketches with deputies, âwerewolves in uniformâ, cowboys, oil workers and much more, which are intertwined with real scenes from the life of Garik and Timur.
All the main roles in the show are played by Garik Kharlamov and Timur Batrutdinov. Also in the cast are Pavel Zubkov, Zlata Terekhova, Nikita Promsky, Elena Epikhina, Daria Smirnova, Evgenia Shipova, Ekaterina Berlinskaya and Vladimir Sychev.
Ukrainian comedy shows: list
Among Ukrainian programs there are also some of the most popular and beloved by everyone. The list of humorous programs in Ukraine is headed by Evening Quarter and Evening Kiev. The creators of both programs are participants in the past KVN team of the 95th quarter from Krivoy Rog. Today it is a separate team of professionals "Studio Quarter 95".
âEvening Quarterâ positions the format of its show as âintellectualâ humor. The program plays a lot of fun scenes from life, as well as politics, culture and much more. Many people learn about the latest news in the world precisely thanks to the âEvening Quarterâ. Stars are invited to the show who take part in the rooms and then perform their songs on stage.
The format of "Evening Kiev" is slightly different. There are two leaders - Vladimir Zelensky and Valery Zhidkov. Stars and people of various professions who took part in draws, non-standard adjusted situations, declarations of love and much more, which happened thanks to the team of âEvening Kievâ, are invited to the studio. A video is watched in the studio and discussed with direct participants in the situations. In the arsenal of this program there are still a lot of various surprises, including well-known parodies of commercials, films and video clips.

Another popular show on Ukrainian television is Laugh the Comedian. The list of humorous programs of Ukraine cannot exclude it. This show is open to all who wish to try their hand. The meaning of the program is to come to the studio with prepared numbers and try to make two comedians laugh in one minute (Vladimir Zelensky remains the same member of the jury, and the second was Mikhail Galustyan and Evgeny Koshevoi depending on the season).
The host of the show was Dmitry Shepelev at first, and after him became Victor Vasiliev. The duties of the presenter include monitoring the comedians' smiles and pressing the button if he noticed a smile. If the comedians laugh at the first minute, the participants are given the next minute at their own risk and peril, as well as the opportunity to withdraw money or continue to try to win the main prize of the program.
Comedy TV shows (list)
Thus, given the above, you can make a list of the main television shows, and supplement it with other humorous shows that can be seen on the TV screen.
We present the top 10 most popular programs of Ukrainian and Russian television:
- Comedy Club.
- Stand Up.
- HB show.
- Comedy battle
- Our Russia.
- The evening quarter.
- Nighttime Kiev.
- Make a comedian laugh.
- Who is on top?
- Faina Ukraine.