TNT was founded in 1997, but for a long time it was at the very bottom of the rating tables. In 2001, the canal was on the verge of closure. Everything changed with the advent of the new leadership, many new and original projects were launched that literally saved the channel from bankruptcy and allowed to gain a foothold in the top five most popular channels in Russia.
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"House 2". The most successful project of the channel. The reality show has been broadcast on TNT for more than 10 years, and its ratings are only growing. The airtime of "Home-2" is now 2.5 hours daily. 11 couples met and got married thanks to this project, of which 5 marriages, however, have already broken up, with some spouses getting divorced almost live. Repeated attempts have been made to ban House -2. Religious figures, journalists and representatives of public organizations made this request to the prosecutor's office. However, the actions taken by them turned out to be in vain - the show is still on air and does not lack those who want to become its participant. TNT channel producers told reporters that no criticism could shut down Dom-2, the project would be stopped only if they stopped watching it.
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"Comedy Club". The comedy show owes its resounding success to KVN. The idea of creating the program belongs to the members of the “New Armenians” KVN team, headed by Garik Martirosyan and Artashes Sargsyan. And all the residents of "Comedy Club" also once participated in KVN games. The first issue was aired on April 23, 2005. The ratings of the program grew rapidly, money appeared for new projects. Largely due to the success of "Comedy Club" appeared the program "Comedy Women", "Comedy Battle" and "Our Russia", the series "Univer", "Interns" and "Sashatan". The participants of the show invent most of the jokes and miniatures themselves, often improvising directly on the stage. This distinguishes them from all similar programs on other channels. The most popular residents: Pavel Volya, Timur Batrutdinov, Garik Kharlamov, Semyon Slepakov.
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"The fight of extrasensories". The most mystical show on TNT. On the air since 2007, 14 seasons were shot, in which 144 psychics took part. The presenters were Mikhail Porechenkov and Marat Basharov, each with 7 seasons in their account. The co-hosts are traditionally the illusionists Safronovs, psychologists and guest stars, including Vera Sotnikova, Lera Kudryavtseva and Elena Valyushkina. Often, tragedies that stirred the whole country are chosen as tests for psychics. In particular, the program found out the causes of the fire in the Perm Club "Lame Horse", the causes of the death of the Yaroslavl team "Locomotive". The highest rated issue was dedicated to the death of Vlad Listyev.
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"Reboot". The format of the show, in which a team of specialists from "Cinderella" makes the "princesses" is a completely unoriginal idea of TNT. Similar programs are available on almost all channels. The difference is that not only stylists and make-up artists work with heroines on TNT, but also a dentist, plastic surgeon, and necessarily a psychologist. In "Reboot" the hosts very often change, despite the fact that the program has been on the air since 2011. From the beginning of the show, the project was led by the popular TV presenter Aurora, then she was replaced by the no less famous Ksenia Borodina. After leaving the project, Ksenia and Alexander Rogov, Yekaterina Veselkova assumed the duties of the main host. She is completely unfamiliar to the audience, but Katya is a well-known personality in the television party. Before getting on the screen, she worked for a long time behind the scenes, was the commercial director of TNT. Now the place of Veselkova, who went on maternity leave, was taken by Julia Baranovskaya, the ex-wife of Andrei Arshavin.
