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{{short description|Russian federal television channel}}
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'''TNT''' ({{langx|ru|ТНТ, Твоё Новое Телевидение|Tvoyo Novoye Televideniye|lit=Your New Television}}) ({{langx|ru|Телевидение нового тысячелетия|Televideniye Novogo Tisyachelyetiya|lit=Television of a New Millennium}}) is a Russian federal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2011/11/02/channels/|title=ФАС включила ТНТ и РЕН-ТВ в число федеральных телеканалов|publisher=[[lenta.ru]]|date=2011-11-02|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> [[television channel|TV channel]] founded in 1997,<ref name="novaya2">{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2000/01/10/9984-tvoe-novoe-televidenie|title=Твое новое телевидение|publisher=[[Novaya Gazeta]]}}</ref> and is considered one of the five most-popular TV channels in [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediascope.net/services/media/media-audience/tv/national-and-regional/description/|title=Телевидение|work=Россия → Неделя → Среднесуточная доля|publisher=MediaScope Research|access-date=2015-05-17}}</ref><ref name="ria-spravka">{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20091218/200107074.html|title=Телеканал ТНТ: история создания и развития. Справка|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=2009-12-18|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref><ref name="vedomosti-boleckaya">{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2016/03/11/633151-tnt-stal-vtorim-viruchke-telekanalom-rossii-ustupaet-teper-tolko-pervomu|title=ТНТ стал вторым по выручке телеканалом в России и теперь уступает лишь "Первому"|author=Ксения Болецкая|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|date=2016-03-10|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref> At the beginning of 2012, it reached more than 104 million people.<ref name="lenta1">{{cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2013/07/08/petrenko/|title=Роман Петренко покинул должность гендиректора ТНТ|publisher=[[lenta.ru]]|date=2013-07-08|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref>
Although its target audience is viewers 14 to 44 years old, its core demographic is ages 18 to 30.<ref name="vedomosti-janibikyan">{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/characters/2016/10/17/661149-vechno-razvivatsya|title=Мы хотим вечно развиваться и вечно зарабатывать|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|date=2016-10-16|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref> The channel focuses on entertainment, particularly comedy series.<ref name="vedomosti-janibikyan"/> Since 2001 it has been a member of the [[Gazprom-Media]], the [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] TV channel of Gazprom-Media Entertainment TV (founded in 2015).<ref name="vedomosti-janibikyan"/><ref name="kommersant-subholding">{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3048956|title="Газпром-медиа" перенастроил каналы|author=Елизавета Макарова, Владимир Лавицкий|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2017-07-17|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref>
TNT's main source of income is [[Television advertisement|advertisements]].<ref name="vedomosti-boleckaya"/> It has regional TV stations and regional partners, who receive advertising time on the channel. The channel delivers its signal via satellites in four orbits, which allow its 27 television stations to receive it in their corresponding [[time zone]]s. The signal is received and redistributed by local stations broadcasting in most large cities and 5,900 smaller communities in the Russian Federation.
TNT reserves the rights to all original shows and owns two of Russia's largest production companies: Comedy Club Production and Good Story Media. It also has exclusive contracts with a number of Russian showrunners. Since 2016, TNT has been directed by [[Artur Janibekyan]] (head of Gazprom-Media Entertainment TV).<ref name="vedomosti-janibikyan"/> In February 2022, [[Tina Kandelaki]] was named channel`s interim CEO as a substitute for Roman Petrenko, the new adviser to [[Gazprom-Media]] CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/articles/2022/02/08/908408-kandelaki-vozglavit-tnt|title=Тина Канделаки возглавит ТНТ|language=ru|date=2022-02-08|publisher=[[Ведомости]]}}</ref>
==History==
===Founding===
TNT was founded in September 1997 as part of the Media-Most holding company.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/184540|title=СТС. Новые игры со старым спутником. Телевизионный проект группы "Медиа-Мост"|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=1997-09-25}}</ref> Its general director was Sergei Skvortsov,<ref name="slon">{{cite web|url=https://republic.ru/posts/l/258217|title=Сергей Скворцов: "Когда Герви приглашал нас на работу, он сказал, что необходимы две вещи: чистые сортиры и зарплата вовремя"|author=Наталия Ростова|publisher=Slon.ru|date=2010-02-08|access-date=2017-06-07}}</ref> appointed by Media-Most first deputy chairman Igor Malashenko (who had launched World war, Russia's first non-state TV network, a year before). The new channel initially focused on regional viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/27/article/24.html|title=Все, что вы хотели знать о ТНТ, но боялись спросить|author={{nobr|Завьялова Н.}}, {{nobr|Словацкая Н.}}|publisher=Теле-Спутник|date=1998}}</ref>
Designed to provide family entertainment, its goal was to attract the widest possible audience. TNT broadcast feature films, [[Documentary film|documentaries]], series (including [[soap opera]]s), [[talk show|talk]] and [[game show]]s, videos of Russian and foreign musicians, musical programs (including concerts by [[Bard (Soviet Union)|bardic musicians]]), [[comedy]], [[news]], children's entertainment and educational programs, and [[cartoon]]s.<ref name="izvestia">{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/news/463868|title=Генеральный продюсер ТНТ покидает свой пост|newspaper=[[Izvestia]]|date=2009-12-18}}</ref> Within its first five years, sports programs were also frequently shown. The [[NTV Plus]] satellite service participated in the channel's founding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tht.ru:80/about/item5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010215073319/http://www.tht.ru:80/about/item5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-02-15|title=Эфирная политика|publisher=TNT|date=2001-02-15}}</ref>
TNT was intended to compete with [[STS (TV channel)|STS]] and [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]], presenting little-known videos from European and American companies. ''[[Streets of Broken Lights]]'' was a long-running series about the everyday life of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Russian police]].
The channel is delivered via [[Intelsat 604]] (60° E) for European Russia in [[Digital television|digital format]] and [[Intelsat 704]] (64° E) for eastern Russia; the latter used an [[Analog television|analog format]] for its first six months. On January 1, 1998, TNT began broadcasting.
===1998–1999===
''Streets of Broken Lights'' gave TNT a stable but comparatively small (2–3 percent) audience during its first year of broadcasting. By mid-1998, the channel could be seen in 100 Russian cities.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.vokrug.tv/channel/show/101/|title=ТНТ|publisher=Вокруг ТВ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916082121/http://www.vokrug.tv/channel/show/101/|archive-date=2016-09-16}}</ref> Inspired by ''Broken Lights''{{'}} success, channel executives ordered another series: ''National Security Agent'', about the adventures of an [[Federal Security Service|FSB]] agent. It premiered on January 1, 1999, but failed to duplicate the first series' success. In March 1999, Sergei Skvortsov left NTV-Holding and Pavel Korchagin became TNT's general director.
The channel had a production system for its own series and a talk show with [[Vladimir Solovyov (journalist)|Vladimir Solovyov]] (a newcomer to television), and presented television premieres of [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster films]]. It was apolitical, there was no clear concept, its target audience was not defined, and its management assigned no special tasks; therefore, its development was unlikely.<ref name="novaya2"/><ref name="slon"/> In 1999, TNT received two [[TEFI|TEFI awards]] for the first season of ''Broken Lights'' (for television feature film or series and television project of the year) and finished eighth in the rating with 3.2 percent of the audience. The audience for STS, its main competitor, was twice as large.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://federalbook.ru/files/SVAYZ/saderzhanie/Tom%2012/III/Sharikov.pdf|title=Телевидение в системе средств массовой коммуникации России: тенденции 1999–2012 годов|author=Шариков А. В.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723222003/http://federalbook.ru/files/SVAYZ/saderzhanie/Tom%2012/III/Sharikov.pdf|archive-date=2015-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2000–2001===
In June 2000, TNT began a news program in the Moscow region. ''Today in the Capital'' was produced by NTV and, according to Skvortsov, was intended for broadcast throughout Russia: "Our city's news will be interesting in any city".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2000/06/05/chisto-novosti|title=Чисто новости|author=Антон Чаркин|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|date=2000-06-05}}</ref> Its staff consisted of young NTV correspondents and students and recent graduates of the [[MSU Faculty of Journalism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tht.ru/anons/texts/vit32.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011125101342/http://www.tht.ru/anons/texts/vit32.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-11-25|title=Сергей Смирнов: "Я — потомственный телезритель"|publisher=TNT|date=2001-11-25}}</ref>
On August 27, 2000, after a fire at the [[Ostankino Tower]], TNT was one of the few channels which remained on the air<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/08/31/119975-nuzhno-vkladyivat-dengi-v-sovremennyie-tehnologii.html|title=Нужно вкладывать деньги в современные технологии|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|date=2000-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221103226/http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/08/31/119975-nuzhno-vkladyivat-dengi-v-sovremennyie-tehnologii.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/09/01/119902-uvidet-markovu-i-pogoret.html|title=Увидеть Маркову и погореть…|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|date=2000-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221115938/http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/09/01/119902-uvidet-markovu-i-pogoret.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref> and temporarily allocated part of its airtime to NTV channel for its news program ''Today''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/08/31/119993-mnogokanalnyie-novosti.html|title=Многоканальные новости|author=Элина Николаева|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|date=2000-08-31}}</ref> At this time, TNT ranked fourth among Moscow TV channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2000/09/07/119636-mnogokanalnyie-novosti.html|title=Многоканальные новости|author=Элина Николаева|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|date=2000-09-07}}</ref>
In 2000–2001, the channel and Media-Most holdings ([[NTV (Russia)|NTV]], [[NTV Plus]], and the publisher Seven Days) was on the brink of liquidation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/10jan2001/tnt3.html|title=Суд перенес иск о банкротстве ТНТ|publisher=[[NEWSru]]|date=2001-01-10|access-date=2017-06-08}}</ref> During the spring of 2001, while NTV ownership was changing, TNT broadcast NTV programs. After the seizure and redistribution of NTV, most of its journalists moved to TNT until [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]] proposed [[Yevgeny Kiselyov]] to head [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2001/04/19/11847-v-tesnote-v-obide-no-v-poryadke|title=В тесноте, в обиде, но в порядке|publisher=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|date=2001-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2001-04-20|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2001/04/20/110256-kisel-iz-tryoh-kanalov.html|title=Кисель из трёх каналов|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221120512/http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2001/04/20/110256-kisel-iz-tryoh-kanalov.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref> After some of its journalists moved to TV-6, TNT changed directors; Pavel Korchagin went to TV-6, and Andrey Skutin became general director.<ref>{{cite web|date=2001-12-27|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2001/12/27/99728-andrey-skutin-myi-sozdanyi-lish-dlya-razvlechenya.html|title=Андрей Скутин: "Мы созданы лишь для развлечения"|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221120926/http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2001/12/27/99728-andrey-skutin-myi-sozdanyi-lish-dlya-razvlechenya.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref> In November 2001, TNT became part of [[Gazprom-Media]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.telesputnik.ru/news/2127|title="НТВ-Плюс", ТНТ и "Семь дней" перешли в собственность "Газпрома"|publisher=Телеспутник|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2001/11/12/gazprom/|title="НТВ-Плюс", ТНТ и "Семь дней" перешли в собственность "Газпрома"|publisher=[[lenta.ru]]|date=2001-11-12|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
===2002–2005===
TNT targeted a wide range of viewers before the 2002–03 season, broadcasting documentaries, cartoons, and series.<ref name="izvestia"/> There was a proposal to make TNT a sports channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/06mar2002/tnt.html|title=Телеканал ТНТ подал заявку на участие в конкурсе на частоту шестого телеканала|publisher=[[NEWSru]]|date=2002-03-06|access-date=2017-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2002/03/21/15447-politiki-u-nas-ne-bylo-net-i-ne-budet|title=Политики у нас не было, нет и не будет!|publisher=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|date=2002-03-21}}</ref> During the fall of 2002 a sports program, created with ''[[NTV Plus Sport]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2003/06/19/18183-zabeg-po-knopkam|title=Забег по кнопкам|publisher=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|date=2003-06-19}}</ref> was added to TNT's schedule.
The channel, unable to purchase (or produce) blockbusters, focused on new and less-expensive programming. This approach was successful, and TNT's audience increased from 2.7 to 5.4 percent by the end of 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vremya.ru/2002/199/12/28559.html|title=Метровые амбиции. Канал ТНТ намерен значительно расширить аудиторию|publisher=[[Vremya Novostei]]|date=2002-10-28}}</ref> The ratings increase was primarily due to the addition of ''[[Okna (TV series)|Okna]]'', a [[tabloid talk show]] hosted by [[Dmitry Nagiyev]], and several other programs launched by a new team of managers led by former STS CEO Roman Petrenko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/old/article/2002/07/18/164602-tnt-poydem-i-podumaem.html|title=ТНТ: пойдём и подумаем|publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|date=2002-07-18}}</ref><ref name=petrenko>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/330797|title=Роман Петренко: до конца года я должен вывести ТНТ на самоокупаемость|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2002-07-05}}</ref><ref>[https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2002/10/24/13348-telenovosti-ot Новая газета — Теленовости от… 24.10.2002]</ref> TNT aired ''Today’s Day'', its last old-regime show (whose ratings had fallen precipitously) for the last time on November 15, 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/news/270010|title=Роман Петренко: "У "Сегоднячко" не было четкой концепции, и мы его закрыли"|author=Анна Ковалёва|newspaper=[[Izvestia]]|date=2002-11-24|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://aif.ru/archive/1726232|title=ТНТ: прощай, "Сегоднячко"!|author=Ирина Исаева|newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]]|date=2002-11-05|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
At the end of 2002 the channel adopted a new slogan ("TNT helps you!"),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/news/278660|title=Переключая каналы|author=Мила Кузина|newspaper=[[Izvestia]]|date=2003-07-07|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> describing itself as "a unique TV channel that not only entertains, but helps you".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://expert.ru/expert/2003/40/40ex-tnt1_21147/|title=Полезный телевизор|author=Анастасия Дедюхина|publisher=[[Expert (magazine)|Expert]]|date=2003-10-30}}</ref> On February 1, 2003, TNT overhauled its schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ej.ru:80/046/life/media/big/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101230459/http://ej.ru:80/046/life/media/big/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-01-01|title="Сегоднячко" в большом городе|publisher=Еженедельный журнал|date=2002-11-25}}</ref> One of the first programs produced with the new concept was ''Moscow: Instructions for Proper Use'', which replaced ''Today’s Day''. TNT prioritized reality shows and a variety of alternative-entertainment programs.<ref>{{cite news|date=2003-02-21|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/568110|title="Сегоднячко" уступило место "Москве"|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221143926/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/568110|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref> The closed joint-stock company TNT-Teleset became an [[Open joint-stock company|open one]]. With the direct participation of Roman Petrenko and Dmitry Troitsky, a number of low-rated programs were replaced with original productions: ''The Forbidden Zone'', ''The Famine'', ''Reparation School'', ''The Taxi'', ''The Child Robot'', ''Big Brother'', ''Dom'', and ''[[Dom-2]]''.<ref name=tntks>{{cite web|url=https://rusplt.ru/society/teleset-tnt-pozor-iz-treh-bukv-17600.html|title=Телесеть ТНТ: позор из трех букв|publisher=Русская планета|date=2015-06-23}}</ref> The latter jump-started the careers of hosts [[Ksenia Sobchak]], [[Kseniya Borodina]] and [[Olga Buzova]]:
{{quote|For the first time I saw [Ksenia Sobchak] in 2004 on a video cassette when doing a casting of the future hosts of ''Home-2''&nbsp;... I must admit that as a host she was completely inexperienced. But my first impression, which only strengthened in the following years, was: "Boy, she's smart!" [[Anatoly Sobchak|Sobchak]]'s daughter, a [[Socialite|secular party girl]] – choosing her as a host seemed to us to be quite a peculiar decision, as we were going to promote as a new host somebody that many have heard about, but which no one had ever seen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sobaka.ru/oldmagazine/glavnoe/12611|title=Ксения Собчак. Блондинка в шоколаде|publisher=Собака.ru|date=2012-07-30|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>|author=Dmitry Troitsky}}
On September 1, 2003, the animated block ''[[Nickelodeon]] on TNT'' began airing during the day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.telesputnik.ru/news/1825|title=Программный блок Никелодеон выходит на канале ТНТ-Телесеть.|date=2003-09-01|publisher=Журнал «Теле-Спутник»|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> That month TNT premiered ''Sasha + Masha'', a comedy series which became one of the channel's highest-rated shows. Five seasons were produced until September 2005, when it was rerun. TNT's ''[[Comedy Club (TV program)|Comedy Club]]'', featuring [[stand-up comedy]], was inspired by members ''[[KVN]]''{{'s}} New Armenians team:
{{quote|When I first came to their party, I immediately realized - this is what we needed for the TNT. I saw how their audience reacts to their humor. After the show (which was on Saturday) I approached them and said, on Monday we will sign a contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://spb.aif.ru/culture/event/135901|title=Дмитрий Троицкий: "Лень держит зрителей перед телеэкранами"|author=Мария Соколова|newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]]|date=2012-12-14|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>|author=Dmitry Troitsky}}
''Comedy Club'' showcases TNT's stable of resident TV comedians, popularizing a "new kind of humor".<ref name="lenizdat">{{cite web|url=https://lenizdat.ru/articles/1044676/|title=ТНТ - смена имиджа|publisher=Лениздат|date=2006-11-01}}</ref>
===2006–2007===
The 2006–07 season began not in September but in July, hoping to attract an over-30 audience watching TV at their summer cottages. To expand its reality-show reputation, TNT executives introduced a number of new programs: ''The Candidate'' (with [[Vladimir Potanin]]'', ''Nanny To the Rescue'', ''Former Wives Club'', ''Wife Exchange'', and "A Different Life''.<ref name="rebel">{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/2006/06/28/oa_205816.shtml|title=Собчак уходит с ТНТ|author=Алина Ребель|publisher=[[Gazeta.Ru]]|date=2006-06-28|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> According to former director-general Roman Petrenko, TNT "had studied almost the entire experience of the TV companies of all around the world and picked up the ideas seeming to have a greater potential, as well as hiring British producers":<ref name="rebel"/>
{{quote|text=We invite foreign specialists. In addition, we have managed to acquire licenses for all of the most famous world TV formats. So, if some channels want to stop broadcasting series - realizing that they do not have any perspective - they cannot get licenses for reality shows. All the packages already belong to us.|author=Roman Petrenko}}
Channel executives began publicly expressing dissatisfaction with ''Dom-2'' (despite its record ratings), and wanted to put it on hiatus for a season or two.<ref name="rebel"/> None of the new programs was able to match its popularity, however, and ''Dom-2'' remains on the air as Russia's longest-lasting reality TV show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starstory.ru/novosti_-_polnoe_opisanie/NewsCategory/Zvezdnye_novosti/News/Dom-2_zanesen_v_Knigu_rekordov_Rossii/|title= "Дом-2" занесен в "Книгу рекордов России"|publisher=Stars Story|date=2005-05-15|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>
''[[Happy Together (Russian TV series)|Happy Together]]'', an adaptation of the American sitcom ''[[Married... with Children]]'', premiered in March 2006. Running for seven years, it was one of TNT's most successful sitcoms.
''[[Nasha Russia]]'', a [[sketch comedy]] series based on ''[[Little Britain TV series)|Little Britain]]'' and starring [[Mikhail Galustyan]] and [[Sergei Svetlakov]], premiered on November 4, 2006. It was popular, and some of its characters (such as the [[Gastarbeiter|foreign workers]] Ravshan and Dzhamshut) became national symbols.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kp.ru/daily/24151.5/367793/|title=От кадрового голода Ульяновск спасут Равшан и Джамшут|date=25 August 2008|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda|kp.ru]]|access-date=2009-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003103926/http://kp.ru/daily/24151.5/367793/|url-status=live|archive-date=2010-10-03}}</ref> After running for five seasons, in 2016 (five years after the end of the original series) it was followed by a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]]: ''The Bearded Guy. Understand and Forgive'', developing one of ''Nasha Russia''{{'s}} storylines and starring [[Mikhail Galustyan]] as unlucky [[Ryazan]] guard Sashka Borodach. Galustyan's character became symbolic of a negligent worker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metronews.ru/novosti/reviews/10-nezabyvaemyh-obrazov-galustyana-1132854/|title=10 незабываемых образов Галустяна|author=Ольга Захарец|publisher=[[Metro International]]|date=2013-11-25|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beriki.ru/2013/03/18/rynok-strazhi|title=Рынок стражи|author=Роман Коротаев|publisher=Березники Вечерние|date=2013-03-18|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://telegraf.dn.ua/news/donetskaya-militsiya-zaderzhala-aleksandra-rodionovicha-borodacha-truboj-izbivshego-bankomat/|title=Донецкая милиция задержала "Александра Родионовича Бородача", трубой избившего банкомат|publisher=telegraf.dn.ua|date=2013-10-10|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://odessa-life.od.ua/news/13310-v-odesskih-marshrutkah-prosyat-ne-letat-foto|title=В одесских маршрутках просят не летать|publisher=Одесская жизнь|date=2013-08-25|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
Also in November 2006, TNT's on-air style was updated. The channel began promoting the people directly (or indirectly) connected with it: hosts, actors in series, participants in ''[[Dom-2]]'' and ''Comedy Club'' comedians. Clips and advertisements with the slogans "TNT about life. TNT about love. TNT for fun" were shown in a month-long campaign throughout Russia.<ref name="lenizdat"/>
The fall advertising campaign was followed by a larger one in spring 2007, featuring the slogan "Feel our love". According to its creator, Alexander Dulerain, "In the entire new advertising history, we wanted to overturn all the concepts familiar to the viewer, to shock him." In a series of short commercials promoting TNT stars ([[Ksenia Sobchak]], [[Olga Buzova]], Alyona Vodonaeva, Garik Kharlamov, [[Timur Rodriguez]], [[Pavel Volya]] and [[Mikhail Galustyan]]) the multiple meanings of some phrases were played with, balancing between romance and humor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adlife.spb.ru/news/3771.shtml|title=ТНТ призывает почувствовать любовь|publisher=AdLife.spb.ru|date=2007-03-02|access-date=2017-06-14}}</ref>
Competitions between comedians and stand-up teams, a new TV format, began in 2007. ''Laughter Without Rules'', from the producers of ''Comedy Club'', premiered in April. Young comedians competed for large cash prizes, with the winner moving on to ''A Crazy League''. ''Laughter Without Rules'' lasted until the December 2009 death of host [[Vladimir Turchinsky]]. In August 2010, the show was revived as ''Comedy Battle'' and dedicated to Turchinsky. It continued until the end of 2016, and was replaced the following year by ''Open Mic''.
In 2007, TNT received the Best TV Channel of the Year award at the Russian Entertainment Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2008/10/15/17855-nagrada-za-razvlechenie.html|title=Награда за развлечение|date=15 October 2008 }}</ref>
===2008–2009===
At the beginning of 2008, TNT's most successful reality shows were ''Dom-2'' and ''[[Bitva extrasensov]]'', based on ''Britain's Psychic Challenge''.<ref name=tntks/> The channel produced its first parody comedy (''[[The Best Movie]]'', from the producers of ''Comedy Club'' and starring Garik Kharlamov, [[Mikhail Galustyan]] and [[Pavel Volya]]) on January 24. The theatrical film co-starred [[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]] and Valery Barinov.
According to its producers, ''The Best Movie'' was a "response" to ''[[Scary Movie]]''. Their intention was "not just get back the cost of the movie and make more money with its sequel, but to create a successful parody comedy, a new genre unknown to Russian audiences".<ref name="Прупис">{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20080130/98019781.html|title="Самый лучший фильм" поставил рекорд по сборам в кинопрокате|author=Оксана Прупис|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=2008-01-30|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> The producers lacked "raw material", because the Russian film industry does not produce blockbusters comparable to Hollywood's. The film parodies the Russian movies ''[[Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'', ''[[The 9th Company]]'', ''[[Shadowboxing (2005 film)|Shadowboxing]]'' and ''[[Bimmer (film)|Bimmer]]'', the foreign films ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' and ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' and the Russian television series ''[[Brigada]]'' and ''The Truckers''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/843008|title=Наша параша|author=[[Lidiya Maslova]]|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2008-01-18}}</ref>
With a budget of $5 million (and an equal amount spent on advertising), ''The Best Movie'' earned over $30 million at the box office and set the first-weekend record for Russia and the CIS countries ($19.2 million).<ref name="Прупис"/> Second-weekend earnings dropped 72&nbsp; percent, however, due to poor reviews and negative word of mouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allcc.ru/comedy-club/1016-samyjj-luchshijj-film-postavil-rekord.html|title=Самый лучший фильм установил рекорд по обвалу сборов|publisher=allcc.ru|date=2008-02-07|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> ''[[The Best Movie 2]]'' was released a year later, followed by  ''[[The Best Movie 3-De]]'' in January 2011; both starred Kharlamov. Produced by Monumental Pictures, their runs followed the first film's: a good start, a collapse during the second week and some profit at the end.
TNT targeted young audiences in 2008. ''[[Univer (Russian TV series)|Univer]]'', a sitcom about students living in a Moscow dormitory, premiered on August 25. The series, created and produced by [[Semyon Slepakov]] and Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov, was directed by [[Pyotr Tochilin]] (director of ''[[Khottabych]]''):<ref name="Сегаль">{{cite web|url=https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/na_tnt_startuet_novyi_molodezhnyi_serial/|title=На ТНТ стартует новый молодёжный сериал|author=Даниил Сегаль|publisher=Вокруг ТВ|date=2008-08-25|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
{{quote|text=Semyon and I have long planned a comedy about the hostel, since the time they had lived there. All students know that without jokes and ridiculous situations, studying and living in a hostel is impossible. So we decided to show everything without embellishment.|author=Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov}}
''Love in a District'', a series about young people belonging to different social groups, premiered on December 19 and ran for two seasons. ''Univer'' was more successful and, with its two-season sequel ''[[Univer. New Dorm]]'', has produced over 500 episodes. ''[[SashaTanya]]'', another ''Univer'' spin-off about a couple from the original series, premiered in 2013 and was also successful.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/25761/2745905/|title=В сериале "Универ" - смена состава и раскол!|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|access-date=2012-05-13}}</ref>
''Made in Woman'' (soon renamed ''Comedy Woman''), inspired by the all-male ''Comedy Club'', premiered at the end of 2008 and was conceived in 2006 by ''KVN'' Moscow Megapolis team member Natalia Yeprikyan. Other women from ''KVN'' who were involved in the show were Elena Borshcheva, Ekaterina Skulkina, Ekaterina Barnabas, Ekaterina Baranova,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vsluh.ru/news/world/155835.html|title=Made in Woman — новая смешная программа на ТНТ|publisher=Вслух.ру|date=2008-11-11|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> [[Marina Kravets]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tele.ru/stars/interview/marina-kravets-v-otnosheniyakh-s-muzhchinami-luchshe-obkhoditsya-bez-intrig-i-kaprizov/|title=Марина Кравец: "В отношениях с мужчинами лучше обходиться без интриг и капризов"|author=Елена Фомина|publisher=tele.ru|date=2016-10-27|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> Maria Kravchenko, Polina Sibagatullina, Tatyana Morozova,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7days.ru/stars/chronic/pochemu-tatyana-morozova-pokinula-comedy-woman.htm|title=Почему Татьяна Морозова покинула "Comedy Woman"|author=Наталья Дьячкова|publisher=7Дней.ру|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> Natalia Medvedeva,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wellnews.ru/culture/31184-byvshie-kvnschiki-priznalis-pochemu-pokinuli-klub.html|title=Бывшие КВНщики признались, почему покинули клуб|author=Михаил Воронцов|publisher=wellnews.ru|date=2016-12-17|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> and Marina Bochkareva. [[Egor Druzhinin]] was an occasional host.
{{quote|text=''Made in Woman'' is not the same as ''Comedy Club'', and not "a female ''Comedy Club''. It has nothing to do with stand-up but is a completely different genre: pop comedy. It's bright, loud and funny. Remember in the past, when terms as "a variety artist", "a pop star" and "theatre of variety miniatures" existed? A variety of performance does not just mean a person with a microphone, delivering a monologue or a set of jokes. It's also dances, songs, disguises, and tricks! In ''Made in Woman'', there are jokes that you need to think about and pure clowning.|author=Director Dmitry Efimovich|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allcc.ru/comedy-club/1643-rerajjtmade-in-woman-skoro-na-jekranakh.html|title=Made in Woman: с 21 ноября на экранах|publisher=allcc.ru|date=2008-11-07|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>}}
''Barvikha'', a [[comedy-drama]] about school life in an [[Barvikha (settlement), Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast|elite cottage community]], premiered in fall 2009. Its creators described it as a "new-generation series" and "cinematic" (the series was filmed in [[1080p]]), with carefully written dialogue – the writers visited Barvikha – and good performances. The series raised questions about the interaction of children with others from families with a different social status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashfilm.ru/modernserials/4066.html|title=Сериал "Барвиха": золотая молодёжь на ТНТ|publisher=nashfilm.ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510010119/http://www.nashfilm.ru/modernserials/4066.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2009-08-28|url=http://www.vsluh.ru/news/world/179452.html|title="Барвиха" — сериал нового поколения|publisher=vsluh.ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212210944/http://www.vsluh.ru/news/world/179452.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-12}}</ref> Two seasons were filmed (one 20 episodes and the other 15), and the second season was broadcast in 2011 as ''Bright Young Things: Barvikha 2''.
TNT participated in 2009's Year of the Young, supporting the youth-volunteer Train of Youth and broadcasting over 500 [[public service announcement]]s. The channel supported 12 information campaigns about [[Health promotion|healthy lifestyles]], the [[Prevention of HIV/AIDS|HIV prevention]], combating [[Tobacco smoking|tobacco]] and other [[addiction]], supporting [[blood donation]] and [[Inclusion (education)|inclusive education]], and counteracting [[human trafficking]]. A year earlier, TNT was an information sponsor of the Year of the Family and produced [[2008 Russian presidential election|election]] videos with the slogan "Don't be a vegetable - vote!" In November 2009, TNT received an award from the Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations for "Socially Responsible Media: Putting Social Advertising on the Air".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televesti.ru/tvnews/771-kanal-tnt-stal-socialno-otvetstvennym-smi-1.html|title=Канал ТНТ стал социально-ответственным СМИ №1|publisher=ТелеВести.Ру|date=2009-11-25|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>
===2010–2011===
Alexander Dulerain became TNT's general producer of the TNT in 2010, replacing Dmitri Troitsky (who left the channel).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20091218/200058352.html|title=Дмитрий Троицкий покинул пост генерального продюсера ТНТ|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=2009-12-16|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> The channel premiered two sitcoms: "[[Interns (TV series)|The Interns]]" in March and ''The Swell Guys'' in November.
''Interns'' writer Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov graduated from the [[South Ural State Medical University]]. His experiences inspired the series:<ref name="Мазурова">{{cite news|url=https://rg.ru/2010/08/24/reg-szapad/interni.html|title=Снова в больницу|author=Светлана Мазурова|newspaper=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]|date=2010-08-24}}</ref>
{{quote|text=When I was in ninth grade, my grandmother underwent surgery. After the operation, a doctor with heavy boots and a pack of [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboros]] in his hand went out and asked: "Dusmuhametov?" – then lit a cigarette and inhaled the smoke. "Your grandma will live." He was, literally, playing God. It seemed to me that being a doctor was a brutal and hot-shot kind of profession.<ref name="Белов">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/341461-glavnyy-po-yumoru-na-tnt-o-scenarii-univera-rabote-s-bondarchukom-i-o-tom-nad-chem|title=Главный по юмору на ТНТ — о сценарии "Универа" и о том, над чем смеются топ-менеджеры "Газпрома"|author=Ким Белов|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=2017-01-04|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>|author=Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov}}
Like ''Univer'', ''The Interns'' did not copy American sitcoms. In the magazine ''The Art of Cinema'', Olga Ganzhara agrees with star [[Ivan Okhlobystin]] that ''The Interns'' is more than a traditional situational comedy; it "has discovered a new genre – having something in common with a classic kind of TV series and a sitcom based on an incredible playwriting material".<ref name="Ганжара">{{cite web|url=http://kinoart.ru/archive/2010/11/n11-article7|title=Лики Быкова — сериал "Интерны"|author=Ольга Ганжара|publisher=[[Iskusstvo Kino]]|date=2010|access-date=2017-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105004307/http://kinoart.ru/2010/n11-article7.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-01-05}}</ref><ref name="Охлобыстин">{{cite web|url=https://tvcenter.ru/news-tv/stars/Ohlobystin-stal-vrachom/|title=Охлобыстин стал врачом|date=April 2010 |publisher=tvcenter.ru}}</ref> ''The Interns'' was filmed like a "full-length movie", with rehearsals, multiple takes, a [[Red Digital Cinema|Red One]] camera, and no [[laugh track]].<ref name="Мазурова"/> According to Dusmukhametov, ''The Interns'' expanded the TNT demographic from 18–30 to 14–44.<ref name="Белов"/>
Okhlobystin's character, department head Andrei Evgenievich Bykov, inspires a "Bykov's army"<ref name="Ганжара"/> and creates a "paradoxical and ironic rationalism with which he tends to percept the reality"<ref name="Зайцев">{{cite web|url=https://detector.media/kritika/article/59691/2011-01-31-postkhausnoe-kyno/|title=ПостХаусное кино|author=Валерий Зайцев|publisher=Detector Media|date=2011-01-31|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> reminiscent of [[Hugh Laurie]]'s portrayal of [[House (TV series)|Gregory House]]. Okhlobystin's character, however, is purely Russian: full of love and respect for human suffering.<ref name="Ганжара"/> Dr. Bykov regularly mocks a foreign colleague; learning in an early episode that the intern Levin (like House) is going to treat rare, complex illnesses, he asks who is going to treat ordinary patients – the ones filling up the hospitals:<ref name="Зайцев"/>
{{quote|text=Indeed - the patient and the way he is being treated in "The Interns" are of little, or better say, almost zero importance. They just make the background for developing and organizing the action, the most convenient way to bring forward all sorts of adventures, a source of adrenaline, a real school of life, a place for the youngsters to get mature. The disease is an informational cause that initiates communication ...|author=Olga Ganzhara}}
The last episode of ''The Interns'' aired in February 2016; that June, the series received a [[TEFI]] award for best TV sitcom series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/kultura/3412198|title=В Москве состоялась церемония вручения премии ТЭФИ-2016|publisher=[[TASS]]|date=2016-06-28|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref>{{clarify|date=January 2019|reason=Doesn't sound like a sitcom.}}
[[File:Счастье не за горами.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt="Happiness is coming soon" in red letters on a riverbank|"Happiness is coming soon", a slogan popular with [[Perm, Russia|Perm]] residents, is part of the ''Swell Guys'' title sequence. The sign is on the river called [[Kama (river)|Kama]], near the Perm I rail station.]]
''Swell Guys'',<ref name="Хабенский о Реальных пацанах">{{cite web|url=https://dni.ru/showbiz/2011/2/28/208141.html|title=Хабенский о "Реальных пацанах"|publisher=dni.ru|date=2011-02-28|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> a reality series, premiered on November 8, 2010, and finished second in the ratings (after ''The Interns'').<ref name="properm">{{cite web|url=https://properm.ru/afisha/news/22200/|title="Реальные пацаны" вернутся 9 марта|publisher=Properm.ru|date=2011-03-02|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> It was conceived by Anton Zaitsev, a founder of Good Story Media and member of the ''KVN'' Parma team. Directed by Jeanne Kadnikova, the series starred Nikolai Naumov.<ref name="kp-pacany">{{cite news|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/24585/754766/|title="Реальные пацаны" поцелуи сняли только с 17-го дубля!|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2010-11-02|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref><ref name="Цветкова">{{cite news|url=https://www.ng.ru/antrakt/2016-05-13/9_parma.html|title=Они вышли из шинели "Пармы"|author=Вера Цветкова|newspaper=[[Nezavisimaya Gazeta]]|date=2016-05-13|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
''Swell Guys'' was set and filmed in [[Perm, Russia|Perm]]. Kolyan (Naumov), known to the police, is caught committing a petty theft; to avoid jail, he agrees to participate in a reality show. A camera operator follows him everywhere (filming his life, work and friends), and his only requirement is to live honestly.<ref name="kp-pacany"/> ''Swell Guys'' involved the whole city in its production; most of the series' over 150 characters are non-professional actors, often using their own names. The sitcom, with no fixed plot, was improvised by the actors, the director and the producers:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newtime.su/news/tnt/|title=Премьера! Реальные пацаны на ТНТ!|publisher=Новое время. Михайловка|date=2010-11-03|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chel.kp.ru/daily/24587.3/754821/|title=С челябинских гопников срисовали "Реальных пацанов"|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2010-11-06|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
{{quote|text=The situation was to be so ridiculous and paradoxical that whatever character was able to exist in it would be ridiculous, no matter what he said. We tell the actors you have to talk about that and that, and he or she improvises in the episode.|author=Anton Zaitsev}}
The series featured a gallery of city characters: bright young people, students, party girls, marginalized people, traders, hard workers, managers, businessmen, soldiers, policemen, criminals, and "the guys" (Kolyan and his friends). After several months, the entire cast became known in Perm and throughout Russia. Actor [[Konstantin Khabensky]],<ref name="Хабенский о Реальных пацанах"/> [[Serbia men's national volleyball team|Serbian volleyball team]] captain [[Bojan Janić]], and writer [[Alexei Ivanov (writer)|Alexei Ivanov]] were fans:<ref name="properm"/>
{{quote|text=I had a lot of fun watching ''Swell Guys'' ... I liked the acting. It looked extremely real; the characters seem quite real, the replicas are exact, [and] the movie resembles real-life ...<ref name="properm"/> In this series I first saw a new style of living born before my eyes ... Do not forget, I was born in the Soviet Union. I saw people who are quite well off, feeling comfortable with the existing lifestyle, understanding its laws and avoiding conflict with it. And I'm interested in looking at people for whom such a life is quite common. It's like watching the inhabitants of the sea depths. It's interesting to see how things are going on at the bottom of the ocean. I cannot live there, but fish can. That's the way I interpret ''Swell Guys''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://izhlife.ru/events/50674-avtor-romana-geograf-globus-propil-aleksey-ivanov-v-izhevske-smotrel-realnyh-pacanov-na-tnt.html|title=Автор романа "Географ глобус пропил" Алексей Иванов в Ижевске: "Смотрел "Реальных пацанов" на ТНТ"|author=Константин Юманов|publisher=IZHLIFE|date=2015-03-03|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>|author=[[Alexei Ivanov (writer)|Aleksey Ivanov]]}}
An award for a "criminal" series set in Perm was controversial.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc-y/1652883|title=Премиальные пацаны|author=Дина Полина, Вячеслав Суханов|newspaper=[[Kommersant|Kommersant. Perm]]|date=2011}}</ref> It was accepted by five members of the ''Swell Guys'' team: Anton Zaitsev, Zhanna Kadnikova, producer Yuri Ovchinnikov, director Sergei Dolgushin, and star Nikolai Naumov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vokrug.tv/product/show/realnye_patsany/|title=Сериал "Реальные пацаны"|publisher=Вокруг ТВ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://perm.aif.ru/culture/details/598833|title="Реальные пацаны" все-таки получили премию|newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]]|date=2011-06-17|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
The most successful 2011 premiere was ''Zaitsev + 1'', a sitcom about a clumsy student with a [[Dissociative identity disorder|split personality]]. Created by Denis Kosyakov, Sasha Zaitsev and his [[alter ego]] Fedor were played by Philip Kotov and [[Mikhail Galustyan]]. The first episode, aired on April 11, had a 30.4-percent share of the 18–32 demographic; that night, TNT was the most-watched channel from 20:30 to 21:00. The series was watched by 16 percent of viewers from six to 54 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televesti.ru/analitikatv/12285-zajcev-1-pervyj.html|title="Зайцев + 1" - первый!|date=2011-04-18|publisher=televesti.ru|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108162312/http://www.televesti.ru/analitikatv/12285-zajcev-1-pervyj.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2014-01-08}}</ref> [[Gérard Depardieu]] guest-starred in season three:<ref name="vsluh">{{cite web|url=https://vsluh.ru/novosti/besedy/pervyy-v-mire-serial-s-zherarom-deparde-novyy-sezon-zaytsev-1-na-tnt_264853/|title=Первый в мире сериал с Жераром Депардье: новый сезон "Зайцев +1" на ТНТ|publisher=Вслух.ру|date=2014-01-15|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://riavrn.ru/news/zherar-deparde-sygraet-ottsa-mikhaila-galustyana-v-seriale-zaytsev-1/|title=Жерар Депардье сыграет отца Михаила Галустяна|author=Лариса Буйкова|publisher=РИА «Воронеж»|date=2013-06-15|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
{{quote|text=I had a lot of fun in the series ... I'm also glad that I worked with good, creative actors. For the first time, I acted in front of a [[Chroma key|green screen]] ... The show makes you feel young. It has been an honor for me to participate in ''Zaitsev&nbsp;+1''.|author=Gerard Depardieu}}
TNT executives promised to attract more top foreign actors for their programs.<ref name="vsluh"/> During the summer of 2011, TNT-Teleset became a co-owner of the TRK SKAT channel in [[Samara Oblast]] after purchasing 26 percent of its shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volga.news/article/116722.html|title="Интерфакс-ТВ" выкупило пакет акций Георгия Лиманского в ТРК "СКАТ"|publisher=ВолгаНьюс.рф|date=2011-07-27|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>
On November 2, the [[Federal Antimonopoly Service]] included TNT on its list of federal channels and published its ratings for national and regional advertising. The channel's national share was in fifth place, at 9.3 percent.<ref>{{cite web|date=2011-11-02|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2011/11/02/channels/|title=ФАС включила ТНТ и Рен-ТВ в число федеральных телеканалов|publisher=[[Lenta.ru]]|access-date=2012-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710092754/http://lenta.ru/news/2011/11/02/channels/|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-07-10}}</ref>
===2012–2013===
On February 6, 2012, TNT began its Rainbow TV service on the ABS-1 satellite in the UTC+2 time zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvset.tut.by/news/satnews/272672.html|title=Телеканал ТНТ в версии +2 часа начал вещание на спутнике ABS-1|author=Владимир Якуш|publisher=tvset.tut.by|date=2012-02-06|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> It was discontinued on December 5, 2014.
After the success of ''Univer'' and ''Swell Guys'',<ref name="Мовсумов">{{cite news|url=https://www.samara.kp.ru/daily/25867.4/2832972/|title=Признание режиссера "Деффчонок" в Самаре: "Ни одной постельной сцены в кадре не увидите!"|author=Анар Мовсумов|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2012-04-12|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> a sitcom entitled ''Girrrls'' premiered in April 2012. The series was about four girls from [[Saratov]] who live in a Moscow apartment:<ref name="Матвеева">{{cite web|url=https://vladnews.ru/ev/vl/3112/27887/deffchonki_ustupyat|title="Деффчонки" не уступят "реальным пацанам"|author=Катерина Матвеева|publisher=Владивосток|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref>
{{quote|text=The series has something in common with ''[[Sex and the City]]'' and ''[[Friends]]'', but the former is designed for a younger audience. There is no single woman left by an unfaithful husband or a corrupt police officer, and there are no former ''[[KVN]]'' players (who, to put it mildly, have already made everybody sick).<ref name="Матвеева"/>|author=Katerina Matveeva}}
The series was filmed in Moscow with local actors, and the choice of Saratov as the girls’ hometown was due to the city's dialect.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.saratov.kp.ru/daily/25868.5/2834402/|title=Мечтать не бойся — Москва поверит!|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2012-04-12|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> It ran for five seasons, with the sixth scheduled for fall 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movie-advisor.net/2215-deffchonki-data-vyhoda.html/|title=Деффчонки 6 сезон 1 серия дата выхода|publisher=movie-advisor.net|date=2017-01-24|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> TNT was included in Russian digital television's second multiplex set on December 14, 2012.<ref>[http://rkn.gov.ru/docs/Soobshhenie_o_rezul6tatakh_k_12_12_ot_14_12_2012.doc Результаты конкурса]</ref>
''Through my Eyes'', a [[Point-of-view shot|point-of-view]] series, premiered on January 27, 2013. Its [[Nonlinear narrative|narrative is nonlinear]], and the POV filming reveals a character's personality and history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horlovo.ru/news/voskresensk/item/1003-v-voskresenske-snyali-serial-moimi-glazami|title=В Воскресенске сняли сериал "Моими глазами"|date=2013-01-12|publisher=horlovo.ru|access-date=2017-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306110230/http://horlovo.ru/news/voskresensk/item/1003-v-voskresenske-snyali-serial-moimi-glazami|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-03-06}}</ref> Created by Ilya Kulikov and directed by Zaur Bolotayev, it was advertised as a "movie series":<ref>{{cite web|url=https://echo.msk.ru/programs/tv/1736208-echo/|title=Киносериалы ТНТ. Премьера сериала "Полицейские с Рублевки"|author=Елена Афанасьева|publisher=[[Echo of Moscow]]|date=2016-03-27|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
{{quote|text=We came up with the "movie series" description for a product that could be sold to viewers; it was not just a movie but involves drama, history, skilled direction, and good writing. We do not want the series to last for ten years and more; we want to launch two or three seasons, and then make a full-length film based on the material.|author=''Through My Eyes'' producer Valery Fedorovich in 2016}}
[[Touchstone Television#Fox Television Studios|Fox Television Studios]] bought the rights for an American adaptation with the same name, and it was announced that filming had begun. It was produced by [[Lawrence Bender]], a frequent collaborator with [[Quentin Tarantino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2015/12/04/fox-site-anons.html|title=Продюсер "Убить Билла" будет работать над российским сериалом|author=Сусанна Альперина|date=2015-12-04|work=Кинократия|publisher=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>
{{quote|text=The adaptation of the Russian TV series in the US is a huge success not only for TNT but for Russian television. We hope very much that after this, our American colleagues will pay attention to our television series and discover Russia in the same way as they have discovered the UK and Israeli productions.|author=Valery Fedorovich}}
TNT considered and dismissed the possibility of a second season of ''Through my Eyes'', so the series has 19 episodes and an open ending.<ref name="Афанасьева">{{cite web|url=https://echo.msk.ru/programs/tv/1513230-echo/|title=Как меняется канал ТНТ|author=Елена Афанасьева|publisher=[[Echo of Moscow]]|date=2015-03-22|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> Roman Petrenko became chairman of the TNT-TeleNet board of directors and Igor Goichberg became TNT's general director in July 2013.<ref name=ntv>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/628978/|title="ТНТ-Телесеть" возглавил Игорь Гойхберг|publisher=[[NTV (Russia)]]|date=2013-07-08|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>
===2014===
At the end of January 2014, Igor Mishin replaced Igor Goyhberg as TNT's general director.<ref name=mishin>{{cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2014/01/23/tnt/|title=Новым гендиректором ТНТ стал один из создателей канала|publisher=[[Lenta.ru]]|date=2014-01-23}}</ref> The channel purchased ''Swell Guys'' producer Good Story Media, which had primarily produced for STS. Although the purchase price was not announced, analysts estimated it at $50 million; according to ''[[Kommersant]]'', a total of about $400 million was spent on Comedy Club Productions (in 2012) and Good Story Media.<ref name="Щелкунов">{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2916759|title="Ситкомы — это такие печатные станочки". Директор ТНТ Игорь Мишин о телевизионном бизнесе|author=Глеб Щелкунов|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2016-02-15|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
{{quote|text=This is one of the ways we react to the fall of the market. The seemingly expensive acquisition of the two large companies (Comedy Club Productions and Good Story Media) turned out to be a magic wand which led to a good solution during the [[Russian financial crisis (2014–2016)|difficult years]]. Indeed, two-thirds of our content is being produced by these two companies. They work within the consolidated budget of TNT and do nothing for anyone else except TNT.<ref name="Вера Цветкова">{{cite news|url=https://www.ng.ru/antrakt/2015-03-20/10_news2.html|title=ТНТ показал премьерную серию "Закон каменных джунглей"|author=Вера Цветкова|newspaper=[[Nezavisimaya Gazeta]]|date=2015-03-20|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>|author=Igor Mishin in 2016}}
''P. E. Teacher'', starring [[Dmitry Nagiyev]] as Oleg Evgenevich Fomin ("Foma", a reformed criminal who is forced to get a job as a gym teacher), premiered in April. Its first episode was watched by 31.8 percent of Moscow viewers aged 14 to 44, a record for the channel.<ref name="advertology">{{cite web|url=http://www.advertology.ru/article122402.htm|title="Физрук" на "ТНТ" показал рекордные рейтинги|publisher=advertology.ru|date=2014-04-11|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> The Moscow share of viewers aged 6 to 54 was 22.6&nbsp;percent, and 23.8 percent throughout Russia. Its 18–30 share was 41.8 percent in Moscow, and 36 percent in the rest of the country. According to [[Gallup (company)|TNS Gallup]], the series was the fifth-most-popular program on Russian television (with a rating of five percent and a share of 12.7 percent) in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Какой рекорд побил сериал "Физрук"?|url=https://aif.ru/dontknows/actual/1377392|newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]]|date=2014-11-07|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> The main reasons for its success (unexpected even by the series' creators)<ref name="advertology"/> were Nagiyev's performance<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ng.ru/antrakt/2014-03-21/10_fizruk.html|title=Нагиев таки украл шоу|author=Вера Цветкова|newspaper=[[Nezavisimaya Gazeta]]|date=2014-03-21|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref> and the intersection of two eras: the criminal 1990s and the present:<ref name="Колотаев"/>
{{quote|text=The hero is forced to leave his habitual environment, and begins his wandering in an [[Accidental travel|unfamiliar world]] with the only desire to pacify his mind. The world of the past in the series is a world of bandits, violence, shooters, raids, and falsifications, a world of tough guys in black jeeps with gold chains on the necks. We are sure it has disappeared; it has stopped existing because life has changed ...
The new world is also not an exemplar of honesty ... In this world, a university diploma can be bought if you have enough money ... The crooks have not vanished, they have just moved to the governmental offices stealing the budget. This world is just as cruel as the former one but more hypocritical ... In today's world, the veterans are forced out of their apartments, fake cognac is being sold and drugs can be brought into schools.|author=''Film Art'' magazine critic Vladimir Kolotaev}}
In his new world, the brutal, simple-minded and defenseless Foma tries to do two things he has never done before: win the heart of a woman and save a child.<ref name="Колотаев">{{cite web|url=http://old.kinoart.ru/archive/2015/04/bratok-v-mire-khipsterov-fizruk-rezhissery-sergej-sentsov-fedor-stukov|title=Браток в мире хипстеров|author=Владимир Колотаев|publisher=Film Art|date=2015}}</ref> His students are not afraid of him, and they are teaching each other. Although Foma's path is rough, he slowly and painfully improves.<ref name="Колотаев"/> Critics noted an improvement in TNT program quality from ''Interns'' to ''Swell Guys'' and ''P. E. Teacher'':<ref>{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/news/570095|title=Девяностые? Никогда о них не слышал|author=Александр Павлов|newspaper=[[Izvestia]]|date=2014-04-29|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.afisha.ru/archive/vozduh/cinema/fizruk-pochemu-serial-s-nagievym-na-tnt-stal-vsenarodnym-hitom/|title="Физрук": почему сериал с Нагиевым на ТНТ стал всенародным хитом|author=Булат Латыпов|publisher=[[Afisha]]|date=2014-04-21|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
{{quote|text=Never before had such a diverse audience - from the [[fifth column]] to the average commoners - been so unanimous about a TV program ... Hearing discussion of a new episode of ''P. E. Teacher'' and praise for Nagiyev from people who appreciate ''[[Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain]]'' more than ''[[Nasha Russia]]'' is an incredible thing ... The most amazing thing is that for artists it does not seem to be a guilty pleasure or a zone-out but a full-fledged pleasure.|author=Bulat Latypov}}
''P. E. Teacher'' was included on ''[[Afisha]]'' magazine's list of top-10 Russian TV series of 2014.<ref name="afisha">{{cite web|url=https://www.afisha.ru/movie/tvshows/|title=10 лучших русских сериалов 2014 года|publisher=[[Afisha]]}}</ref> It received Best Comedy TV Series and Best Screenplay awards from the Association of Producers of Cinema and Television in 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://aif.ru/dontknows/actual/1471515|title=Какие российские сериалы признаны самыми успешными?|author=Анастасия Анушевская|newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]]|date=2015-03-20|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://okolo.me/2015/03/premiya-apkit-za-luchshie-telefilmy-i-teleserialy-2014-goda/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517155247/http://okolo.me/2015/03/premiya-apkit-za-luchshie-telefilmy-i-teleserialy-2014-goda/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-17|title=Премия АПКиТ за лучшие телефильмы и телесериалы 2014 года|publisher=okolo.me|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref> and a [[TEFI]] nomination for Best Sitcom in 2015. Its fourth-season premiere was scheduled for the end of June 2017.
''Sweet Life'' is a series produced by Andrei Dzhunkovsky<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/lifestyle/articles/2014/06/27/rossijskie-telekanaly-boryutsya-za-novuyu-auditoriyu|title=Российские телеканалы борются за новую аудиторию|author=Егор Москвитин|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|date=2014-06-27|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref><ref name="Тарханова">{{cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/lifestyle/articles/2014/06/27/rossijskie-telekanaly-boryutsya-za-novuyu-auditoriyu|title=Саша с Уралмаша|author=Катерина Тарханова|publisher=Film Art|date=2014}}</ref> about a [[Single parent|single mother]] (Marta Nosova), a [[go-go]] dancer from [[Perm, Russia|Perm]]. After spurning the governor's son, Sasha acquires dangerous enemies, alienates her friends (including her sweetheart), leaves her child with her grandmother and goes to Moscow in the hope of vanishing. In the capital city, she has relationships with six successful 30-year-old men. Because of adult situations and ''[[Mat (Russian profanity)|mat]]'' (obscene language), two versions of the series were produced: one for [[prime time]] and an [[Censorship|uncensored]] version for late night.
It was the first Russian series to premiere on the [[Internet]] two weeks before being broadcast; some episodes of ''Swell Guys'' appeared on the Internet several hours before their TV premiere to attract an audience. Amediateka (a paid video service) bought the rights to the series, and made all six uncensored first-season episodes available on May 15, 2014. The cost was not disclosed:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2014/05/14/tnt-otdala-premeru-svoego-seriala-v-internet|title=ТНТ отдала премьеру своего сериала в интернет|author=Ксения Болецкая|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|date=2014-05-14|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
{{quote|text=This transaction is not just profitable for TNT, because we make money on it. This is a new source of income, giving us more opportunities to produce TV series. We are not afraid of competition from the Internet; on the contrary, we consider it a wonderful opportunity for our channel to become better known.|author=Alexander Dulerain, General Producer of TNT}}
''Sweet Life'' was the first domestic series shown by Amediateka. It was the service's second-most-popular show, after the first season of ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. During its first two weeks, ''Sweet Life'' was seen by almost 11,000 viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thr.ru/business/rossiane-priobsilis-k-sladkoj-zizni/|title=Россияне приобщились к "Сладкой жизни"|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2014-05-29|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
''Dancing'', based on ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]'', premiered in August. Contestants competed for the title of the best dancer in Russia and a top prize of [[Ruble sign|₽]]3 million. The show was produced by Comedy Club Productions, which had produced TNT's ''Dancing Without Rules'' in 2008.
It was not the first popular dance program on Russian television; [[Russia-1]] premiered ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2006 and ''Big Dancing'' in 2013, and [[Channel One Russia]] aired ''Dance!'' in 2015. According to music critic Boris Barabanov, ''Dancing'' had the greatest audience impact:<ref name="Барабанов">{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3131814|title=Поглощение по ходу пьесы|author=Борис Барабанов|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2016-11-21|access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>
{{quote|text=''Dancing'' has changed not only Miguel's life but the nationwide perception of choreography. The show attracts about ten thousand people to the selection committee every year, and the number of subscribers to Miguel's [[Instagram]] page has exceeded one and a half million.|author=Boris Barabanov (2016)}}
''[[Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion]]'', directed by [[Anders Banke]], was influenced by ''Through My Eyes''.<ref name="Афанасьева"/> Its premiere was postponed several times, and its script (by Ilya Kulikov and Yevgeny Nikishov) was inspired by ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''. Set in the [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone]], it was rewritten at the request of TNT creative producer Valery Fedorovich. In the series, five teenagers enter the [[ghost town]] of [[Pripyat]] in pursuit of a thief. Although they have an opportunity to return to 1986 and prevent the [[Chernobyl disaster]], the zone is their worst enemy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://aif.ru/culture/movie/1364160|title=Как снимали и придумывали сериал "Чернобыль. Зона отчуждения"|author=Сергей Грачёв|newspaper=Argumenty i Fakty|date=2014-10-20|access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref> What begins as a [[road movie]] becomes a mystical thriller, an action film and a [[disaster film]]. The first-season suggests an [[alternate history]] in which the [[Soviet Union]] avoids [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution]] and the [[United States|US]] loses its [[superpower]] status.
{{quote|text=The producers decided that the series needed a foreigner to have a look at it. The setting of Chernobyl seemed really powerful to me. It is original. It brings together all my favorite genres, and the series is flavored with some wonderful and light [[Black comedy|black humor]] the Russians like so much ... In the world of big commercial movies, changing genres is considered to be quite dangerous. But I like this kind of risk.|author=Director Anders Banke}}
The series was the first in Russia to be shown in cinemas before its TV premiere. All eight first-season episodes were previewed on September 24, 2014, at the October Cinema in Moscow for an audience of show-business figures. The season was later previewed in 18 Russian cities: [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], [[Krasnoyarsk]], [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Vladivostok]], [[Kemerovo]], [[Novosibirsk]], [[Saratov]], [[Irkutsk]], [[Izhevsk]], [[Omsk]], [[Ulyanovsk]], [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Barnaul]], [[Tomsk]], [[Ufa]], [[Chelyabinsk]] and [[Voronezh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/zvezdyi-na-odin-vecher-popadut-v-chernobyil-112439/|title=Звезды на один вечер попадут в Чернобыль|publisher=StarHit|date=2014-09-18|access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>
''Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion'' received good ratings; its premiere had a nationwide 28.4-percent share of the age 14–44 audience (29.9 percent in Moscow), and its nationwide 18–30 share was 34.9 percent (40.4 percent in Moscow). In the first week after the placement of the series on [[Rutube]], it had a record 6.1 million views (1.6 million more than the first episode of ''P. E. Teacher'', the previous record-holder.<ref>[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2014/10-23/5792/ Сериал «Чернобыль. Зона отчуждения» бьёт рекорды] // kino-teatr.ru, 23 октября 2014 года</ref> With ''P. E. Teacher'', ''Chernobyl'' was included on ''Afisha''{{'s}} 2014 list of 10 best Russian series<ref name="afisha"/> and was nominated for a number of awards. The second season was filmed in the US and broadcast on [[TV-3 (Russia)|TV-3]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thr.ru/tv/novyj-trejler-vtoroj-sezon-rossijskogo-seriala-cernobyl-zona-otcuzdenia/|title=Новый трейлер: Второй сезон российского сериала "Чернобыль. Зона отчуждения"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2017-03-16|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> The TNT-Comedy channel was launched on September 1, replacing the satellite Comedy TV channel.<ref>[http://tnt-online.ru/tnt-comedy-tv/world/about/ О телеканале ТНТ-Comedy]</ref>
===2015===
''Law of the Stone Jungle'', a series about gangsters and [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipsters]], premiered in March 2015. The series was directed by Ivan Burlakov, in his directing debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/dud/729948.html|title="И тут в омоновский щит врубился топор". Как быть фанатом ЦСКА и стать звездой телесериалов|publisher=sports.ru|date=2015-01-23|access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref> According to [[Gazeta.Ru]] reporter Yaroslav Zabaluev, it is an "ingenious show about former students who decide to become gangsters".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2015/03/19/a_6605361.shtml|author=Ярослав Забалуев|title=Асфальтовый мир победил|publisher=Gazeta.ru|date=2015-03-19|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> ''Law of the Stone Jungle'' was inspired by [[Danny Boyle]]'s ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'', [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'', the films of [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Robert Rodriguez]], and the British teenage series ''[[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]]'' and ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.izh.kp.ru/daily/26648/3671064/|title=Создатели сериала: "Новый сезон "Закона Каменных Джунглей" будет еще жестче"|author=Анна Судницына|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2017-03-08|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
{{quote|text=The writers play with genres, diluting gloomy Moscow reality with comic-book aesthetics. ''Law of the Stone Jungle'' turns into a [[black comedy]], then into a film about growing up and falling in love for the first time, then into a parody of classic criminal movies ... TNT again confirmed that it can successfully compete with the best-known Russian TV channels.|author=Vera Tsvetkova in ''[[Nezavisimaya Gazeta]]''<ref name="Вера Цветкова"/>}}
The pilot episode of ''Law of the Stone Jungle'' had a nationwide age 14–44 share of 18.8 percent (12.8 percent in Moscow). Its 18–30 Moscow share was 25 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2015/3-18/6531/|title="Закон каменных джунглей" опередил "Родину"|publisher=kino-teatr.ru|date=2015-03-18|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
After the success of ''Swell Guys'' and ''P. E. Teacher'', Anton Shchukin produced a more-traditional sitcom: ''A Private Security Agency''. The series' characters, five hapless employees of the Cedrus security agency who are guarding the Nightingale shopping center, get into awkward situations due to their naiveté and honesty. Star Sergei Styopin said that he did not know what aspects of the series are fictional. According to Shchukin, he intended to depict the humor in the natural and habitual.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.omsk.kp.ru/daily/26362/3244056/|title=Новый комедийный сериал ТНТ "ЧОП": Безопасность – это мы!|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2015-04-03|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> The series ran for two seasons.
Two series dealt with sex. ''Infidelity'', starring [[Elena Lyadova]], was a 16-part series about [[adultery]] in which Asya (Lyadova) and her husband each have three lovers; its theme was that people are not what they seem.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26372.7/3252888/|title=На фестивале "Движение" представили три новых сериала - "Не телки", "Измены", "Озабоченные"|author=Анна Балуева|newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2015-04-25|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> Its pilot premiere had a nationwide age 18–30 share of 25 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2015/09/23/n_7625477.shtml|title="Измены" на ТНТ стали лидером по количеству зрителей|publisher=[[Gazeta.Ru]]|date=2015-09-23|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> Lyadova and director [[Vadim Perelman]] received 2016 [[TEFI]] awards, and the series was nominated for Best TV Movie/Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thr.ru/tv/serialy-izmeny-i-metod-stali-obladatelami-tefi/|title=Сериалы "Метод" и "Измены" стали обладателями ТЭФИ|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2016-06-29|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> Youth sitcom ''The Sex-Obsessed, or Love is Evil'' was created by Comedy Club resident [[Semyon Slepakov]], written by Irina Denezhkina (author of the novel ''Let Me!'') and directed by Boris Khlebnikov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siapress.ru/interview/50329-semen-slepakov-vse-lyudi-na-samom-dele-ozabochennie|title=Семен Слепаков: "Все люди, на самом деле, озабоченные"|author=Кристина Калугина|publisher=siapress.ru|date=2015-10-31|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
===2016===
On January 1, 2016, TNT4 replaced the [[2×2 (TV channel)|2×2 channel]] and began broadcasting TNT reruns and TNT-Comedy programs.<ref name="Щелкунов"/> The following month, TNT's general director was transferred to the GPM Entertainment TV subsidiary (whose general director was [[Artur Janibekyan]]) as its channel director. The position was created for Igor Mishin,<ref name="Head">{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2016/04/08/636878-telekanali-proshli-pasportnii-kontrol|title=Руководители ТНТ и ТВ3 перестали быть гендиректорами этих каналов из-за двойного гражданства|last=Болецкая|first=Ксения|date=2016-04-07|newspaper=[[Vedomosti]]|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2016/05/31/643132-mishin-uhodit-tnt|title=Игорь Мишин уходит с ТНТ|last=Болецкая|first=Ксения|date=2016-05-31|newspaper=Vedomosti|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref> who left on June 15.<ref name="ТАСС">{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/ekonomika/3367025|title=Гендиректор ТНТ Игорь Мишин сообщил об уходе с телеканала|date=2016-06-15|publisher=[[TASS]]|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3001564|title=Игорь Мишин насмотрелся ТНТ. О его уходе с канала могут объявить в ближайшие дни|newspaper=[[Kommersant]]|date=2016-06-01}}</ref>
TNT premiered ''Island'', a reality show spoofing ''Dom-2'', on February 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weburg.net/news/54368|title="Остров": идиот, ботаник и толстяк покоряют девочек|author=Алексей Еньшин|publisher=Weburg|date=2016-02-08|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> Four men and four women reach a deserted island on which TV cameras are hidden. On the first day, the film crew "dies" in a yacht explosion. The show's participants, falsely convinced that millions of viewers are watching them, rush to produce the show and organize [[SMS]] voting. Like the participants in ''Dom-2'', they pair off and begin relationships. They are accompanied by a local resident who does not speak their language and whom they do not understand. There are a number of mocking references to ''Dom-2'' and other TNT programs. Igor Karev of Gazeta.ru recommended ''Island'' to fans of ''Interns'' and those who "have always dreamed of watching ''Dom-2'', but hesitated to do so." The series' success spawned a second season, followed by a third scheduled for 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2016/02/08/a_8062535.shtml|title="Дом-2" без камер|author=Игорь Карев|publisher=[[Gazeta.Ru]]|date=2016-02-08|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
''Olga'', starring Yana Troyanova, was a comedy drama<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2016/09/05/a_10177211.shtml|title=От "Ольги" до "Обратной стороны Луны"|author=Игорь Карев|publisher=gazeta.ru|date=2016-09-05|access-date=2017-06-25}}</ref> which outdid ''Interns'' and ''P. E. Teacher'' in popularity among its target nationwide 14–44 audience in September.<ref name="life">{{cite web|url=https://life.ru/p/915841|title=Что случится во 2-м сезоне сериала "Ольга", побившем рекорд "Физрука"|publisher=[[Life (news agency, Russia)|Life.ru]]|date=2016-10-12|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref> Its ratings doubled TNT's average daily audience.<ref name="kp">{{cite web|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26594.4/3609225/|title="Герои "Ольги" — не быдло"|author=Сергей Ефимов|date=2016-10-12|publisher=газета «[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]»|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref>
''The Bearded Guy: Understand and Forgive'' was based on ''Nasha Russia''. Grigory Constantinople's four-episode [[black comedy]], ''A Drunken Firm'', starred [[Mikhail Yefremov (actor)|Mikhail Yefremov]], [[Elizaveta Boyarskaya|Elizaveta Boyarskaia]], [[Anna Mikhalkova]] and [[Marat Basharov]]. It received the Best TV Film/Series award from the Association of Producers of Cinema and Television, and Efremov received the Best Actor award.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} On December 27, TNT began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|HD]].<ref name="HD">{{cite web|url=https://www.tricolor.tv/about/news/archive/trikolor-tv-vklyuchil-telekanal-tnt-hd/|title="Триколор ТВ" включил телеканал ТНТ HD|date=2016-12-27|publisher=НАО «Национальная спутниковая компания»|access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>
===2017===
[[File:TNT awards 02.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt=Awards on shelves on a wall|TNT awards in 2017]]
''The Adaptation'', a comedy series, premiered in February. The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] conducts a secret operation, Rosilda, to gather information about Russian technology for gas production. The CIA's best agent, Ashton Ivey, infiltrates [[Gazprom]] Dobycha YANAO in [[Noyabrsk]] as Russian engineer Oleg Menshov. He meets Marina and Valera on the way to Noyabrsk, who complicates his work. The series stars [[Leonid Bichevin]] and [[Peter Jacobson]]. Although it begins with an announcement that the plot is "imaginary", the authors say that it is based on some fact.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2017/02/06/a_10511147.shtml|title=У нас не было задачи опорочить Ноябрьск|author=Игорь Карев|publisher=[[Gazeta.Ru]]|date=2017-02-06|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
''The Philological Faculty'', directed by Fedor Stukov, premiered in April. An attempt to repeat the success of ''Univer'', it examines the issue that Russian [[Philology|philological]] faculties teach mostly women; at a university, three men find themselves among a lot of women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2017/04/09/a_10618835.shtml|title=Будь ближе к Шекспиру|author=Игорь Карев|publisher=[[Gazeta.Ru]]|date=2017-04-10|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> Singer and humorist [[Efim Shifrin]] was invited to play the teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teleprogramma.pro/stars/interview/229051/|title=Ефим Шифрин: "Многие создатели "Вокруг смеха" изображали из себя борцов с режимом"|publisher=Teleprogramma|date=2017-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sobesednik.ru/kultura-i-tv/20170401-efim-shifrin-filfak-eto-drugoy-yumor-i-mne-etot-zhestkach|title=Ефим Шифрин: "Филфак" — это другой юмор, и мне этот "жесткач" нравится|author=Артем Костенко|publisher=Sobesednik|date=2017-04-10|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref>
Series expected in 2017 were Zhora Kryzhovnikov's ''Phone DiCaprio'', ''The Cultural Year'' with [[Fyodor Bondarchuk]], ''Home Confinement'' with [[Pavel Derevyanko]], ''Polar-17'' with [[Mikhail Porechenkov]] and [[Aleksandr Bashirov|Alexander Bashirov]], ''The Mounted Police'' with [[Artur Smolyaninov|Arthur Smolyaninov]], ''Big Cheese'' with Roman Popov, and ''The Light from Another World''. TNT also planned to premiere ''Bonus'', a rap musical by [[Valeriya Gai Germanika]].<ref name="univertv">{{cite web|url=https://univertv.org/news/3288-chto-nas-zhdet-v-2017-godu.html|title=Что нас ждет в 2017 году?|publisher=UniverTV}}</ref>
Other programs were ''Bitva extrasensov'', ''Dances'', ''Bachelor'' and ''[[Dom-2]]''. Upcoming Comedy Club productions were ''HB'', ''Stand Up'', ''Comedy Woman'', ''Comedy Club'', ''Comedy Battle'', ''Improvisation'', ''Once in Russia'', ''Love Is'' and ''Open Microphone''.<ref name="univertv"/>
===2020===
In November 2020, TNT launched in the [[United Kingdom]] and debuted on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] channel 271 as part of the line-up of local and international channels provided by Channelbox.<ref>[http://www.channelbox.tv Channel Box TV]</ref><ref>[https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2020/11/19/tnt-international-debuts-on-freeview/ TNT International debuts on Freeview]</ref><ref>[https://advanced-television.com/2020/11/19/tnt-launches-on-freeview/ TNT launches on Freeview]</ref>
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