TV presenter Timur Kizyakov explained the reasons for leaving Channel One. According to him, along with the project “While everyone is at home,” he quit his job. at will back in May, after the scandal with video passports of orphans.
Kizyakov insists that the transmission manufacturer Dom LLC in early June own initiative sent Channel One an official notice that he would no longer create a program for them: “We did this because of the unacceptable working methods of the channel’s management.” Kizyakov refused to disclose the essence of his claims. “We know nothing about the fact that the channel allegedly decided not to work with us anymore in April,” he told Vedomosti.
Kizyakov also insists that the severance of relations with “First” for the “Dom” company is not directly related to the scandal around video passports: “Although we were extremely unpleasant that the channel did not protect us in this situation.”
As reported, Since 2011, companies that belong to the creators of the program “While Everyone is Home” have received about 110 million rubles from tenders of the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as regional authorities (data from the government procurement website and SPARK-Interfax). to create videos about orphans.
The host of “While Everyone is Home,” Timur Kizyakov, calls these videos, along with the accompanying documents about orphans, video passports. The production of such a video passport costs 100,000 rubles, as follows from the procurement documents. Video passports are posted on the website of the same name and aired on Channel One under the “You’re Having a Child” section.
Channel One representative Larisa Krymova reported that the channel, on commercial terms, buys a license from the manufacturer for the entire program, including the section “You will have a child.” She did not disclose the amount. The channel did not know that videos about orphans were produced at state expense, Krymova claims. The television company is investigating whether the producer violated the terms of the contract, she added.
“While Everyone is Home” has been airing on Channel One since 1992. The program is produced by the structures of Alexander Mitroshenkov’s Transcontinental Media Company. A source close to “First” knows that the channel pays about 1.5 million rubles for one episode of “While Everyone is Home”; in addition, the “You’re Having a Child” section has a separate sponsor - the tile manufacturer Kerama Marazzi, part of which The creators of the show also receive money.
State funding for video passports became known after a meeting at the Ministry of Education and Science, where ministry employee Evgeny Silyanov said that Kizyakov receives money from the budget to create videos about orphans and is suing other charitable foundations if they try to use the term “video passport.”
According to Mediascope, latest issue“While Everyone is Home” was watched by 13.9% of Russian viewers over 4 years of age, this is the 49th result among all shows and series for the week (data for residents of cities with a population of more than 100,000 people).
On Channel One, the exodus of TV presenters who have worked there for almost decades continues.
On Tuesday, news came that the television company would no longer buy the program “While Everyone Is Home.”
This is due to the scandal that began last year. The charitable part of Kizyakov’s program - the section “You will have a child” - was accused by critics of additional funding.
Channel One then expressed bewilderment about this.
“We are buying the “While everyone is at home” program from the “Dom” company (formerly “TMK” and “While everyone is at home”). Since we are not involved in the creation of the project, we do not know the details of the authors’ relationships with government organizations, including financial ones. We have always considered charitable projects important matter, and, of course, the section about orphans was welcomed by the channel. The information you provide is news to us. We’ll sort it out,” the kp.ru website quoted the response of the television company’s press service in December 2016.
“Happy work with and for children in the most different projects, films and television programs has been accompanying me for a long time. “You are great! Dancing" is a unique NTV project that you want to be involved in! For many years, as the host of popular television shows of various formats, I always tried to become a protector, support, comrade and friend for the participants. Especially for children,” NTV.Ru website quotes Oleshko. — As a child, I myself, dreaming of becoming an artist, studied in a variety of studios and clubs, including dancing. And for some time he was part of the children’s group of the legendary dance ensemble “ZHOK”. Therefore, I know firsthand how important kind word and support. I want ours young dancers opened up, showed everything they are capable of. Each of them is super!”
It all started with Malakhov, who hosted two super-rated projects on Channel One - “Let Them Talk” and “Tonight”. After the weekday prime time program came new producer, Andrey left her. As they say, there are several reasons: reluctance to make a political program instead of a social one, the desire to have greater creative freedom and a salary corresponding to his ambitions (they wrote that he received only 700 thousand rubles for hosting “Let Them Talk”).
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And it would be okay if he just left quietly, but no - he went over to his competitors at “Russia” and will now host the talk show “Live” instead of Boris Korchevnikov. Previously, this program was losing heavily to “Let Them Talk” in the ratings. Although she was actually a clone. Now the producers are confident that everything will be the other way around.
Following Malakhov, the team of editors, who prepared all the high-profile broadcasts, moved to the second button - looking for stories, themes, twists. The most scandalous heroes, including, by the way, Diana Shurygina and Dana Borisova, will also “move” to their competitors.
Then it became known that Alexander Oleshko would not remain on the first button. On the First he hosted "Minute of Glory" and "Exactly". Now he will work for NTV, where he was invited to host the show “You’re Super! Dancing.”
The next victim was entertainment program“While everyone is at home” - an old-timer on domestic television. Its author and presenter Timur Kizyakov came to visit famous artists, musicians, athletes and over a cup of tea asked about life. But they decided to close the program due to ethical problems (Kizyakov was accused of fraud with money). Now the program, as they say, will settle on “Russia”.
Fans are worried about the question: who else will leave Channel One? Among the most obvious options is the “Let's Get Married!” program. It has been published since 2008 and has been repeatedly criticized for “advertising pseudoscience” and “ugly models of sexual relations.” In addition, the reputation of the country's main matchmaker, Roza Syabitova, is pretty tarnished. The deceived brides said that they paid her 250 thousand rubles, but she never found grooms for them, and fake actors came on dates.
The matchmaker herself, who is currently on vacation, was very evasive about whether she would return to filming after the summer. But Larisa Guzeeva - alas or ah! – made it clear that the show was not going to be closed. "We'll start leaving soon!" – quotes the actress
Channel One suffers only losses - after Andrei Malakhov and Alexander Oleshko, Timur Kizyakov left the channel.
Gray cardinal
They say the sword is raised over such old-timers as “What? Where? When?" and “Test purchase”, and above those that have become familiar for recent years projects - “Let's get married”, “ Fashionable verdict", "First Studio". None of the authors of these programs confirmed the information about the closure to Sobesednik. At the same time, concern about their own fate is clearly heard in their comments. Now everyone at First feels that a big cleanup is underway.
“Interlocutor” writes the third issue in a row about the new “broom” - producer Natalya Nikonova, who organized this whole thing. Judging by the scope of her activities, Nikonova can be compared with Tatyana Mitkova, who in her golden years on NTV was given the definition of “ gray cardinal“- for the ability to weave behind-the-scenes intrigues and influence management decisions in the necessary way.
People who know Nikonova closely told Interlocutor that she was clearing the space. And they call her goal to build such a vertical in which there will be almost no people left under her command (someone, for example Maslyakov, is still too tough for her) who are able to communicate directly with Ernst.
“While everyone is at home” temporarily homeless
Just a month ago, no one could have imagined that “Let Them Talk” would have a new presenter. But Nikonova proved: no one is irreplaceable. Malakhova will most likely appear in “Tonight”, having decided to close “Alone with Everyone.”
The holy place will not remain empty even after the departure of the “While Everyone is Home” program, especially since now on “First” there is an analogue on Sundays right in front of it - with Yuri Nikolaev. The departure of Timur Kizyakov, who drank tea and bagels while visiting the stars for 25 years in a row, became known only last week. But the notice of termination of cooperation, according to the presenter, was sent to the channel back in May. At the same time, Nikolaev also launched its guest project - apparently not by chance...
The departure of “While Everyone is Home” is mistakenly associated with an old scandal, when a number of media outlets accused Timur Kizyakov of fraud in receiving money from the state to produce video passports for orphans. These videos were shown as part of the “You’re Having a Child” section: the presenter’s wife, Elena Kizyakova, traveled to orphanages across the country and prepared half-hour stories about each child. Only a fragment was aired, but the material was posted in full on the Videopassport website - for these purposes the companies owned by the Kizyakovs received budget funds(approximately 100,000 rubles per video).
“Kizyakov makes money from orphans” is, of course, a loud headline. But deceitful. Timur himself calls the accusations just a convenient excuse that “First” used to get rid of the program with history. Charitable foundations that also deal with adoption issues do not consider accusations of fraud to be justified.
– We are grateful to the “While Everyone is Home” program for raising the topic of adoption at such high level, showed that orphans in orphanages can and should be filmed,” says Ekaterina Lebedeva, head of the program for creating video profiles of orphans in charitable foundation"Change one life." – I would like the topic of orphans not to be abandoned as a result of what is happening with the program.
And then there's politics
Why is Kizyakov leaving? In a conversation with Sobesednik, Timur refused to explain what he meant by “ unacceptable methods work of the channel management with producers.” According to our information, “First”, having learned about the “additional financing” of the program through government contracts, decided to take advantage of the situation and offered Kizyakov half the amount for the program.
“This is a very effective tool for squeezing out programs,” a television producer shared with us, who asked not to be named, since he himself collaborates with “First.” - So at one time the channel got rid of the “One to One” program, as a result of which the project moved to “Russia 1”, and Ernst began to produce tracing paper on his own - “Exactly”. And with “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” figured it out. TV producer Sergei Kordo, who dispersed this locomotive, was removed from further creation of the show and handed over on a silver platter to the Red Square company, owned by Ernst’s wife.
In an interview with the Dozhd TV channel, Kizyakov dropped the phrase that “the reasons for his departure are similar to those that guided Andrei Malakhov.” And he was asked to switch to deputies, governors and show them as exemplary cute family men?
“I don’t think it’s a problem for the viewer to press not the first, but the second button on the remote control,” Kizyakov cheers, hinting at a possible appearance on the Russia 1 channel. On August 30, the presenter will turn 50 years old, and a new job will probably be the best gift for him.
However, as we learned, Kizyakov’s prospects are not very bright. High Council(Timur entered there last year) is going to exclude him from its composition. Is it really for refusing to court the party in power?
Timur Kizyakov
While everyone is discussing the fate of Andrei Malakhov, another presenter of Channel One turned out to be unemployed. According to a source from the film crew of the “While Everyone is Home” program, Channel One has suspended the purchase of new episodes of the program.
Television workers associate the dismissal of Timur Kizyakov with the sensational story that unfolded around the presenter in December 2016. It is worth noting that the charitable part of Kizyakov’s program (the section “You will have a child”) was suspected of additional funding.
It became known that such video cards with orphans cost a lot of money. This was stated by the head of the department of state policy in the field of protection of children's rights of the Ministry of Education and Science, Evgeny Silyanov, during a final meeting with deputy governors for social issues, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science.
I have always considered video stories about orphans to be very useful,” Tatyana Vinogradova noted on her Facebook page. - But I thought it was a charity project of Channel One. How surprised I was to learn that, it turns out, Kizyakov makes video passports for orphans at the expense of the Ministry of Education and Science. One video passport - 100 thousand rubles. Tender per year - 10 million rubles. And at the same time, as a representative of the Ministry of Education said at the meeting, Kizyakov is suing others charitable organizations who are trying to make such video passports for other children from orphanages at their own expense, with the help of volunteers...
The press service of Channel One at that time explained that the channel was not involved in the creation of the project:
“Channel One is buying the program “While everyone is at home” from the company “Dom” (formerly “TMK” and “While everyone is at home”). Since we are not involved in the creation of the project, we do not know the details of the authors’ relationships with government organizations, including financial ones. We have always considered charitable projects to be an important matter, and, of course, the column about orphans was welcomed by the channel. The information you provide is news to us. We'll sort it out."
The Kizyakovs themselves (the presenter’s wife, Elena, also worked on the column) told reporters that they did not embezzle other people’s money and spent all the funds for their intended purpose.
It is worth noting that Kizyakov’s program actually helped many orphans. Over the 11-year history of the “You’re Having a Baby” column, we found a home large number orphans.
Timur Kizyakov’s program, among other things, helped the lead singer of the Mirage group, Margarita Sukhankina, become a mother.
In 2012, the artist adopted 2 children from Tyumen - 3-year-old Lera and 4-year-old Seryozha. The singer saw the children in the program “While Everyone is Home” and immediately decided to take them from the orphanage.
Timur Kizyakov did not refute his departure from the “first button”, but was laconic.
Timur Borisovich, we heard that you are leaving Channel One. “While Everyone is Home” has gained so many fans over the years. Of course, they are worried about the future of the program. We wanted to know if you will be doing your program on another TV channel? - they asked the presenter.
“I won’t comment on this situation now,” said Timur Kizyakov, the creator of “While Everyone is Home.”
Channel One, among others, did not comment on this situation.
It should be noted that the program “While Everyone is Home” began airing in 1992.
Over the years, the heroes of Timur Kizyakov have been the most popular people in the country: Stas Mikhailov, Kristina Orbakaite, Alexander Malinin, Valentin Yudashkin, Valeria, Ivan Okhlobystin, Alina Kabaeva, Vladimir Menshov, Andrei Arshavin, Yuri Kuklachev and others.