The TV company "VID" refused to renew the contract with the presenter Alexander Galibin, offering to replace him with Sergei Zhigunov or Andrey Sokolov. Representatives of Channel One were against the dismissal of the presenter, so they decided to close the program. Representatives of The program's producer, TV Company VID, declined to comment.
The “Wait for me” program was a huge social project that included a unique computer database for searching for people, an Internet site, and a “Wait for me” kiosk at the Kazansky railway station in the capital, where applications for searching for people were accepted. "Wait for me" had more than 500 voluntary assistants - people who were imbued with someone else's grief, both in Russia and in the CIS countries and far abroad. In 2003, the program reunited people who had not seen each other for 73 years.
Screensaver of the program "Wait for me"
This year, Channel One has seen a record number of changes. The programs “Alone with everyone” and “While everyone is at home” closed. But if Yulia Menshova remained on Channel One and is preparing new projects, then Timur Kizyakov is not. The legendary program “So far, everyone is at home”, which had been on the air for 25 years, was decided to be closed due to the scandal with orphans. After information appeared in the media that the project hosts Timur and Elena Kizyakovs take money for the production of video passports for orphans from several sources at once, Channel One began an internal audit and discovered the fact of fraud. In turn, Kizyakov did not agree with this version of what happened. He claims that the television company that supplies the content acted as the initiator of the termination of cooperation. According to the TV presenter, the letter about the termination of the contract was received by Channel One on May 28.
But even the scandal with orphans faded against the background of the news about Andrei Malakhov's departure from Channel One. "Let them talk" continued to exist at the same time and on the same channel, but with a new presenter - Dmitry Borisov. Andrey Malakhov left beautifully: he wrote an open letter in which he recalled the brightest moments during his 25-year career on the First and thanked his colleagues, including Konstantin Lvovich Ernst. Another presenter who will no longer work on the First in the new television season is Alexander Oleshko. Initially, information appeared that they simply decided not to renew the contract with him, since they did not find suitable projects. The TV presenter himself explained what happened differently. "Dear friends! No official statements, clarifications, clarifications, farewells and other things. Only gratitude for the long-term, bright, diverse, very rich and very interesting, good cooperation, which ended of its own accord at the beginning of June this year! Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the management of Channel One for their trust, support, attention and endless possibilities! To everyone with whom I worked, thanks for the help, passion and common cause! As a freelance artist, he accepted an offer he couldn't refuse! Wherever and with whomever you are, the main task remains to give the viewer joy, peace of mind and good mood! The viewer knows it from the heart. World Peace!!!" - Oleshko wrote on Instagram.
Media: "Channel One" closed the program "Wait for me"
The "Wait for me" program, which has been on Channel One for 19 years, will no longer be aired. It is reported by RBC with reference to its own sources.
According to insiders, the TV company refused to renew the contract with the presenter Alexander Galibin, as a result, he was fired without agreement with the "First". The TV company proposed Sergey Zhigunov to the First channel, but the channel rejected it.
At the moment, the manufacturer has not presented a host candidate that would suit Channel One, so it was decided not to renew the contract with VID for the production of the program, a source close to Channel One told RBC.
On Friday, September 15, a replay of one of the old episodes will be aired, there will be no more new episodes.
Recall that the dismissal of Gabilin became known on 29 August.
I don't know what it's about. Of course, it's sad to leave: we got a good transfer, - Gabilin told RBC.
"Wait for me" has been on TV since 1998. In the first 10 years of the program's existence, about 150,000 people were found. Until 2015, the kiosk "Wait for me" worked at the Kazansky railway station in Moscow, where you could leave an application to search for a person. Over the years, the program "Wait for me" was led and actively helped by Igor Kvasha, Alexander Domogarov, Sergey Nikonenko, Mikhail Efremov, Yegor Beroev, Oksana Naichuk, Maria Shukshina, Chulpan Khamatova and other famous people.
It should be noted that since the beginning of August, a number of changes have taken place on Channel One: several popular shows have closed at once, including
"Sensitive transmission. There are very few programs on the television screen about real life", "On what basis was such a large-scale search program, which has analogues in other countries, closed?! What kind of chaos is this?! It's clear that "Wait for me" worked wonders , stubbornly searched and found missing people ... But it's so easy to close the program because of problems with the presenter ... this is nonsense ... I have no words ... some emotions (hereinafter, the spelling and punctuation of the authors are preserved. - Approx. ed ..
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An equally heated discussion broke out on Instagram. “On Channel One, they staged a purge”, “It’s a pity”, “How so? Found something to clean up”, “Just terrible !!! A nationwide program ... very, very sorry”, “How can such a program be removed? The whole world looks, hopes, believes, prays to this program," the distressed viewers write.
Users of the social network VKontakte are also indignant. “Why was Galibin removed? He was a good presenter. He wanted to continue working! What is happening with Channel One, horror”, “It’s a pity that the program“ Wait for me ”will no longer be aired on the First TV Channel of Russia”, “I just I read about the closure of the program on the Internet. Why exactly "Wait for me"?" - her fans comment on the news about the closure of the program on Channel One.
As the site wrote, the contract of Channel One with the TV company "VID" for the production of the program "Wait for me" has expired. However, a new contract for the release of the program will not be signed, since the First and "VID" could not agree on the candidacy of the presenter. The new team, which was recruited by the television company after the dismissal of the creator of the program, Sergei Kushnerev, quarreled with the presenter Alexander Galibin and fired him. At the same time, no one informed the channel about this. In turn, the First, who was completely satisfied with the host, tried to return it, but "VID" refused to do so. Ultimately, the parties did not agree in the negotiations.
The program "Wait for me" has been released since 1998. The first episodes were shown by the RTR channel (now Rossiya 1), since 1999 it has been broadcast on ORT (now Channel One). The hosts of "Wait for me" were artists Igor Kvasha, Maria Shukshina, Mikhail Efremov, Alexander Domogarov, Yegor Beroev, Chulpan Khamatova. The program is dedicated to the search for missing and lost people. The transmission website provides data on more than 200 thousand missing people found with the help of "Wait for me".
One of the longest-term projects on Channel One is the program "Wait for me". Over the years of its existence, several leaders have changed. Despite this, the program has not lost its popularity.
What is the show about
With the help of the project, people who have disappeared for a long time are searched for, and even law enforcement agencies cannot find them. Children meet after many years with their parents, there are close relatives and good friends.
Stories are amazing when people do not see each other for decades and meet here. It is difficult to find another program in which so many positive emotions would be concentrated.
The popularity of the project is also determined by the quality work of the employees. Who hosts the program "Wait for me"? Over the years, the "face" of the program has changed several times. But each time they were chosen exactly for the concept of the project.
The first hosts of the program "Wait for me"
In 1998, the program was shown on the RTR channel. The hosts were Oksana Naychuk and Igor Kvasha. Then the broadcast continued on Channel One, and Maria Shukshina joined the famous actor.
For many years they lived together the history of each guest. The audience could not imagine that the program would be hosted by someone else. and Igor Kvasha became the standard of the project.
In 2005, the actress goes on maternity leave and gives birth to twins Foma and Fok. She understands that she needs time for the kids to grow up, and she cannot immediately go to work. Who is broadcasting "Wait for me" at this time?
Until March 2006, she replaced Maria Chulpan Khamatova. In the same period, Igor Kvasha could not work for several months, and Alexander Domogarov took his place. The actor admitted that it is very difficult morally to conduct a program of this format, he takes off his hat to the non-replaceable presenters.
in "Wait for me"
This legendary actor lived a difficult life, which is why he took every story of the hero of the program so close to his heart. Igor Vladimirovich was born in 1933 in a family of intellectuals. His father was a researcher, and his mother was a teacher of the deaf.
The childhood of the actor fell on the war years. He remembered well how much grief the Second World War brought to the family. His father died in the war. Therefore, he was especially reverent in the transmission of stories related to that terrible period.
From 1956 to 2005 he played at the Sovremennik Theatre. Igor Vladimirovich still managed to work on the radio and starred in films. Also, the actor actively participated in their dubbing. In total, more than 70 films were released in which you can see this actor.
Left the project "Wait for me" Kvasha just a few months before his death. The legendary actor died on August 30, 2012 at the age of 80. He suffered from a lung disease for a long time.
Maria Shukshina
For many years, the moral and physical strength of this work on the project. She was worried about each participant in the program, often on the air you could see tears on her face.
The actress was born in the family of the famous director Vasily Shukshin and Lydia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina. Already at the age of one and a half years, the girl first participated in the filming of the film. Therefore, apart from acting, I could not imagine any other career, although I learned to be a translator.
She has acted in more than 40 films and played a large number of roles in the theater. Maria Shukshina devoted about 15 years to the program "Wait for me" and left the project in 2014. She admitted that she was morally exhausted and decided to redirect her energies to filming films, devote herself more to her family and her recently born grandson.
Who else ran the program?
Throughout the broadcast of the program on Channel One, several presenters have changed for various reasons. Often Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha could not participate in the filming for health reasons. Maria went on maternity leave.
In one of these periods, Kvasha was replaced by Mikhail Efremov. Then, until 2012, he worked alternately with Igor Vladimirovich. After the death of the main presenter, Efremov stayed in the project for another 2 years and left. An actor took his place.
Who is broadcasting "Wait for me" after the departure of Maria Shukshina? She was replaced by Ksenia Alferova in the project. Together with Galibin, they worked until August 2017. Then, unfortunately, Channel One did not renew the contract with the project, and the broadcast of the program was stopped.
Transfer "Wait for me" on NTV
Since the end of October, the project has been released on another channel. The hosts of the program "Wait for me" changed again. Now viewers will see Yulia Vysotskaya and Sergey Shakurov on the screens. The concept of transmission will not change.
Viewers will see a spacious renovated studio and all the same real stories from people's lives, which are sometimes hard to believe. It was decided to reveal the secrets of the process of searching for the missing and show how the "Wait for me" center works.
In the updated project, there will be another presenter who has been heading the Lisa Alert search squad for a long time. Grigory Sergeev will tell you how hard it is to find a person who has not been known for many years.
The new presenters Yulia Vysotskaya and ("Wait for me"), after filming the first episodes with their participation, admitted that it is emotionally very difficult to live the stories of the guests of the program. But they are sure that the hope of meeting dear people should help to live on and move forward.
The viewers of the program after watching it understand that there is still a place for a miracle and true love in the world. The first episodes on NTV have already been aired, and some changes in the program have been actively discussed. Some people like the new version, while others don't like it. But the main thing is that the project continues to live on and people meet after many years of separation. And who is broadcasting "Wait for me" on NTV will no longer be a secret.
According to a source familiar with the situation, the new team, which was recruited by the TV company after the dismissal of the creator of "Wait for me" Sergei Kushnerev, quarreled with the host Alexander Galibin and fired him. At the same time, no one informed the channel about this. In turn, the First, who was completely satisfied with the host, tried to return it, but "VID" refused to do so.
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Ultimately, the manufacturer and the channel did not agree in negotiations. The television company offered the First to leave Ksenia Alferova in this position, making her co-host of the actor Sergei Zhigunov or his colleague Andrei Sokolov. As a result, it was not possible to find a consensus, and now "Wait for me" will be released on "Russia 1".
Recall that in the new season on Channel One there was a global rearrangement of personnel. Andrey Malakhov left, Alexander Oleshko with the show "Just the same", Yulia Menshova with the program "Alone with everyone", Roza Syabitova with "Let's get married!", Alexander Vasilyev with "Fashionable sentence", Timur Kizyakov with “So far, everyone is at home,” and Alexander Galibin left the program “Wait for me”.
The program "Wait for me" has been released since 1998. The first episodes were shown by the RTR channel (now Rossiya-1), since 1999 it has been broadcast on ORT (now Channel One). The hosts of "Wait for me" were artists Igor Kvasha, Maria Shukshina, Mikhail Efremov, Alexander Domogarov, Yegor Beroev, Chulpan Khamatova. The program is dedicated to the search for missing and lost people. The transmission website provides data on more than 200 thousand missing people found with the help of "Wait for me".
