"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 TV 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".

In mid-September, viewers learned that the program was leaving Channel One « Wait for me» . One of the most popular programs on Russian television for 19 years helped people from different parts of the world find each other.

Then an announcement appeared on the project website: “The program“ Wait for me ”will no longer be aired on Channel One. But the work continues. We are accepting applications for search and looking for people. Follow the news on our website and in groups in social networks!

The audience took the sad news with bitterness and disappointment. They bombarded TV presenters and the VID company with questions about what the future of the program would be.

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Lyubimov also expressed his views on the reasons for the refusal of Channel One from the program Wait for Me:

"Times change. The priorities of the First Channel have noticeably shifted towards entertainment programs. This is the main reason for the transition "Wait for me" to another federal channel. They became NTV, which has really changed a lot in two years. New projects bring people together and often make them think about something very important. First of all, this is the project “You are super!”, which, in my opinion, has become an event of this year. That is why NTV, in the form and with the content strategy that it is focused on today, is the best platform for Wait for Me.

The producer expressed confidence that the program “Wait for me” on the NTV channel would begin a new bright life.

Alexander Lyubimov

The audience enthusiastically accepted the good news and hurried to leave words of support:

"Hooray! I miss this program so much! Looking forward to it”, “This is great news! I still continue to be your assistant in the search!”, “Great! How many people will regain the hope of meeting!”, “Hurrah! Good luck, beloved show! Looking forward to it no matter what! (The spelling and punctuation of the authors are preserved. - Approx. ed.).

Representatives of the program said that in the coming days they will announce the release date. The project team thanked all concerned viewers for staying close by.

In the new season, the project will be hosted by the famous actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Lazarev and popular theater and film actress Tatyana Arntgolts.

Over 200,000 people were found during the existence of "Wait for me". On its basis, a network of voluntary assistants has been created in Russia, the CIS countries and abroad. Today, "Wait for me" helps more than 500 people. In addition, the program fruitfully cooperates with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

“It was hard to imagine two years ago that such a project as “Wait for me” could appear on NTV. However, today "Wait for me" harmoniously fits into the new content policy of NTV. This is a project with a long history that has incorporated a huge number of good deeds, and we are proud that it will appear on the channel’s air, adding to the line of socially oriented projects,” says the general producer of the NTV channel Timur Weinstein.

Watch the live broadcast and all episodes of the program on NTV.Ru and in applications for

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 August 29.

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

The well-known throughout Russia program “Wait for me” on Channel One was closed as a result of a scandal

Why was the program "Wait for me" closed?? This question has long been asked by many fans of this popular program, which brought happiness to many Russians. And here's what we found out as a result.

The contract between Channel One and VID, concluded for the production of the program Wait for Me, has expired. But at the same time, it is most likely that a new contract for broadcasting this program will not be concluded. For the unexpected reason that Channel One and VID did not come to a common decision in the process of discussing a suitable candidate for a new presenter.

As it became known from the information provided by insiders, after the official creator of the program, S. Kushnerev, was fired, the company recruited an updated line-up. Subsequently, long-term conflicts between A. Galibin - the then host of "Wait for me" - with the updated line-up, the matter also ended with the departure of the host. In addition, it became known that the channel did not even know anything. Representatives of the channel, who were pleased with Galibin, tried to return him to the program, but VID refused.

Wait for me” will be aired on NTV

As a result, the channel and the company did not reach a consensus. "VID" put forward proposals to make K. Alferov or A. Sokolov the second leading, paired with the actor S. Zhigunov. But here the channel has not given its consent. Thus, “Wait for me” will now be broadcast by “Russia-1”.

It is also worth mentioning that on the First there were big changes in terms of personnel. For example, A. Malakhov left the channel. A. Oleshko (“Just the same”), Yu. Menshova (“Alone with everyone”), R. Syabitova (“Let's get married!”), A. Vasiliev (“Fashionable sentence”) and T. Kizyakov (“ So far, everyone is at home”), following A. Galibin, they also left their posts.

Recall that the first broadcasts of "Wait for me", the essence of which is to search for long-disappeared people, began to appear back in 1998, on RTR (today's "Russia-1"). A year later, the program began to be shown on ORT (today's First). Since then, the program has also changed many hosts, among which were, among other things, some theater and film actors.