''Evening Urgant'' () is a Russian
late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the American Media, United States. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. It is charact ...
hosted by
Ivan Urgant on
Channel One, a show based on similarly styled American late-night shows. The first episode aired on 16 April 2012. Ivan Urgant has said that he received advice from western television producers, and cites
Jimmy Fallon
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and
David Letterman
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as inspirations.
According to several sources, the show was suspended in February 2022 after Urgant expressed his opposition to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, while Channel One claimed that there was just a scheduling issue.
Format and structure
Each episode begins with a cold opening, featuring jokes usually associated with the guests of the night. This is followed by the premiere of "credit sequence" with a series of night shots of Moscow, the street which is Urgant. Back in the Studio, Urgant delivers an introductory monologue containing jokes about current events, pop culture or politics. After the monologue, the show may show one or more Comedy parodies or recurring segments, after which Urgant brings out the famous guests of that evening for a one-on-one interview. The final segment of the show features a live performance from a musical guest.
The main focus of the show is on the portion containing celebrity interviews. The show's house band is The Fruits (), hailing from Saint Petersburg.
Filming and airing
The show is taped in front of a live audience at 4:30 pm
MSK on the day the episode is due to be aired. Some interviews may be recorded days in advance, depending on the availability of the guest. Anyone over 16 years old can fill out an application on the show's website to be a member of the studio audience.
See also
* ''
Prozhektorperiskhilton''
*
Ciao, 2020!
''Ciao, 2020!'' is the New Year's edition of the ''Evening Urgant'' program, which aired on Channel One Russia, Channel One on 30 December 2020.
The release parodies holiday concerts of 1980s Italian popular music, Italian pop music and traditio ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, urgantshow.ru
Channel One (Russia) original programming
2012 Russian television series debuts
Russian television talk shows
Russian comedy television series