TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the

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TVR. The most important show of the channel is

Jurnalul TVR Telejurnalul is the main news program of the Romanian public television network TVR, broadcast daily on TVR1, TVRi at 14:00, 20:00 and on TVR2 (with a re-broadcast of the 12:00 show at 19:00). It broadcasts at different hours on TVR1 and TV ...

, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should be"), but on 28 March 2009 was replaced by

Telejurnal TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should ...

, which is its name till today. In 1985, Programul 1 renamed again to TVR becoming the sole television channel in Romania. In 1989, TVR1 broadcast live the events of the

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which triggered the fall of the

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, covering almost all the main events live, starting from the last speech of

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(on December 21, 1989) until the new power representatives arrived. At the time, fabricated and exaggerated stories were broadcast, nevertheless TVR1 was the first television channel to cover all the events of the regime change. After

TVR HD TVR HD () was a Romanian free-to-air high definition channel, owned by TVR, the Romanian state-owned broadcasting corporation. It broadcast programming of TVR1 and TVR2 in HD. It was launched on the first day of June 2008, during the children's i ...

was closed, TVR 1 has launched an HD broadcast on November 3, 2019, with its other sister channel, TVR 2. TVR is also testing HD broadcasting on its other channels, but momentarily, the HD broadcasts are only available on its on-demand service, TVR+.

Popular programs

Serial television programs

TVR1 airs series such as: * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation *

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Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American historical drama, period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on cable network AMC (TV channel), AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, with seven seasons ...

* House M.D. *

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* Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman * JAG *

Hannah Montana ''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cy ...

* Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place *

Everybody loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American television sitcom created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Wor ...

Killing Eve ''Killing Eve'' is a British spy thriller television series produced in the United Kingdom by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three (streaming service), BBC Three. The series follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence age ...

* The Librarians * Arctic Air * Eureka *

Psych ''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened o ...

King Of Queens ''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, with a total of 207 half-hour episodes spanning nine seasons. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who ...

Entertainment programs

* Down The Road: Aventura * Vedeta Populară * Vis sau realitate * Copiii spun * Care pe care * Dincolo de alb şi negru * Dosar România * Gala umorului * Garantat 100% * Oamenii și Legea * Profesioniştii ... cu Eugenia Vodă * Vreau să fiu sănătos! * Tară, ţară, cine eşti? * Punctul Critic * Teleenciclopedia * Vedeta familiei * Viaţa satului * Radar Geopolitic * Weekend Mantinal * Câștigă România! * 3 ceasuri bune * O dată-n viață * România 9 * Ochiul magic * Perfect Imperfect * Politică și Delicateţuri * Ultima ediție * ZON@ IT * Preţuiește Viaţa * Duminica În Familie * Biziday * Ora de Buisness * La Varf * Joi la 9 * Starea Naţiei * Vorbește Liber! * Foc Încrucişat * Maşini, Teste Și Verdicte * Banii Tăi * 1 Matinal * Lumea Azi * Aici Acum * Pulsul Zilei * Creativ *

COOLtura ''Cooltura'' is a Polish language, Polish-language magazine, published weekly in the United Kingdom with a print run of 55.000 copies. History ''Cooltura'' was founded by Włodzimierz Wojciech Witkowski, the chairman of Sara-Int LTD and Poli ...

* Provocarea Starurilor * Nadline * Ca'n viață * Cu Capu-n Zori * Replay * Sah-Mat * Pet-Mania * 1, 2, 3 și Afli Tot Ce Vrei * Secretele Plantelor * Danutz S.R.L * Ne vedem la TVR * Jurnal Plus * La vie en rose * Lozul cel mare * Teatru TV * Alo, Tu Alegi!

International competitions

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* Miss Universe Pageant

Program for minorities

Romanian TV airs the following channels for minority nationwide: *Kronika ( Hungarian) *Magazin în limba maghiară ( Hungarian) *Akzente (

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) *Magazin în limba germană (

)About the show
. ''The Romanian Television Website'', retrieved 2 March 2010

References

External links

tvr.ro
* http://tvr1.tvr.ro/ {{Eastern Bloc media Eastern Bloc mass media 1 Television channels and stations established in 1956 Television stations in Romania