The program “While everyone is at home”: why it was closed. Timur Kizyakov about the “orphan” scandal: “No one will do anything like that for such money Timur Kizyakov why he left the channel

The host of the family program “While Everyone is Home,” Timur Kizyakov, is sure that Channel One itself declares everyone guilty who simply decided to quit. However, Timur Borisovich’s case is unprecedented - he was accused of fraud and of making video passports for orphans not for free, but receiving government subsidies.

The host of the “While Everyone is Home” program, Timur Borisovich Kizyakov, said that he himself was unable to work on “First” back in the spring of this year, which he notified TGRK in writing, and the channel, in turn, arranged everything differently. “The first,” in order to look good against the backdrop of the “mass exodus of presenters,” declared Timur Kizyakov a fraudster.

He allegedly took money from the state for showing orphans in the section “You will have a child.” Many children, thanks to “While Everyone is Home,” found adoptive fathers and mothers. Kizyakov did this not at the behest of the state or for subsidies, and the presenter quit “Channel One” for his own reasons.

Earlier, information appeared in the media that the program would no longer be broadcast on Channel One. On the channel's website, its last release is dated June 4, 2017. The permanent host of the program since 1992 has been Timur Kizyakov. His wife Elena hosted the column “You will have a child.”

“On May 27 or 28, Channel One received an official letter from the Dom television company, the producer of the “While Everyone is Home” program, with a stamp, signature, and outgoing and incoming numbers, stating that we are stopping the production of the “While Everyone is Home” program for Channel One channel. The main reason is that the methods of the management of Channel One have become unacceptable to us,” he said.

According to Kizyakov, the program did not feel support and protection from Channel One in the situation with video passports. The TV presenter emphasized that blaming the program for inflated expenses (100 thousand rubles for a video passport) is unfair, since the film crew prepares a 40-minute high-quality film about each child according to a special scenario; trips to the regions also require travel expenses.

It is incorrect to compare this product with short videos about children that some foundations involved in adoption prepare, Kizyakov believes. Kizyakov did not answer the question about the future fate of the project.

“It’s reassuring that 2.5 thousand children are in families,” he concluded.

Kizyakov also did not rule out the possibility of going to court. “Now we will see if this crosses the line into something completely abnormal, if there is a basis, then it is quite possible,” he said, without specifying against whom legal action is possible.

The press service of Channel One did not comment on the situation around Kizyakov and the program “While everyone is at home.”

One of the television companies that works with Channel One reported that Channel One’s internal investigation was initiated against Kizyakov in April after publications on social networks about video passports for orphans and trials for the right to sole use of this term. “The decision to prepare a new program was made back in April,” the source said.

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After Malakhov and Oleshko, Timur Kizyakov, the host of the “While Everyone is Home” program, quits Channel One. The program has been published on the first button since 1992, for 25 years.

According to media reports, Channel One has terminated the contract with the Dom company, which is creating Timur Kizyakov’s program. According to a source close to the channel's management, the decision to close the program was made a month ago. This was prompted by the results of an internal audit, which confirmed the machinations of the presenters with the “video passports” of orphans.

A year ago, the media reported that Timur and Elena Kizyakova broadcast videos about children looking for parents for money in the section “You will have a child.” The "Dom" company received money for this section from three sources at once: from Channel One - for the production of the program, from the state - for the production of "video passes" of orphans, as well as from sponsors. Over six years, the company received about 110 million rubles for broadcasting videos. Timur Kizyakov himself is now outside of Moscow; we were unable to get his comment. However, as TASS reports, the TV presenter said that he left Channel One of his own free will due to the lack of support and protection from the channel in the situation with video passports.

Earlier, the host of the program “Let Them Talk” Andrei Malakhov left Channel One. Russian society has been discussing this news for two weeks now. The reason for the star’s departure could be a conflict with the new producer of “Let Them Talk” Natalya Nikonova. Having returned to Channel One, Nikonova decided to change the vector of the program and focus on socio-political issues. This decision categorically did not suit Malakhov, and he decided to voluntarily leave the channel where he had worked for more than 15 years.

The presenter announced his desire to take leave to care for the child that Natalya Shkuleva is about to give birth to. “I hasten to please good citizens and those who, during the six years of our marriage, attacked my wife with unceremonious questions about the perinatal situation in the family. Yes, Natasha and I are expecting our first child!” - Malakhov wrote on the social network. The producer of the talk show responded to this by saying that “Let Them Talk” is not a nursery, and Malakhov needs to make a choice about who he is - a TV presenter or a babysitter. This formulation of the question seemed unacceptable to the TV presenter, and he decided to quit.

Another TV presenter who left Channel One in early August, Alexander Oleshko, confirmed his departure. “Being a free artist, I accepted an offer that I couldn’t refuse!” he wrote on his page on social networks. In the new season, Alexander Oleshko will become the host of the NTV channel project “You are super! Dancing.”

“Happily working with and for children in a variety of projects, films and television programs has accompanied me for a long time. “You are super!” Dancing" is a unique NTV project that you want to be involved in!" – said Oleshko. The new show will premiere in September this year.

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The host of the “Health” and “Live Healthy” programs, Elena Malysheva, did not announce her resignation, but actor Stanislav Sadalsky suggested that she leave. “When will they fire Malysheva - the personification of ignorance, extremely unsightly with her food advertising,” he wrote in his blog on LiveJournal. The actor wrote a story about how a year and a half ago in St. Petersburg, a TV presenter gave a presentation of her new book about diet.

“The book cost 1,500 rubles. An autograph session was promised. And when a couple of hundred spectators bought a book for this money and stood in line, Malysheva took a stamp with a facsimile from her bag and began to put a stamp on the book for everyone, saying: “There is no time for everyone to write, I’ll be late for the peregrine falcon.” Several people came up to her and said that they needed an original autograph, because they paid one and a half thousand for the book. Malysheva answered them: “No, if I write to you, everyone will want it.” People asked for the money back, but they were also refused at the cash register. One man put the book in front of Malysheva, sent it... in public and left," Sadalsky said.

The actor himself several years ago hosted a medical program called “The Tablet” on Channel One, but it was not on the air for long.

For many years, the permanent presenter Leonid Yakubovich has been ready to leave the “Field of Miracles” program. He himself has repeatedly stated this, but the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, has not yet released the public’s favorite.

TV people associate Kizyakov’s dismissal with the scandalous story that unfolded around the presenter in December last year. Let us remind you: the charitable part of Kizyakov’s program (the section “You will have a child”) was suspected of additional funding.

Timur with his wife Elena (Photo: screenshot from Channel One)

It turned out that such video cards with orphans cost a lot of money. This fact was voiced 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, at the final meeting with deputy governors for social issues, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The press service of Channel One then explained that the channel was not involved in the creation of the project:

“Channel One is buying the program “While Everyone is Home” from the Dom company. 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 figure out".

The Kizyakovs themselves (the presenter’s wife, Elena, also worked on the column) assured the journalists that they did not embezzle other people’s money and spent all the funds for their intended purpose.

It should be noted that Kizyakov’s program really helped many orphans. Over the 11-year history of the “You're Having a Child” column, many orphans have found homes.

“KP” got through to Timur Kizyakov. The presenter 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 Kizyakov.

“I won’t comment on this situation now,” Timur Kizyakov, the creator of “While Everyone Is Home,” answered KP.

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It all started with Malakhov, who hosted two super-rated projects on Channel One - “Let Them Talk” and “Tonight”. After a new producer came to the weekday prime-time program, Andrei left it. 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 for hosting “Let Them Talk” he received only 700 thousand rubles!).

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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 on NTV, where he was invited to host the show “You’re Super! Dancing.”

The next victim was the entertainment program “While Everyone is Home” - an old-timer on domestic television. Its author and presenter Timur Kizyakov came to visit famous artists, musicians, athletes and asked about life over a cup of tea. 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.

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They say the sword is raised over such old-timers as “What? Where? When?" and “Test Purchase”, and on projects that have become familiar in recent years - “Let's Get Married”, “Fashionable Sentence”, “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 at NTV was called a “gray eminence” - for her 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 say her goal is 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, 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 a high level and showing that orphans in orphanages can and should be filmed,” says Ekaterina Lebedeva, head of the program for creating video profiles of orphans at the charity "Change One Life" Foundation. – 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 of 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. The Supreme Council (Timur joined it last year) is going to expel him from its membership. Is it really for refusing to court the party in power?