Korchevnikov went to the Orthodox channel. Employee of the Spas channel: Under Korchevnikov, dismissals and scandals began

An employee of the Spas channel told the site that Orthodox TV is being turned into a clone of the scandalous show Live.

Previously, the site wrote about in Russia. With the arrival of new leadership in the person of Boris Korchevnikov, “promoted” by the “Live Broadcast” program on “Russia 1”, one of them - the Spas TV channel - began to change. An employee of the TV channel assures that his colleagues are being fired, and viewers are starting to turn away from Spas.

In May, we were told that a new general director had been appointed to Spas, Boris Korchevnikov. “He wanted to do something new, young, to give fresh breath to the channel,” one of the Spas employees shared with the site, who, for obvious reasons, asked not to use his first and last name. - But in the end it turned out that the “new breath” in two months of his work led to an obvious fact. Previously, the channel showed high-quality programs that were in demand by the viewer and had already received a well-deserved assessment - “Ukrainian Question”, “Conservative Club” and many others, which viewers watched both on air and on social networks, on Youtube. And now there is only one program on the channel called “Live Broadcast”, an analogue of the program of the same name on the “Russia 1” channel.

[Note ed.: judging by the schedule, the Spas TV channel has a fairly extensive program; however, in the program for the current week there is neither the “Ukrainian Question” nor the “Conservative Club”, but there is also no notorious “Live Broadcast”. Archives of this program available on the “Spas” channel on Youtube, the last episode on July 14 was dedicated to the “charity marathon”, among the topics of earlier issues were “Abortion”, “Euthanasia” and “Stalin”.]

- Did the channel need this new breath?

It so happened that the channel’s management regularly changed, with Boris Kostenko always remaining the most “constant” (he has now been appointed Korchevnikov’s deputy). Korchevnikov’s new vision was expressed in one thing: to close all programs and leave one of his own - “Live”, which would cover some hot topics. But you yourself understand that any topical topics can be covered in different ways. For example, there were such programs on the Spas channel, but the authors did not go beyond certain limits. The mission of the channel is the spiritual and moral education of the viewing audience. The channel has its own established audience, a different pace and rhythm than other federal channels. We had expectations that it would come and get better, there would be something new. In the end, everything devolved into creating a scandal as much as possible, going into some kind of investigation with detailed bloody details - about murders, criminals, with people smeared on the asphalt.

- Does Korchevnikov continue to host the same program on the Rossiya 1 channel?

As far as I understand, he was fired from there, “Live” on “Russia 1” will either be closed, or a new team with a new face will be recruited. Now he will be in the frame on “Spas” repeating the same program one-on-one as on “Russia 1”, only without the extras.

[Note ed.: Boris Korchevnikov continues to broadcast “Live” on “Russia 1”, despite previously existing rumors about him on Dmitry Shepelev. The latest episode, available on the website of the Russia 1 channel, is devoted to the topic “The adopted son of Galina Brezhneva, in order to kick his son out of the house, called him step-native and even demanded a DNA test.”]

All “Live broadcasts” begin with the fact that “today so-and-so knocked down or shot someone to death, let’s discuss it, yell, scream, make a scandal.” Rating is, of course, an important thing, but it is impossible to achieve it by such means on an Orthodox channel. As a result, viewers call, write, complain, and switch the “Spas” channel to another button.

- When Boris was appointed to this position, did he gather people and announce something?

At a general meeting of employees, a policy was announced: there will only be “Live Broadcast” for six to eight hours a day. Thus, the channel will become relevant, we will talk about what newspapers and the Internet are shouting about today. Then educational programs about faith, Orthodox holidays, Russian famous people, how people came to faith, and so on began to disappear from the airwaves. This seemed uninteresting to the new manager. Although the channel showed stable growth in viewership and always saved face.

- It’s strange, because Korchevnikov often positions himself as a believer.

Therefore, all channel employees had the expectation that innovations would be made from the point of view of an Orthodox person. But the expectations were not met.

- Were the channel’s employees also fired on the same day?

Many employees were told that they needed to pack their things. With the arrival of Boris Korchevnikov, the channel lost many good specialists who were not ready to endure swearing and shouting - both in the control room and at themselves.

- And what is your forecast? What should “Spas” viewers expect?

If “fried” material is presented in such a context, nothing good will happen. Because of these scandalous and current topics in Boris Korchevnikov’s program on the channel, scandals and showdowns have already begun. Viewers write letters, complain that it has become impossible to watch the channel, and demand a change in intonation. Well, how can you invite some motorcyclists, “Hells Angels” on the air of an Orthodox channel?! Crazy house.

Release of the “Live Broadcast” of the “Spas” channel on June 26: “Bikers are gathering around MGIMO because of a student of this prestigious university who killed a motorcyclist. Major again, drunk again. And will he be punished to the fullest extent of the law?”

War veteran Nikolai Dupak came on air - so they simply brought him out during the “Live Broadcast”: he is boring, he is old, he has become uninteresting. Uncontrolled bacchanalia, aggression on a channel that should, on the contrary, call for peace, for kindness, for a different attitude towards the outside world.

But Boris Korchevnikov does only what he can. He worked for many years on the Rossiya 1 channel in the scandalous talk show Live and probably believes that this is exactly what should be said on the Spas channel - this is “joyful and free Orthodoxy.”

Today the media reported that TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov has received a new position. This was announced by the general director of the Orthodox TV channel “Spas” Boris Kostenko. According to the man, this should happen soon. Specific dates for when Korchevnikov will take up his duties and head the channel have not yet been announced. The founder of Spas, Patriarch Kirill, as Kostenko noted, approved the showman’s candidacy.

“StarHit” asked a representative of the VGTRK television channel for more detailed information. “We do not comment on this news,” said press attache Maxim Kranin.

We also note that at the moment Boris Korchevnikov continues to work in the “Live Broadcast” show. Fans of the presenter are waiting for an official statement from representatives of the channel and the program, which would clarify the situation with his alleged departure. “StarHit” got through to Boris Korchevnikov, but he refused to comment, citing the fact that he was busy filming.

“This decision was made by the founder of the channel. We have known Boris Korchevnikov for a long time; most likely, I will become his deputy, and he will begin this work in May. I can’t say anything about whether he will remain on the Rossiya 1 channel,” said Boris Kostenko, general director of the Orthodox TV channel Spas, to StarHit.

Earlier, the media actively circulated information that Boris Korchevnikov decided to leave the “Live” program. The showman himself and representatives of the channel refrained from commenting on the data that appeared on the Internet. It was also stated that Dmitry Shepelev would take his colleague’s place. Specific dates were also mentioned - it was said that personnel changes would take place this spring.

After information appeared in the press that Shepelev would replace Korchevnikov, lively discussions arose on the Internet. Boris's fans couldn't believe that he was leaving his beloved program. Some of them suggested that Korchevnikov decided to suspend filming due to health problems. However, the showman’s representative did not confirm these speculations.

Let us also add that Boris Korchevnikov is a believer. In his microblog, the presenter regularly shares publications that reflect his worldview. So, in February of this year, Boris announced that he had expanded his collection of icons. “A new saint came to my home. Martyr Abraham... This rich and very successful businessman was not Russian, he converted to Orthodoxy and was not forgiven for this. And my connection with him is this: I ended up in Bulgar almost 800 years after his death. In a cozy wooden church named after him far from the regional centers, I recognized the priest there, Father Vladimir Golovin. He said a few words to me that spring. And everything fell into place in my life. And things turned out differently,” the man wrote on Instagram.

TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov decided to change the show “Live” to a program on the Orthodox channel “Spas”.

The TV presenter finally decided to leave the talk show “Live” and generally change his place of work.

TV producer Boris Kostenko announced this. According to him, Korchevnikov was offered to head the Orthodox TV channel “Spas”, and he agreed. In the near future he will move to a new job.

“Korchevnikov will be the head of the TV channel, and I will become his deputy. We have a formal organization and production, it is not yet clear where he will officially hold what position, but in fact he will be the first person on the TV channel, and I will be the second,” Kostenko said .

Regarding the “Live Broadcast” show, it will be hosted by . This information appeared back in the winter, and then it caused a stir among TV viewers: many categorically did not want to see Zhanna Friske’s common-law husband in this role. Moreover, Shepelev’s story has repeatedly become the topic of talk shows, although the presenter himself did not come to the discussion. But Zhanna Friske’s parents, with whom he had a protracted conflict, were frequent guests of the “Live Broadcast.”

Boris Korchevnikov, a famous TV presenter and general director of the Spas channel, was born on July 20, 1982. In his youth, Korchevnikov had to choose between acting and journalism: he studied in Tabakov’s studio and played many children’s roles. Then he entered the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio, acting, and at the same time the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Korchevnikov chose journalism - having received his diploma, he worked for RTR and NTV.

In the thirteen years that have passed since graduating from the journalism department, he has risen to the rank of general director and general producer of the Orthodox channel, received the “New Name in Journalism” award and two “Tefi” awards - a more than impressive career. At the beginning of the 2000s, when the situation on the channels changed dramatically, the former masters lost their positions and new rules of the game came into force, many young people quickly took off on television. But Korchevnikov is different from them: firstly, he is truly talented. Secondly, most of these characters clearly know the boundaries of what is permitted and do not cross them, and Boris often gets into scandalous stories.

It was not by chance that Korchevnikov became the general director of the Spas TV channel. Someone considers the Orthodox faith to be their personal, intimate matter, but he carries it like a banner. Korchevnikov is a fierce opponent of those whom he considers atheists and liberals. He often talks about his path to Orthodoxy in interviews. And this story is very revealing.

Korchevnikov believed before filming the series “Kadetstvo”. He saw God’s providence in the fact that his superiors, an NTV reporter, let him go to the set for a long period. The TV presenter also became famous for his public statement made in 2012 that his father is Jesus Christ and his mother is the Virgin Mary. And in the program “I don’t believe it!” In 2013, Boris denounced the enemies of the church, including his teacher Leonid Parfenov.

Most recently, Korchevnikov published a video where he, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt and wrapped in a Russian flag, baptized players of the Russian national team standing on the football field in front of the home TV screen. Then he pressed his palm to each person’s forehead - this is how the general director of Spas blessed them. Apparently, Korchevnikov sincerely believed that by blessing the television picture, he was helping the football players win.

Nowadays, faith can help a career and give social weight. It is used by very strange people - for example, there is a well-known psychic who calls himself an Orthodox priest. Of course, no one compares Boris Korchevnikov and his faith with this - and yet there is something unusual in it. He flaunts it too clearly, and at the same time behaves in a non-Christian way. In 2014, television historian Zaikin claimed that on the set of a talk show, Korchevnikov pushed him off the stage, as a result of which Zaikin broke his arm. As the media wrote, in 2018, during a planning meeting, Korchevnikov beat editor Dobrodeev: in public, in his office.

Once upon a time he was a completely different person, he worked at Namedni and was considered a “Westerner.” Boris Korchevnikov was a student and colleague of Parfenov, and then moved to other positions. Nowadays, people change at the speed of light: the uncompromising Orthodox militant Enteo unexpectedly turns out to be the boyfriend and ally of Alekhina from Pussy Riot, convicted of blasphemy. You won’t be surprised if Korchevnikov again performs some kind of phantasmagoric metamorphosis. If social conditions change, he may well become an atheist: he does not seem to have a strong internal foundation.