Interns became the first Russian television series to be adapted for showing in China

The TNT channel sold the rights to produce one of its most popular and rating TV shows "Interns" by the Chinese media company JSBC, the Kommersant newspaper writes. The General Director of the Gazprom-Media entertainment television group, which owns TNT, Arthur Dzhanibekyan confirmed the fact of the sale of rights without calling the amount of the transaction.

It is assumed that JSBC adapts the series for the partner company - Beijing Nesound International Media Corp, which plans to show it in China via the Internet using VOD models (video on request). According to Dzhanibekyan, TNT will receive a fixed amount from the sale of all 260 episodes (13 seasons) plus the percentage of distribution of the Chinese version on the Internet.

This is the first deal to sell the Russian series to adapt to the PRC. The representative of Gazprom-Media called the sale of the series to China with a success for all Russian television. Earlier, Interns were sold to Lithuania, where they went under the name Residentai.

The seat on the everyday life of young interns did the TNT TV channel in April 2010 and became one of the most rated in the history of the channel. The ninth season of the series was held in 2013 with a maximum share of television viewing of 26.9% in the target audience of 14-44 years, and the final season in January 2016, according to TNS Russia, watched 22.6% of the audience of this age. According to the number of views on the Internet (390 million), Interns were included in the top three most popular TNT series along with the Fizruk and Univer.