TNT will not continue to show the series "Servant of the people" with Zelensky after a joke about Putin.

The Russian TV channel TNT removed the Ukrainian comedy series "Servant of the People" from the television, the main role in which was played by the current president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. The first three episodes were shown on the air of the Gazprom Media channel on Wednesday, December 11. However, the cessation of the show was spoke on the same day after the air slipped on the air, and then a scene with a joke about Vladimir Putin and his luxurious watch was cut out.

Earlier in the television program it was indicated that the continuation of the series will be released on TNT from 19:00 to 20:30 12 and December 13. Now at this time the series "Interns" and "Sashatan" will be shown, Vedomosti reports.

Obviously, the channel changed the program very quickly - even at 22:00 in the mobile and desktop versions of the TNT website, different replacements for the "servant of the people" were indicated. In one, these were the series "Polar" and "Sashatan", and in the other - "Interns" and "Sashatan".

The representative of TNT said that the channel was not initially going to show the most first episodes of the "servant of the people" on the air. And he called the announcement of TNT about the daily show of the “servant of the people” on the air “marketing stroke to increase the recognition of the platform.”

According to the representative of the channel, TNT decided to show the whole season of the "servants of the people" only on the Internet.

On December 11, from the broadcast of the first series of the "servants of the people" to the central regions of Russia cut a joke about Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, in the eastern regions, where, due to the difference in time of the prime minister, this joke was shown. According to the plot, the newly elected President of Ukraine Vasily Goloborodko, whose role is played by Zelensky, chooses an expensive watch and costume laid down by his status. The Prime Minister suggests that Putin wears the Hublot Swiss brand, uttering its name as "Hublo". The hero of Zelensky is surprised: "Putin - Hublo?" (a reference to the obscene slogan "Putin - *** (Murlo, but a derivative of a swearing word denoting a children's body)", which arose among Ukrainian football fans in the spring of 2014, after the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation).

The decision to show the "servant of the people" to Russian viewers, a political subtext is visible. The broadcast began literally the day after the Summit of the Norman Four , where the meeting of the presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky was held, Kommersant notes.

And in his announcement, the TNT channel directly advised the audience to compare the successes of the fictional President Goloborodko with the achievements of the real president of Zelensky: “In the series, he improved the economic situation in the country. And in real life? In the series, he defeated corruption. And, finally, in the series, he sent the European Union. And in real life? In general, see the version of the version? Zelensky, which turned out. "

The premiere of the series in Ukraine took place in November 2015, three seasons were shot, the Russian BBC service reports. The show quickly became one of the most successful on Ukrainian television, after which the American company Fox Studios bought the format of the series, and the series itself - the Netflix streaming service.

In addition, the series or its format was sold in more than 20 countries, the Kvartal 95 studio claims. The TNT channel was transferred to the show of the show by the distributor of the Quarter 95 products - the Swedish company ECCHO Rights.