MOSCOW, January 14, 2007 Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents information on what TV programmes, TV series and movies Russians consider to be the best of 2007.
The best TV programmes of the expired year turned out to be the project of "Channel One" called "Ice Age", as 15% of respondents who could provide a point of view on the subject identified. One tenth of respondents mentioned the "Zhdi Menya" (Wait for me) project, 7% named "Pust govoryat" (Let them speak) and 6% for each option spoke of "News on Channel One", "Vesti" and "Pole Chudes" (Field of Wonders).
„Tatyana's Day" leads the rating of best TV series 2007, mentioned by 37% of respondents, capable to provide an answer to this question. The „Liquidation" series occupies the second place (25%) followed by "Cadets" (8%) and „Happy Together" (6%) both lagging far behind.
Public opinion holds the sequel of the movie "Ironia Sudby, ili S Lyogkim Parom" (The Irony of Fate, or Have a Nice Steam) for the best movie of the year (14% of respondents who could identify the best film of the expiring year). The second place belongs to N. Mikhalkov´s movie "Twelve" (10%), the "Island" of P. Lungin occupies the third place (7%). "Liquidation" received 6% of the respondents´ vote, whereas other movies did not obtain more than 4%.
The initiative all-Russia opinion poll was conducted by VCIOM on December 22-23, 2007. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 153 population areas of 46 regions of Russia. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%.
Please, name a TV programme in Russia that you consider to be best of the year (a free-answer question, up to three options, excluding respondents who found it hard to provide an answer) | |
Ice Age | 15 |
Zhdi Menya (Wait for me) | 10 |
Pust govoryat (Let them speak) | 7 |
News on Channel One | 6 |
Vesti | 6 |
Pole Chudes (Field of Wonders) | 6 |
A Minute of Fame (Minuta Slavy) | 5 |
Bolshie Gonki | 5 |
To the Barrier (K Barieru) | 5 |
Comedy Club | 4 |
News (Novosti) | 4 |
Vremena | 4 |
Dom 2 | 3 |
How to Become a Millionaire | 3 |
Malahov + | 3 |
Programme Maximum | 3 |
Nasha Russia | 3 |
Dancing on Ice | 3 |
Man and Law | 3 |
Chto? Gde? Kogda? (What? Where? When?) | 2 |
Без комплексов | 2 |
Star Factory | 2 |
KVN | 2 |
Svoya Igra | 2 |
Chas Suda | 2 |
Stars on Ice | 2 |
Other TV programmes | 49 |
Please, name a TV series in Russia that you consider to be best of the year | |
Tatyana's Day | 37 |
Liquidation | 25 |
Cadets | 8 |
Happy Together | 6 |
Diversionist | 5 |
Guardian Angel | 5 |
Always say always | 5 |
Secrets of Investigation | 5 |
Atlantis | 4 |
Private Life of Doctor Selivanova | 3 |
Mentovskie voiny | 3 |
Soldiers | 3 |
The Streets of Broken Streetlights | 2 |
My Beautiful Nanny | 2 |
Vozvrashenie Mukhtara | 2 |
Other soap operas | 29 |
Please, name a movie (filmed in Russia or abroad) that you consider to be best of the year (a free-answer question, up to three options, excluding respondents who found it hard to provide an answer) | |
Ironia Sudby, ili S Lyogkim Parom - the Sequel (The Irony of Fate, or Have a Nice Steam) | 14 |
12 (by N. Mikhalkov) | 10 |
The Island | 7 |
Liquidation | 6 |
Diversionists | 4 |
The Apocalypses Code | 4 |
9ya rota | 4 |
Shadow Boxing (Boy s tenyu) | 3 |
Night Watch (Nochnoy dozor) | 3 |
Crime and Punishment | 3 |
Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor) | 3 |
Zhara | 2 |
The Turkish Gambit | 2 |
1612 | 2 |
Lyubov - Morkov | 2 |
Pirates of the Caribbean | 2 |
Harry Potter | 2 |
Other options | 47 |