Munich, August 31, 2009. Germanys leading improv comedy show Schiller Street will soon be airing in Russia. SevenOne International has sold the format to the leading Russian TV station Channel One. Starting on September 13, the show will be broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 pm under the title Southern Butowo.

The cast includes Russias most popular stand-up comedian Sergey Svetlakov as well as famous actors, stand-up comedians and TV hosts like Dima Brekotkin, Timur Batrudinov, Timur Rodriges, Stepan Abramov, Kseniya Lavrova-Glinka, Vera Brezhneva, and Nastya Shunina-Makhonina.

Jens Richter, Managing Director of SevenOne International: We are thrilled about the continuing international success of Schiller Street. Based on a truly innovative and entertaining concept, the show offers improv comedy at its best with a true sitcom feeling.

Ruslan Sorokin, producer of Southern Butowo: This is the most unpredictable show weve ever experienced. The audience and the actors themselves do enjoy not-knowing what is going to happen further. Channel One is excited to have the project launched at the very beginning of the new Fall 2009 TV season. Traditionally the broadcasters are perceived by their premieres. Therefore, any brand-new project shown in September draws a maximum of viewers and rivals attention.

Alexander Tsekalo, producer of Southern Butowo and chief of the Producing Center Sreda, is an established admirer of the original German format since he was head of the Channel One Special Project Department. He admits that it has been his dream to bring the show to Russia and broadcast it for the broadest audience that is possible on the countrys biggest channel. This is a different type of humor from what we got used to see on TV. It is certainly more exciting, more unpredictable, and requires more artistic talent and heart to be invested in. Channel One and our production studio are expecting to have the outstanding interest of the Russian viewers.

Debuting on Germanys Sat.1, Schiller Street has been one of the most innovative and successful comedy formats in the recent years. The concept has already won various national and international TV prizes such as the Rose dOr Press Prize 2005. SevenOne International, the ProSiebenSat.1 Groups worldwide programming sales company has sold the format to many countries, including France, Italy, Finland, Norway and Turkey. The Italian adaptation Buona la Prima won the national Telegrolle 2008 and Gran Premio della Fiction Italiana '08 for best sitcom.


Schiller Street
Schiller Street (produced by Hurricane) is a highly entertaining show that highlights the art of improvisation. A few top-class comedians are guided not by a script but by spontaneous directions which are communicated via earphones to individual cast members, often resulting in hilarious scenes.


SevenOne International
SevenOne International is the international programming sales company of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, one of the largest pan-European media corporations, which owns 26 free TV channels and 24 pay TV channels in 13 countries. SevenOne International offers an extensive portfolio of TV events, TV movies, telenovelas, prime-time series and mini-series, as well as magazine shows and light entertainment formats. It also markets and co-finances programming made by third-party providers. It is headquartered in Unterföhring near Munich, and managed by Jens Richter.