A screen the size of a postage stamp and an impressive box with equipment with it - this was the first Soviet television. This was back in 1930. Only decades later did television firmly enter the everyday life of Soviet people, decisively displacing other sources of entertainment and information. In his book, F. Razzakov talks fascinatingly, with a lot of picturesque details, about the formation and development of Soviet television: from “KVN” to “Rubin”, from Shabolovka to Ostankino, from “Blue Light” to “Zucchini “13 Chairs””, from behind-the-scenes struggle and behind-the-scenes intrigues before the first series - and details of the lives of your favorite stars. Valentina Leontyeva, Igor Kirillov, Alexander Maslyakov, Yuri Senkevich, Yuri Nikolaev and those who came later, Vladislav Listyev, Artem Borovik, Tatyana Mitkova, Leonid Parfenov, Vladimir Pozner - they entered and enter our houses without knocking, they make us happy and sad, they report news and force think about it. This book will help you look beyond the blue screen; you will learn a lot of new and surprising things about the seemingly familiar and long-familiar.