Kargin Serial

Armenian TV series or program

Kargin Serial

Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Hrant Avetisyan
Starring	Hayk Marutyan Mkrtich Arzumanyan Areg Galoyan
Composer	APRICOTA
Country of origin	Armenia
Original languages	Armenian, Latin, English, Russian, German, French
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	139
Production
Executive producer	Arman Marutyan
Cinematography	HayFilm
Camera setup	Film; Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Kargin Studio, Sahakyants Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Armenia TV
Release	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) – June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)

Kargin Serial (Armenian: Կարգին սերիալ; Cool Serial) was an Armenian sitcom airing on the Armenia TV channel from October 2010 to June 2013.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	32	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)	December 30, 2010 (2010-12-30)
2	26	March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)	July 7, 2011 (2011-07-07)
3	9	December 21, 2011 (2011-12-21)	January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
4	30	March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)	June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)
5	24	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)	January 5, 2013 (2013-01-05)
6	24	March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)	June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)

Cast

Main cast

Hayk Marutyan as Vardan, a bachelor, home broker, dangler.
Mkrtich Arzumanyan as Adik, Vardan's brother, a male nurse with extremely low wage and lives off his brother in his house.
Arshaluys Avetisyan as Seda, mother of Vardan and Adik, has been married 4 times.
Areg Galoyan as Aramik, Adik's son, a student.
Zhenya Mkrtumyan as Jemma, Vardan's maid with a criminal past.
Andranik Harutyunyan as Halal, Vardan's friend, lives in the same district.
Rafael Yeranosyan as Zulal, Vardan's other friend, and best friend of Halal, lives in the same district.
Anna Babayan as Emmanuella (Eva), Adik's new wife
Karen Mirijanyan as Shahen Liparitovich, Seda's former husband, doctor

Recurring characters

Rippi as Monika, Vardan's ex-wife (on Season 4, main cast, on Season 5, recurring character).
Hasmik Gharibyan as Sofa, a crazy young lady, Vardan's girlfriend (on Season 1 and 2, main cast, on Season 5, recurring character).
Anzhela Sargsyan as Nona, Adik's ex-wife (on Season 1 and 2).
Hovhannes Azoyan as Georgi Mirzoyan, philosophy doctor (season 5)
Sergey Magalyan as Ashot Ter Abrahamyan, Evas (Emanuella) father (season 6)

Comparison and similar shows

Many people have found similarities between Kargin Serial and an American sitcom Two and a Half Men. In an interview, Mko has accepted that Kargin Serial's format is based on another TV show, but also added that it's adopted to Armenian reality.^[1]