The Russian faith healer Allan Chumak (1935-2017) had a regular early morning television spot on MTK. After earning a degree in journalism from Moscow State University, Chumak began his television career in 1965 as a sports commentator. In the late 1980s he worked at the Institute of General and Pedagogical Psychology, before being allotted the 15-minute television slot that would make him famous as a faith healer. The program was immensely popular, but the Russian Academy of Sciences Commission on Combating Pseudoscience and Falsification of Scientific Research repeatedly condemned Chumak's practices, claiming that the effectiveness of his treatments lacked evidence.—MTK