The show of the 20-episode action-packed detective "First division" ended last week. The project with a share of 18.6 and a rating of 5.77 became one of the leaders of the evening broadcast throughout the show.
The rating of the "First Department" on the website "kino-teatr.ru" is 8.396 (a figure comparable to such rating projects of "Triiks Media" as "Nevsky", "Chief" and "Implementation").

The series also showed high numbers and aroused great interest among viewers on the official YouTube channel of NTV. Views of the first series of the detective story about the difficult work of St. Petersburg investigators of the IC of the Russian Federation are approaching five million. Each subsequent episode received about 2 million views. The final episode was watched by about 1.5 million viewers in just three days.

In numerous reviews on the NTV YouTube channel, as well as on the official pages of the Triiks Media film company, viewers noted the excellent acting tandem of Ivan Kolesnikov and Sergei Zharkov and an exciting plot.

Filming of the series started in early October 2019 in the St Petersburg. The production was carried out by the film company "Triiks Media" with the support of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Employees of the IC of Russia provided active consulting assistance at all stages of production.

Work on some of the scenes was carried out in the building where the Main investigative Department of the RF IC in St. Petersburg is located — in the historic house of Auguste Montferrand at 88 Moika street.

The premiere of the series "First Department" started on November 16, 2020 on NTV.