He entered Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Journalism), but dropped out after a year and joined the army.

In 1980 he was hired by Central Television, at first as a stevedore,[1] but by 1983 had worked his way up to be the administrator of the musical editorial staff team.

In 1984-1986 Suponev worked as a manager in the propaganda department, and since 1986 served as a script writer for television show Till 16 and older....[1] Returning to his studies he graduated from Moscow State University in 1988.

The same year Vladislav Listyev invited him to work on children's show The Finest Hour.

Since then Suponev created and hosted several successful shows, including Call of the Jungles, for which he won the TEFI in 1999.