Category Archives: TV
NBC has Picked Up Another Israeli Drama
Israeli formats continue to be hot in Hollywood. After ABC picked up the rights to ‘Gavoha & Greenbaum,’ now NBC has picked up the rights to the Israeli drama ‘Timrot Ashan’ (‘Pillars of Smoke’), created by Noah Stollman and Oded … Continue reading
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The Hit List: This Week’s Hottest Entertainment in Israel (Week 35, 2011)
Israel has gone on a Smurf-craze since ‘The Smurfs’ was released, and this week, even when the movie grossed a lot less than the weeks before, it’s still very high above the average grossing for a #1 Israeli movie. It … Continue reading
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Israeli Show Gets Hungarian Remake
HBO EUROPE AIMS TO RAISE THE NUMBER of local productions, concentrating on big-budget drama series with quality as well as cost. One of the new shows is the Hungarian “Tarsas Jatek” (‘When Shall We Kiss’), which chronicles life among a … Continue reading
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Israeli Show “Gavoha & Greenbaum” was Picked Up by ABC
“GAVOHA & GREENBAUM” (‘HIGHER & GREENBAUM’)IS AN ISRAELI TV series which was developed and produced by Ami Amir (Matar Productions), and revolves around two aspiring photographers from Ramat-Gan (a city near Tel Aviv) who want to make it in the … Continue reading
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The Hit List: This Week’s Hottest Entertainment in Israel (Week 34, 2011)
Here’s another weekly report of the biggest songs, movies and TV Shows in Israel: In Movies, ‘The Smurfs’ continues to rule at the box office this weekend as well (Israelis LOVE The Smurfs!) as grossing almost $2.5 million in its … Continue reading
Actress Noa Tishby Releases a New Single in Israel
By Yanir Dekel You have probably seen Noa Tishby before as guest-star in a lot of American hit TV shows, like “NCIS,” “Nip / Tuck,” “Charmed” and many more. She also played one of Matthew McConaughey’s ex-girlfriends in the 2009 … Continue reading
Alona Tal is Coming Back to ‘Supernatural’
By Yanir Dekel THE CREATORS OF THE CW HIT SHOW, ‘Supernatural’ have confirmed this week at the ‘Comic-Con’ festival that Israeli actress, Alona Tal, will be back as Jo Harvelle in the show’s 7th (and rumored to be the final) … Continue reading
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The 9th Israeli Idol was Born
By David Caspi FOR THE NINTH YEAR IN A ROW, a new star was born – Hagit Yasu, a 21 year old military band singer from the missile ridden city of Sderot, won the title of “Kochav Nolad”, the Israeli … Continue reading
The Art of Making a Falafel
By David Caspi A PRODUCTION TEAM OF AMERICAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE– PBS – is to arrive at the end of the month in Israel for a special television shoot for the channel’s culinary gourmet show. Filming for two upcoming episodes … Continue reading
