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The Schmooze Israeli TV Network Teams Up With American Producers
Keshet International, the distribution and production arm of Israel’s Keshet Media Group, and DC Productions, which owns Dick Clark Productions, have formed Keshet DCP, which makes it likely that more Israeli shows make it across the Atlantic to a TV set near you. Keshet, which owns a television network in Israel, is where the Showtime…
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The Schmooze ‘The Neighbors’ Celebrate ‘Challoweenukah’
Shades of “Chrismukuh.” That’s the blended holiday celebrated by the blended Cohen family on the TV show, “The O.C.” But Challoweenukah? It’s the holiday that will be celebrated on the October 18 episode of “The Neighbors,” a show about blended peoples. When the Weaver family moved into the gated Hidden Hills development last season, they…
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The Schmooze Will Israel Yank Satire Over ‘Murderers’ Promo?
How long does it take for Israelis to form opinions about a TV show that hasn’t aired yet? The answer, in the case of “Hayehudim Ba’im” (“The Jews Are Coming”) – a new satire slated for fall air on Israel’s Channel 1 – is 19 seconds. Last weekend, Channel 1 premiered a 19-second promo that…
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The Schmooze ‘The Goldbergs’ Disappoints With ’80s Nostalgia
(JTA) — Some were psyched for the nostalgia of “The Goldbergs,” a new ABC sitcom about a boisterous, outspoken American family set in the 1980s. But the September 24 premiere was a little too loaded with references to that neon-colored, big-haired decade — think REO Speedwagon, Sam Goody, hair crimping and rabbit tail key chains….
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The Schmooze Versailles McMansion Couple Returns to Small Screen
The Siegels are back. David and Jackie Siegel, last seen in the Documentary “The Queen of Versailles,” are the first guests in a new CNBC program, “Secret Lives of the Super Rich,” premiering September 25 at 9 p.m. Even in a show dedicated to conspicuous consumption, the Siegels are special. When last seen, the Siegel…
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The Schmooze George Segal on ‘The Goldbergs’ and Playing Pops Solomon
ABC’s newest comedy is called “The Goldbergs.” At least, now it is. Created by Adam F. Goldberg and loosely based on his life growing up in a Jewish family in the 1980s, the show was originally called “How the F***| Am I Normal?” Its new name is likely more acceptable to newspaper TV listing editors,…
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The Schmooze ‘Homeland’ Will Not Shoot in Israel Because of Syria
Producers of “Homeland” have cancelled plans to film third season scenes in Israel because of concerns about the situation in Syria. Deadline Hollywood reports that the show will use Morocco as a stand-in. An unnamed Israel-based producer was quoted as calling the switch “frustrating.” The season three series debut is September 29. At a news…
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Culture ‘Shtisel’ Fills a Void in Israeli Television
The creators of the new hit Israeli Hebrew-language TV drama series “Shtisel,” which debuted earlier this summer on the YES cable channel, are pleased by the series’s popularity; however, they say they are not surprised by it. The unique appeal of “Shtisel” is as much about what it is not as it is about what…
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