Ravenous for shows that stand out amid the programming glut of peak TV, American executives can’t stop adapting inventive Israeli formats
Many of the early episodes were almost word-for-word translations of the original. In contrast, Showtime’s 2011 hitThe original Israeli series focused on former prisoners of war during its two-season run, whereasIsrael—which had only one television channel until 1993—is so flooded with programming from America and from other countries around the world that native writers and producers are forced to take creative risks in order to grab viewers’ attention.
Be very, very local and in making it as personal as possible, somehow there you find the universal themes that an international audience can enjoy.”a Showtime legal drama starringThe Baker & the Beauty,, played in part on class tensions between Jews of European and Middle Eastern origin; the American version, set in Miami, throws a Cuban American into the mix instead.
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