Television •
Big Brother (season 1–8) – Keshet and Kuperman productions aired the Israeli version of
Big Brother ten years after the show debuted on worldwide TV. The show became a phenomenon, topping the charts for 16 weeks in a row and averaging a 31% share of ratings. Keshet also aired a celebrity
Big Brother VIP season 1 & 2. •
Polishuk – An Israeli version of
The Thick Of It, first aired in 2009. Scripted and directed by the playwright
Shmuel Hasfari, the show tells the story of a politically clueless man (Rubi Polishuck, played by Academy Award winner
Sasson Gabai), who entered politics almost by accident, but becomes the minister of Social Services when a scandal in his party forces the resignation of the previous minister. •
Hatufim – A drama about two POW who are released from prison in Lebanon and have to find their way back into society and a normal life while accepting all the changes that have happened in the lives of their loved ones. Directed by Gidi Raff and sold to
Fox, it has been adapted into
Homeland for
Showtime in the United States. •
Ramzor (Hebrew for "Stoplight") – A
sitcom starring, and written by,
Adir Miller and Asaf Sarig dealing with relationship issues from the point of view of three men, each in a different phase of relationship from single (green), to a steady relationship (yellow), to married (red). Each gives a different comedic interpretation of the terms of relationships between men and women. •
The Ex – A drama about a young lady who is told by a fortune teller that she must find true love by the end of the year or she will never get married, and that it will be with one of her ex-boyfriends. Keshet sold the copyrights to
CBS in 2008 and they created an American version,
The Ex List (starring
Amanda Peet and
Zach Braff). •
Eretz Nehederet – The most successful Israeli satire show, shown by Keshet for seventeen seasons. The show has great effect on politicians and on public discussions of politics, with headlines regarding it often appearing in the news section rather than the entertainment section. It often makes reference to social conflicts between different Israeli political groups. •
Uvda (Hebrew for "Fact") – The Israeli equivalent of
60 Minutes, giving audiences a much deeper and more thorough look behind closed doors than they had before. The show has caused the resignation of the Israeli Chief of Police, revealed illegal transactions between the military industry and foreign countries and, on several occasions, caused establishment of special government committees to investigate subjects it brought to the attention of the public. Keshet broadcast the show's sixteenth season in December 2009. • (Hebrew for "Yellow Peppers") – A drama series that follows a family whose youngest child gets diagnosed with
autism. The show is produced by Fifty Fathoms Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions and Keshet U.K. •
Avoda Aravit (Hebrew for "Arab Labor") – A sitcom following the life of an Israeli Arab journalist. The series was the first mainstream Israeli skein to feature predominantly Arabic characters and dialogue (70% of the series's dialogue is in Arabic shown with Hebrew subtitles). •
Sabri Maranan (Aramaic for "Listen Everyone") – A family sitcom produced by Tedy Productions for Keshet Broadcasting which has been picked up by
TBS in the United States and
Alpha TV in Greece. •
Beit Sefer le Musica (Hebrew for "Music School") – A talent show series adaptation based on the
Masterclass show on
HBO. The Israeli series features children participating in singing competitions that are mentored by teachers and given "homework," "grades" and "challenges" to complete throughout the season. •
Boom! – A game show which has had various international adaptations. •
2025 – A reality TV series which debuted on 10 February 2019, with the format being that a group of people are locked inside a fictional city and are given 12,000 NIS each, which is used to pay for good and services; the money is also used to rank the contestants, with the contestant with the lowest amount each week being eliminated from the show.
Cinema Keshet has also invested in the production of various films in the Israeli cinema industry over the past two decades. Keshet financed films including ''
The Band's Visit, Lebanon
, Dancing in Jaffa, and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem'' by Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz, which was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2015. Other films Keshet has financed include: •
Yossi & Jagger • This Is Sodom (
Zohi Sdom) •
Adam Resurrected •
Eyes Wide Open •
The Assassin Next Door •
Jaffa •
Sweet Mud •
Late Marriage ==See also==