television shows

'Dead to Me' is a new Netflix show Jewish women need to watch. (Netflix/via JTA)

May 25, 2019, 9:03 am

‘Dead To Me’ is the new Netflix show Jewish women need to watch

Subverting expectations without relying on shock value, this compassionate, thrilling new ‘traumedy’ by creator Liz Feldman is a must for Yiddishe mamas — and TV lovers in general

By Lior Zaltzman

Tomer Capon stars in the Israeli TV series "Charlie Golf One." (YouTube screenshot)

May 18, 2019, 2:40 am

Israeli TV show set on an army base to be adapted by US network

Popular series ‘Charlie Golf One’ about IDF medics to be reworked for American audiences, set in Afghanistan

By Curt Schleier

The Israeli posters for 'The Beauty and the Baker,' now optioned for broadcaster NBC in the US (Courtesy Keshet)

May 12, 2019, 6:40 pm

TV’s Keshet inks deals with US networks ABC and NBC

With its ‘Beauty and the Baker’ and ‘Lincoln’ picked up, Israeli television company widens its reach as content producer

By Jessica Steinberg

Actor Jussie Smollett talks to the media before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped, March 26, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

April 25, 2019, 9:37 pm

‘Empire’ cast members want Jussie Smollett back for next season

In letter to studio executives, former co-stars ask to bring back actor fired after being charged with staging hate crime attack

By Marcy Oster

Ramy Youssef stars in 'Ramy,' the show he created now streaming on Hulu. (Screenshot from YouTube/via JTA)

April 25, 2019, 2:19 am

Why Jews should watch ‘Ramy,’ a new Hulu show about a millennial Muslim

The protagonist engages deeply with religion on the day-to-day ritual and lifestyle level — something Jewish viewers might understand, and few ‘Jewish’ shows address

By Gabe Friedman

A screen capture from the trailer of HBO's new show 'Euphoria.' (YouTube)

April 16, 2019, 10:54 am

Remake of Israeli teen drama ‘Euphoria’ coming to HBO this summer

TV show co-produced by Jewish rapper Drake will begin 8-episode run in June, follows high schoolers as they navigate drugs, sex, identity and social media

By Curt Schleier

Sheila (center left) and Marilynn Brass learn to make cheeseburgers at Mainely Burgers in Cambridge, Massachusetts from Jack Barber (far left) and Max Barber (right). (Bruce Seidel)

April 14, 2019, 4:44 am

Fusing food and family, these flirty TV sisters just get better with age

Sheila and Marilynn Brass turn 130 years of combined cooking experience into ‘The Food Flirts,’ a James Beard-nominated series where they sweet talk top chefs into sharing recipes

By Rich Tenorio

Ilana Glazer, left, and Abbi Jacobson at Comedy Central's 'Broad City' season 5 premiere party in New York, January 22, 2019. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Comedy Central/via JTA)

March 30, 2019, 3:53 pm

As ‘Broad City’ bids farewell, is an era of peak Jewish TV ending?

Television’s gilded age has yielded a seemingly endless stream of high-quality Israeli and American shows, popular among both members and non-members of the Tribe

By Stephen Silver

Sherman Tanz, played by Jonathan Hadary, on the HBO series 'Veep.' (YouTube screenshot)

March 30, 2019, 3:25 am

Is the ‘Veep’ character Sherman Tanz an anti-Semitic caricature?

Personality on HBO series plays off Jewish stereotypes but is firmly in line with cynical ethos of the hit show, expert says

By Stephen Silver

At the first session of INTV, the Innovative TV Conference in Jerusalem on March 11, 2019, with Netflix's Cindy Holland and Keshet's Avi Nir (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

March 12, 2019, 2:47 pm

Netflix exec tells Jerusalem gathering: Foreign shows are ‘essential’

Streaming giant’s VP of original content chats with Keshet CEO at event for TV folk hoping to produce the next ‘Fauda’ or ‘Shtisel’

By Jessica Steinberg

March 8, 2019, 5:11 am

12 Israeli shows to binge watch now that you’re done with ‘Shtisel’

From Netflix to Amazon, it seems the world is onto the fact that Israel makes some truly incredible TV

By Lior Zaltzman

In this October 1, 2018, photo, moderator Alex Trebek speaks during a gubernatorial debate between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican Scott Wagner in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

March 7, 2019, 8:53 am

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer

‘I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,’ 78-year-old game show icon vows in video posted online

By Lynn Elber

Israeli vampire series 'Juda' is coming to Hulu. (Banijay Rights/via Alma/JTA)

February 23, 2019, 5:31 am

The Israeli vampire series ‘Juda’ is coming to Hulu. Get excited

Combining elements of crime capers, body horror, comedy, music videos, classic noir, and superhero stories, ‘Juda’ might be one of the most original shows on TV

By Jessica Price

Natasha Lyonne stars in the existentialist comedy 'Russian Doll.' (Courtesy Netflix)

February 7, 2019, 4:54 pm

It takes a Talmudic mind to unravel Netflix’s new series ‘Russian Doll’

Likely one of 2019’s best shows, this heavily Jewish take on ‘Groundhog Day’ is full of irreverent existentialist humor that would have our Sages rolling in their graves

By Jordan Hoffman

Abbi Jacobson, left, and Ilana Glazer star in 'Broad City.' (Jason Nocito; 'Seinfeld' photo: George Lange/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Woody Allen photo: Screenshot from 'Annie Hall'; collage by Emily Burack/70 Faces Media)

January 25, 2019, 3:17 am

How ‘Broad City’ redefined American Jewish identity

For better or for worse, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer trade 20th century neurosis for a hearty dose of brazen millennial chutzpah

By Elana Spivack