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‘Homeland’ creator Gideon Raff hopes to come home

Back in his hometown of Jerusalem for a conference on innovation in TV, the LA-based writer says he wants to return to Israel for good

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Rabin’s granddaughter inks Hollywood TV deal

Noa Rothman’s TV drama, ‘The Prime Minister’s Children,’ is headed for an adaptation on US screens

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‘Homeland’ writer sells NBC show to be filmed in Jerusalem

‘Dig,’ co-written by Gideon Raff and ‘Heroes’ scribe Tim Kring, is first produced-in-Israel show to be sold as a series for US television

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NBC says new show will avoid filming in East Jerusalem

After PLO claims filming in Silwan would ‘legitimize annexation,’ network vows to pick locations ‘with respect for all parties’ for ‘Dig’

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David Schwimmer to star in adaptation of Israeli show

‘Friends’ star attached to ABC pilot ‘Irreversible,’ a comedy of parenting errors based on hit sabra program

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Amnesty: Torture spreading, due in part to TV

Human rights group says shows like ‘Homeland’ and ’24’ have glorified the practice to a generation

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The Israel connection of 24’s Jack Bauer

Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays the CIA agent, says he has sabra relatives

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‘Tyrant,’ from ‘Homeland’ writer Raff, premieres Tuesday night

New program from one of Israel’s most beloved TV writers follows a family thrown into a Syria-esque dynasty

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Ron Leshem signs French-UK TV deal

‘Beaufort’ author will script ‘Crater Lake’ series; Keshet media house will develop alongside French producers

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How Abu Nazir learned Hebrew

‘Baba Joon,’ Israel’s first-ever Persian-language film, has ‘Homeland’ star power and an immigrant coming-of-age story

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Israel fund to invest $55 million in TV shows for sale abroad

Reuters: A new venture capital project aims to place local hit television formats on screens worldwide

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‘Homeland’ set to launch Season 4

The political thriller based on an Israeli program will return to the small screen on October 5 with a double episode

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Mandy Patinkin for PM of Israel?

Homeland star says he wants to run the country, with Stephen Colbert at his side, to bring regional peace

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Coming soon: Spanish ‘Homeland’

‘Prisoners of War,’ the inspiration for ‘Homeland,’ will be remade in a local version for three Hispanic markets

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Now playing in London: Birobidzhan, the musical!

New production ‘Soviet Zion’ explores the homeland that wasn’t, in Siberia’s Jewish Autonomous Region

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Pakistan raps ‘Homeland’ for depiction of Islamabad

Officials complain hit TV show portrays city as a ‘grimy hellhole’ where terrorists are granted government protection

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INTV to bring Hollywood brainpower to Jerusalem

Third annual conference sponsored by media powerhouse Keshet will kick off with Israeli premiere of Gideon Raff’s ‘DIG’

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Part-filmed in Israel, TV series ‘Dig’ travels far, but not deep

Tired tropes of apocalyptic religious extremists stymie NBC Universal show’s talent, including the Israeli behind ‘Homeland’

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Israel ranks third for Hollywood imports

Only Britain and Holland beat the Jewish state as a source for American television content

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Israeli actor cast for ‘Homeland’ role

Oshri Cohen set to play in fifth season of acclaimed American TV series, filmed in Berlin

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