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Yes Drama
Israeli television channel
Israeli television channel
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | yes Drama |
| logo_size | 304px |
| logo | Yes_stars_drama_logo.png |
| logo_caption | yes Drama intertitle |
| launch_date | December 14, 2008 |
| country | Israel |
| language | Hebrew |
| English | |
| picture_format | 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) |
| 1080i (HDTV) | |
| owner | yes (Israel's satellite television provider) |
| former_names | yes stars 1 (2007-2008) |
| yes stars Drama (2008-2010) | |
| sister_channels | yes Action HD |
| yes Comedy HD | |
| yes Oh HD | |
| yes EDGE |
English 1080i (HDTV) yes stars Drama (2008-2010) yes Comedy HD yes Oh HD yes EDGE
Yes Drama (styled as yes Drama and formerly called yes stars Drama) is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider yes, which broadcasts American, British, Canadian and Israeli TV shows of the drama, lifestyle and reality genres. The channel aired on December 14, 2008 on channel 12 as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by yes. The channel is a split of the former yes stars 1 to the current yes Drama and yes Comedy. The channel airs the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays), and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).
The yes Drama schedule is being simulcast in High Definition on yes Drama HD on channel 16.
Picture Formats
yes Drama airs shows in 4 formats:
- Normal (4:3)
- Letterboxed (4:3)
- Pan & Scan (4:3)
- Widescreen (16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to choose from:
- 4:3 Letterbox (Widescreen with black bars - Original Aspect Ratio)
- 16:9 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
- 4:3 (Pan & scan)
Choosing the format of the picture is in the digital set-top box setup. The setup does not affect shows which are not broadcast in Widescreen.
yes Drama HD airs the shows in High Definition 1080i and in widescreen (16:9) at all times. Shows that are not shot in HD are upscaled to 1080i.
History of the channel
On March 4, 2007, yes replaced the channel yes+ - which has been cancelled on March 3, 2007 after six and a half years - with yes stars 1, as part of the re-brand of the foreign TV shows channels and expanding yesSTARS to 3 channels - yes stars 1, *yes stars 2 and *yes stars 3.
On March 14, 2008, as part of a new re-brand of the television shows channels on yes, yes stars 1 obtained a new logo.
On December 14, 2008, as part of another re-brand of the channels, yes stars 1 was replaced with yes stars Drama, and as of April 22, 2009 simulcast its entire schedule in High Definition on yes stars Drama HD, replacing Yes Stars HD, which aired most of the channel's shows in HD.
On August 20, 2010, the word stars was removed from the channel name.
Shows broadcast on yes Drama
| Series | Season | Broadcast Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) | 1 | Widescreen | ABC Family]] |
| 90210 | 3- | Widescreen | The CW |
| America's Most Smartest Model | 1 | Normal | VH1 |
| American Princess | 2 | Normal | WE]] |
| Army Wives | 1-2 | Widescreen | Lifetime]] |
| Beautiful People | 1 (UK) | Widescreen | BBC Two |
| Big Love | 1-2 | Widescreen | HBO |
| Bonkers | 1 | Widescreen | ITV]] |
| Bridezillas | 5 | Normal | WE]] |
| Cougar Town | 1-4 | Normal | TBS]] |
| Crash | 1 | Widescreen | Starz]] |
| Desperate Housewives | 3 | ||
| 4-5 | Pan & Scan | ||
| Widescreen | ABC]] | ||
| Dirty Sexy Money | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC]] |
| Dirt | 1-2 | Widescreen | FX]] |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous | 1-2 | Widescreen | BBC Three |
| Eastbound & Down | 1 | Widescreen | HBO |
| Echo Beach | 1 | Widescreen | ITV]] |
| Eli Stone | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC]] |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 1-3 | Normal | ABC]] |
| Fairy Tales | 1 | Widescreen | BBC One |
| Fat March | 1 | Normal | ABC]] |
| Flavor of Love | 2 | Normal | VH1 |
| Charm School | 1 | Normal | VH1 |
| Friday Night Lights | 1-2 | Widescreen | NBC |
| Gillian Moves In | 1 | Widescreen | Channel 4 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 1-3 | ||
| 4-5 | Pan & Scan | ||
| Widescreen | ABC]] | ||
| Glee | 1-2 | Widescreen | FOX]] |
| Heartland | 1-7 | Widescreen | CBC]] |
| Hell's Kitchen | 1-3 | ||
| 4-5 | Pan & Scan | ||
| Widescreen | Fox]] | ||
| How To Make It In America | 1- | Widescreen | HBO |
| How to Look Good Naked | 1 | Widescreen | Channel 4 |
| I Love New York | 1 | Normal | VH1 |
| Kitchen Nightmares | 1 | Widescreen | Fox]] |
| Lipstick Jungle | 1 | Widescreen | NBC |
| Melrose Place (2009 TV series) | 1 | Widescreen | The CW |
| Moving Wallpaper | 1 | Widescreen | ITV]] |
| Mutual Friends | 1 | Widescreen | BBC One |
| Nanny 911 | 3 | Normal | Fox]] |
| Nip/Tuck | 1-6 | Widescreen | FX Network]] |
| No Angels | 3 | Widescreen | Channel 4 |
| One Tree Hill | 1-2 | ||
| 3-6 | Pan & Scan | ||
| Widescreen | The WB]]/The CW | ||
| Plus One | 1 | Widescreen | Channel 4 |
| PoweR Girls | 1 | Normal | MTV |
| Private Practice | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC]] |
| Pushing Daisies | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC]] |
| Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares | 1-3 | ||
| 4 | Pan & Scan | ||
| Widescreen | Channel 4 | ||
| Rock Rivals | 1 | Widescreen | ITV]] |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | 1-2 | Widescreen | ITV2 |
| Sensitive Skin | 1-2 | Widescreen | BBC Two |
| Side Order of Life | 1 | Widescreen | Lifetime]] |
| Six Feet Under | 1-5 | Widescreen | HBO |
| Skins | 1-2 | Widescreen | E4]] |
| Strictly Confidential | 1 | Widescreen | ITV]] |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | 1 | Widescreen | NBC |
| Supernanny | 3-4 (UK) | ||
| 3-4 (US) | Normal | ABC]] | |
| The Bachelor | 9-13 | Normal | ABC]] |
| The Bachelorette | 4 | Normal | ABC]] |
| The Biggest Loser | 3-4 | Normal | NBC |
| The Chase | 1-2 | Widescreen | BBC One |
| The L Word | 4-6 | Widescreen | Showtime]] |
| The O.C. | 4 | Widescreen | Fox]] |
| The Palace | 1 | Widescreen | BBC One |
| The Good Wife | 1-present | Widescreen | CBS |
| The Starter Wife | Miniseries | Widescreen | USA Network |
| Tori & Dean: Inn Love | 1 | Widescreen | Oxygen]] |
| Twisted | 1 | Noraml | ABC Family]] |
| Weeds | 1-4 | Widescreen | Showtime]] |
| Wife Swap | 5-7 | Normal | ABC]] |
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