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 dramas, 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).

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CountryIsrael
Programming
Language(s)Hebrew
English
Picture format576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owneryes (Israel's satellite television provider)
Sister channelsyes Action HD
yes Comedy HD
yes Oh HD
yes EDGE
History
LaunchedDecember 14, 2008
Former namesyes stars 1 (2007-2008)
yes stars Drama (2008-2010)

yes Drama schedule is being simulcast in High Definition on yes Drama HD on channel 16.

Picture Formats

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yes Drama airs shows in 4 formats:

In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to choose from:

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

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The past logos of yes Drama (From left to right): yes stars 1 - from March 4, 2007 and until March 13, 2008. yes stars 1 - from March 14, 2008 and until December 13, 2008. yes stars Drama - from December 14, 2008 and until August 19, 2010. yes Drama - From August 20, 2010 and until January 20, 2012.

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

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Series Season Broadcast Type Network
10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)
1
Widescreen
90210
3-
Widescreen
America's Most Smartest Model
1
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American Princess
2
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Army Wives
1-2
Widescreen
Beautiful People
1 (UK)
Widescreen
Big Love
1-2
Widescreen
Bonkers
1
Widescreen
Bridezillas
5
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Cougar Town
1-4
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Crash
1
Widescreen
Desperate Housewives
3
4-5
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
Dirty Sexy Money
1-2
Widescreen
Dirt
1-2
Widescreen
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1-2
Widescreen
Eastbound & Down
1
Widescreen
Echo Beach
1
Widescreen
Eli Stone
1-2
Widescreen
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
1-3
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Fairy Tales
1
Widescreen
Fat March
1
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Flavor of Love
2
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Charm School
1
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Friday Night Lights
1-2
Widescreen
Gillian Moves In
1
Widescreen
Grey's Anatomy
1-3
4-5
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
Glee
1-2
Widescreen
Heartland
1-7
Widescreen
Hell's Kitchen
1-3
4-5
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
How To Make It In America
1-
Widescreen
How to Look Good Naked
1
Widescreen
I Love New York
1
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Kitchen Nightmares
1
Widescreen
Lipstick Jungle
1
Widescreen
Melrose Place (2009 TV series)
1
Widescreen
Moving Wallpaper
1
Widescreen
Mutual Friends
1
Widescreen
Nanny 911
3
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Nip/Tuck
1-6
Widescreen
No Angels
3
Widescreen
One Tree Hill
1-2
3-6
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
Plus One
1
Widescreen
PoweR Girls
1
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Private Practice
1-2
Widescreen
Pushing Daisies
1-2
Widescreen
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
1-3
4
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
Rock Rivals
1
Widescreen
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
1-2
Widescreen
Sensitive Skin
1-2
Widescreen
Side Order of Life
1
Widescreen
Six Feet Under
1-5
Widescreen
Skins
1-2
Widescreen
Strictly Confidential
1
Widescreen
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
1
Widescreen
Supernanny
3-4 (UK)
3-4 (US)
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The Bachelor
9-13
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The Bachelorette
4
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The Biggest Loser
3-4
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The Chase
1-2
Widescreen
The L Word
4-6
Widescreen
The O.C.
4
Widescreen
The Palace
1
Widescreen
The Good Wife
1-present
Widescreen
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The Starter Wife
Widescreen
Tori & Dean: Inn Love
1
Widescreen
Twisted
1
Noraml
Weeds
1-4
Widescreen
Wife Swap
5-7
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