Yes Drama
Yes 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, and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends.
yes Drama schedule is being simulcasted in High Definition on yes Drama HD on channel 16.
Picture Formats
yes Drama airs shows in 4 formats:- Normal
- Letterbox
- Pan & Scan
- Widescreen
- 4:3 Letterbox
- 16:9
- 4:3
yes Drama HD airs the shows in High Definition 1080i and in widescreen 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 simulcasted 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 | 1 | Widescreen | ABC Family |
| 90210 | 3- | Widescreen | The CW |
| America's Most Smartest Model | 1 | Normal | VH1 |
| American Princess | 2 | Normal | |
| Army Wives | 1-2 | Widescreen | Lifetime |
| Beautiful People | 1 | Widescreen | BBC Two |
| Big Love | 1-2 | Widescreen | HBO |
| Bonkers | 1 | Widescreen | ITV |
| Bridezillas | 5 | Normal | |
| Cougar Town | 1-4 | Noraml | TBS |
| Crash | 1 | Widescreen | Starz |
| Desperate Housewives | 3 4-5 | Pan & Scan Widescreen | ABC |
| Dirt | 1-2 | Widescreen | |
| Dirty Sexy Money | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous | 1-2 | Widescreen | BBC Three |
| Eastbound & Down | 1 | Widescreen | HBO |
| Echo Beach | 1 | Widescreen | ITV |
| Eli Stone | 1-2 | Widescreen | ABC |
1-3 | Normal | ABC | |
| Fairy Tales | 1 | Widescreen | BBC One |
| Fat March | 1 | Normal | ABC |
| Flavor of Love | 2 | Normal | VH1 |
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 | 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 3-4 | Normal | Channel 4 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 |
1 | Widescreen | Oxygen | |
| Twisted | 1 | Noraml | ABC Family |
| Weeds | 1-4 | Widescreen | Showtime |
| Wife Swap | 5-7 | Normal | ABC |