Yes Comedy

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yes TV Comedy
Former logo
CountryIsrael
Broadcast areaIsrael
Programming
Language(s)Hebrew
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner yes (Israel's satellite television provider)
Sister channels yes Action HD
yes Drama HD
yes Oh HD
yes EDGE
History
LaunchedDecember 14, 2008 (2008-12-14)
Former names yes stars 1 (2007-08)
yes stars Comedy (2008-10) Yes Comedy (2010-20)
Availability
Terrestrial
Yes20

Yes TV Comedy (styled as yes TV Comedy and formerly called yes stars Comedy and "Yes Comedy") is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider yes , which broadcasts American and British TV shows of the sitcom, dramedy, and comedy genres. [1] [2] The channel aired on December 14, 2008 on channel 14 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 used to air the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays – Thursdays), and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays – Saturdays). On January 16, 2012, the channel moved from channel 14 to channel 15. in 2020 due to the company's channel rebranding it moved from channel 15 to channel 7 and later to channel 20

Contents

On December 14, 2010, after 2 years of being on air, the channel started airing 24/7, and carried the slogan Always Funny.

Schedule

Starting March 6, 2010, yes Comedy airs new episodes on weekends. There are currently airing the following shows:

Fridays

Saturdays

In addition, on the weeknights there are syndicated shows alongside The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .

Starting March 13, 2011, yes airs on the weeknights 2 episodes each night of Friends in High Definition re-master. In June 2011 yes aired 2 episodes each night of Married... with Children . From December 18, 2011, yes aired 2 episodes each weeknights of Seinfeld . Also airing 2 weekly episodes of Arrested Development .

History of the channel

On December 14, 2008, as part of another re-brand of the channels, yes stars 1 was replaced with yes stars Comedy. On August 20, 2010, the word stars was removed from the channel name. On January 16, 2012, the channel moved from channel 14 to channel 15, and the logo has been changed. In 2020 the channel moved from channel 15 to channel 20 and later to channel 7 and the logo and name were changed.

Picture formats

From the left - yes stars Comedy logo from December 14, 2008 and until August 19, 2010. yes Comedy logo from August 20, 2010 and until December 13, 2010. Yes stars comedy logo.png
From the left – yes stars Comedy logo from December 14, 2008 and until August 19, 2010. yes Comedy logo from August 20, 2010 and until December 13, 2010.

yes Comedy airs shows in 4 formats:

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

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 Comedy 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.

Shows broadcast on yes Comedy

SeriesSeasonBroadcast TypeNetwork
30 Rock
1–7
Widescreen
NBC
Dog Bites Man
1
Pan & Scan
Billable Hours
1–2
Widescreen
Entourage
1–8
Widescreen
HBO
Family Guy
1–12
Normal
Fox
Friends
1–10
Widescreen
NBC
Futurama
7–9
Widescreen
Gavin & Stacey
1–2
Widescreen
Glenn Martin, DDS
1-2
Widescreen
How I Met Your Mother
1–9
Pan & Scan
Widescreen
CBS
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1–7
Normal
FX
Lil' Bush
1
Normal
Little Britain USA
1
Widescreen
HBO
Little Mosque on the Prairie
1–3
Widescreen
CBC
Married... with Children
1–11
Widescreen
Fox
Modern Family
1–6
Widescreen
ABC
Mumbai Calling
1
Widescreen
My Name Is Earl
1–4
Widescreen
NBC
New Girl
1-3
Widescreen
Fox
Samantha Who?
1–2
Widescreen
ABC
Scrubs
1–9
Normal
NBC
Seinfeld
1-9
Widescreen
NBC
Sordid Lives: The Series
1
Widescreen
Summer Heights High
6
Widescreen
HBO
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2
Widescreen
The Armstrong and Miller Show
1
Widescreen
The Big Bang Theory
1–8
Widescreen
CBS
The Cleveland Show
1–4
Normal
Fox
The Jay Leno Show
-
Pan & Scan
NBC
The Life & Times of Tim
1
Widescreen
HBO
The New Adventures of Old Christine
1–5
Widescreen
CBS
The Omid Djalili Show
1
Widescreen
The Simpsons
15–23
Normal
Fox
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
-
Pan & Scan
NBC
The War at Home
1–2
Widescreen
Fox
'Til Death
1–4
Widescreen
Fox
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
1–3
Widescreen
Two and a Half Men
1–12
Widescreen
CBS
Young Sheldon
1–6
Widescreen
CBS

References

  1. "Israel-Hamas war: Comedy to enjoy for wartime gallows humor". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. December 9, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. Nakamura, Tony Maglio and Reid (December 30, 2019). "115 Cable Channels Ranked by 2019 Viewership - Yes, TV, Comedy.TV Is Still Dead Last". TheWrap. Retrieved August 8, 2024.