''Mesudarim'' (

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: מסודרים, meaning "settled or life in Israeli

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) is an Israeli comedy-drama series which was broadcast on Keshet, Channel 2, during 2007–2009. The series starts when four friends - Tomer Levi (

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), Erez Klyner ( Eran Zarhovich), Guy Fogel ( Assaf Harel) and Sagi Berlad (

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) - sell their gaming

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to an

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corporation for 217 million

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, and depicts how the very different childhood friends deal with their newfound wealth. Other leading actors in the show's two seasons are Dan Shapira, Nimrod Kamer and

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. Episode 9 contains a rare

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in Israeli television, which is with the drama ''

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''. Shortly after the conclusion of season 2, creator Asaf Harel and Keshet stated that further seasons would not be produced. The format of ''Mesudarim'' was purchased by

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. On 11 February 2010, a clip from the show presenting a new gaming product was mistakingly published on

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as an actual upcoming gaming innovation. '' Loaded'', a British remake of ''Mesudarim'', started screening on

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on 8 May 2017. This version stars

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, Samuel Anderson,

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and

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* Israeli drama television series Israeli telenovelas Comedy-drama television series Channel 2 (Israeli TV channel) original programming 2007 Israeli television series debuts 2009 Israeli television series endings 2000s Israeli television series {{Israel-tv-stub