''On the Spectrum'' ( he, על הספקטרום, Al Haspectrum) is an Israeli comedy-drama television series created by Dana Idisis and Yuval Shafferman and produced by yes TV and Sumayoko Productions. The series premiered in Israel on May 22, 2018. The show won Best Drama Series in the 2018 Israeli
Ophir Awards
The Ophir Awards ( he, פרס אופיר), colloquially known as the Israeli Oscars or the Israeli Academy Awards, are film awards for excellence in the Israeli film industry awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. The award, named ...
.
The show won the 2018 Grand Jury Prize in the French Séries Mania festival, making it the second Israeli series to claim the award.
It is the first Israeli show that been accepted into the
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...
and the only non-English show at the festival in 2018.
In 2020,
Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios is an American television and film producer and distributor that is a subsidiary of Amazon. It specializes in developing television series and distributing and producing films. It was started in late 2010. Content is distributed th ...
picked up the series for an English remake adaptation called ''
As We See It
''As We See It'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jason Katims, based on the Israeli series '' On the Spectrum'' by Dana Idisis and Yuval Shafferman. The 8-episode series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Januar ...
'', after ordering a pilot in 2019.
In 2021,
HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Netw ...
bought the series' rights for North American streaming.
The series is available with subtitles and also dubbed with voice actors who are on the spectrum.
The series first aired on the platform on April 2 to coincide with
Autism Awareness Day.
Plot
The show follows the life of three roommates in their 20s with
autism
The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...
living together in an assisted-living apartment in
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...
.
Productions
Screenwriter Dana Idisis wrote the series inspired by the life story of her autistic brother, who suffers from
pervasive developmental disorder
The diagnostic category pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), as opposed to specific developmental disorders (SDD), is a group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of multiple basic functions including socialization and co ...
and lives with his friends in
sheltered housing
Sheltered housing is a term covering a wide range of rented housing for older and/or disabled or other vulnerable people. In the United Kingdom most commonly it refers to grouped housing such as a block or "scheme" of flats or bungalows with a sch ...
.
References
External links
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''On the Spectrum''on yes website (in Hebrew)
2018 Israeli television series debuts
Israeli drama television series
Israeli comedy television series
Yes (Israel) original programming
Autism in television
2018 television series endings
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