Yes Comedy (styled as yes Comedy and formerly called ''yes stars Comedy'') is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider – ''
yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
'', which broadcasts American and British TV shows of the sitcom, dramedy and comedy genres. 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.
On December 14, 2010, 2 years the channel is on air, it started airing 24/7, and carried the slogan – ''Always Funny''.
''yes Comedy'' schedule is being simulcasted in
High Definition
High definition or HD may refer to:
Visual technologies
*HD DVD, discontinued optical disc format
*HD Photo, former name for the JPEG XR image file format
*HDV, format for recording high-definition video onto magnetic tape
* HiDef, 24 frames-pe ...
on ''yes Comedy HD'' on channel 15.
Schedule
Starting March 6, 2010, ''yes Comedy'' airs new episodes on weekends. There are currently airing the following shows:
Fridays
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Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...
(Season 8)
*
The Simpsons (Season 21)
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 6)
Saturdays
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Raising Hope (Season 3)
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How I Met Your Mother
''How I Met Your Mother'' (often abbreviated as ''HIMYM'') is an American sitcom, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005 to March 31, 2014, follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his ...
(Season 9)
*
Two and a Half Men (Season 10)
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Modern Family (Season 4)
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Saturday Night Live (Season 37)
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The Big Bang Theory (Season 6)
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New Girl (Season 2)
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Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
(Season 10)
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
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...
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
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry 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.
Picture formats
''yes Comedy'' airs shows in 4 formats:
* Normal (4:3)
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Letterboxed (4:3)
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Pan & Scan (4:3)
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Widescreen (16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to see the picture:
* 4:3 Letterbox (Widescreen with black bars – Original Aspect Ratio)
* 16:9
(Anamorphic Widescreen)
* 4:3 (Pan & scan)
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
References
External links
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{{Television in Israel
Television channels in Israel
Yes (Israel)