Prisoners of War (TV series) Prisoners of War ( original title in ) is an Israeli television drama series made by Keshet and originally aired on Israel 's Channel 2 from March to May 2010 . A second season aired in Israel from October to December 2012 , and a third season is planned . The series was created by Israeli director , screenwriter and producer Gideon Raff . In 2010 it won the Israeli Academy Award for Television for Best Drama Series .   The programme was acquired by 20th Century Fox Television before it aired in Israel , and was adapted into the acclaimed series Homeland for Showtime in the United States . In India it was officially adapted as finite 126 episode television series P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke by Nikhil Advani in 2016 with Hatufim creator Gideon Raff consulting for the series . Homeland (TV series) Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War ( Original title חטופים Hatufim , literally `` Abductees '' ) , which was created by Gideon Raff .   The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison , a Central Intelligence Agency officer with bipolar disorder , and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody , a U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper . Mathison had come to believe that Brody , who was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war , was `` turned '' by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States .   The series is broadcast in the U.S. on the cable channel Showtime , and is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios ( formerly Fox 21 ) . It premiered on October 2 , 2011 . The first episode was made available online , more than two weeks before the television broadcast , with viewers having to complete game tasks to gain access . On October 22 , 2013 , Showtime renewed Homeland for a fourth season , which premiered on October 5 , 2014 . On November 10 , 2014 , Showtime renewed the series for a 12-episode fifth season that premiered on October 4 , 2015 . On December 9 , 2015 , the series was renewed for a sixth season . The sixth season debuted on January 15 , 2017 . The series has also been renewed for a seventh and eighth season ; the eighth is planned to be the series ' final season by the creators .   The series has received generally positive reviews , and has won several awards , including the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series , and the 2011 and 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series -- Drama , as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damian Lewis and Claire Danes , respectively .
List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon , Jed Whedon , and Maurissa Tancharoen , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world of superheroes . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the feature and short films of the franchise .   The series stars Clark Gregg , reprising his role of Phil Coulson from the films , as well as Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki joined the cast for the second and third seasons , while Henry Simmons and Luke Mitchell had recurring roles in the second season before being promoted to the main cast for the third . John Hannah , who recurred in the third season , joined the main cast in the fourth . Additionally , several other characters from Marvel Cinematic Universe films and Marvel One-Shots also appear throughout the series , along with other characters based on various Marvel Comics properties . Several characters from the series also appear in the supplemental digital series Marvel 's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. : Slingshot .   This list includes the series ' main cast , all guest stars deemed to have had recurring roles throughout the series , and any other guest who is otherwise notable . List of Person of Interest episodes Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama television series created for CBS by Jonathan Nolan , who serves as an executive producer alongside J.J. Abrams , Bryan Burk , Chris Fisher , Greg Plageman , and Denise Thé . The series stars Jim Caviezel as John Reese , a former CIA agent who is presumed dead . He is approached by a mysterious billionaire named Harold Finch ( Michael Emerson ) who is trying to prevent violent crimes before they happen by using an advanced surveillance system dubbed `` The Machine '' that provides the SSN of a POI ( person of interest ) who will be involved in an imminent lethal crime as either a perpetrator or a victim . Their unique brand of vigilante justice attracts the attention of two NYPD officers , Joss Carter ( Taraji P. Henson ) and Lionel Fusco ( Kevin Chapman ) , whom Reese uses to his advantage as he investigates the POI . Reese and Finch are later aided by Samantha `` Root '' Groves ( Amy Acker ) , a highly intelligent computer hacker and contract killer whom the Machine later identifies as its `` analog interface '' , and Sameen Shaw ( Sarah Shahi ) , a former ISA assassin who unknowingly dealt with the `` relevant '' numbers found by the Machine . Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) The Institute for National Security Studies ( INSS ) is an independent Israeli research institute and think tank affiliated with Tel Aviv University dealing in areas of national security matters such as military and strategic affairs , terrorism and low intensity conflict , military balance in the Middle East , and cyber warfare .   Headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief , General ( ret . ) Amos Yadlin , INSS research is published worldwide including in books , academic articles , news media , and used by government officials . INSS holds seminars and conferences in various fields of strategic affairs such as the annual Defensive Cyber Intelligence Security conference and Aerial Threat Seminar . Additionally , INSS publishes peer reviewed journals including Military and Strategic Affairs .   In the University of Pennsylvania 's 2014 Global Go To Think Tanks Report , INSS was ranked as the fifth best think thank in the Middle East and North Africa . Among all think tanks worldwide , it ranked 42nd among `` Top Defense and National Security Think Tanks '' and 80th among `` Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks '' . The institute 's study `` The History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations '' was among the list of `` Best Policy Study/Report Produced by a Think Tank '' for the 2013-2014 term .   In August 2015 , INSS signed an agreement to collaborate with the Center for Israel Studies ( Jordan ) . The New Americans The New Americans is a seven-hour American documentary , produced by Kartemquin Films , that was originally broadcast on American television over three nights on the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) in late March 2004 .   The observational documentary , which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little direct interviewing of its subjects ( and none in which the interviewer 's voice is heard ) , follows the lives of a series of immigrants to the United States over the course of four years . The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001 , although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time . The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States . The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects ' homes , at their places of work , in government offices , and in a number of other situations , many of them quite intimate . As a result , The New Americans offers an unusually personal and comprehensive look at the people it profiles .   The immigrants profiled and filmed in The New Americans include a group of baseball players from the Dominican Republic hoping to secure a career in Major League Baseball ; a computer programmer from India and his wife ; a family with six children from a farming community in the state of Guanajuato , Mexico ; a family of Ogoni refugees from Nigeria ; and a woman from Palestine who moves to the United States to be with her new husband , a first-generation Palestinian-American who grew up in Chicago .   The locations shown in the documentary include not only each of the immigrants ' countries of origin , but also many places in the United States where the immigrants settled or traveled , including Chicago ( the Palestinian and Nigerian immigrants ) , the Silicon Valley of California ( the Indian immigrants ) , Garden City , Kansas and Mecca , California ( the Mexican immigrants ) , and Florida , Georgia and Montana ( the Dominican immigrants ) .   The New Americans was executive produced by Steve James ( who also produced the acclaimed 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams ) and Gordon Quinn , both of Kartemquin Films . It was broadcast on PBS as part of the series Independent Lens , in association with the Independent Television Service ( ITVS ) . The program was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on the cable network BBC Four in early April 2004 .   Steve James on the making of the New Americans , `` From the beginning , we knew we wanted to tell multiple stories , because every immigrant I 've met has a very rich and varied story to tell about where they come from . We also were excited about the idea of telling these people 's stories before they left their countries so that we could begin to understand these people in their own country before they gave it all up to come here . They 're all facing different problems different dreams , so there 's that diversity too . They 're a nice collection of stories because their differences and similarities . ''   Primary funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ( CPB ) . Additional major funding was provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , the Annie E. Casey Foundation and PBS . Additional funding also came from the National Endowment of the Arts , BBC , Nick Fraser , SBS , TV Australia , and VPRO , The Netherlands . The New Americans is a presentation of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting ( LPB ) and Asian Women United/National Asian American Telecommunications Association ( NAATA ) .   The New Americans won a variety of awards including : The Chicago Award for Best Chicago or Illinois Production , Chicago International Television Competition ( 2004 ) ; Gold Hugo for Best Overall Production , Chicago International Television Competition 2004 -RSB- ; Best Limited Series , Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards , International Documentary Association ( IDA ) ( 2004 ) ; and the Christopher Award , TV/Cable Category , ( 2005 ) . 1967 Palestinian exodus The 1967 Palestinian exodus refers to the flight of around 280,000 to 325,000 Palestinians out of the territories captured by Israel during and in the aftermath of the Six-Day War , including the demolition of the Palestinian villages of Imwas , Yalo , and Bayt Nuba , Surit , Beit Awwa , Beit Mirsem , Shuyukh , Al-Jiftlik , Agarith and Huseirat and the `` emptying '' of the refugee camps of Aqabat Jaber and ʿEin as-Sultan . Approximately 145,000 of the 1967 Palestinian refugees were refugees from the 1948 Palestine War . By December 1967 , 245,000 had fled from the West Bank and Gaza Strip further into Jordan , 11,000 had fled from the Gaza Strip further into Egypt and 116,000 Palestinians and Syrians had fled from the Golan Heights further into Syria .   A United Nations Special Committee heard allegations of the destruction of over 400 Arab villages , but no evidence in corroboration was furnished to the Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the population of the occupied territories .   Until 1967 , roughly half of all Palestinians still lived within the boundaries of former Mandatory Palestine , but the majority lived outside the territory from 1967 .   A 1971 United Nations report stated that : `` On the basis of the testimony placed before it or obtained by it in the course of its investigations , the Special Committee had been led to conclude that the Government of Israel is deliberately carrying out policies aimed at preventing the population of the occupied territories from returning to their homes and forcing those who are in their homes in the occupied territories to leave , either by direct means such as deportation or indirectly by attempts at undermining their morale or through the offer of special inducements , all with the ultimate object of annexing and settling the occupied territories . The Special Committee considers the acts of the Government of Israel in furtherance of these policies to be the most serious violation of human rights that has come to its attention . The evidence shows that this situation has deteriorated since the last mission of the Special Committee in 1970 . ''   After the psychological warfare unit made a visit to Qalqilya and many of the residents had fled , the UN representative Nils-Göran Gussing noted that 850 of the town 's 2,000 houses were demolished . The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series broadcast on NBC . It follows secret agents , played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum , who work for a secret international counter-espionage and law enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally , co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could refer to either `` Uncle Sam '' or the United Nations . Concerns by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's ( MGM ) legal department about using `` U.N. '' for commercial purposes resulted in the producers ' clarification that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement . Each episode had an `` acknowledgement '' to the U.N.C.L.E. in the end titles .   The series premiered on September 22 , 1964 and discontinued its run on January 15 , 1968 . Shadow of Truth Shadow of Truth is a true-crime Israeli documentary television series that was created by directors Yotam Guendelman and Ari Pines and producer Mika Timor . The series was produced by Timor , Guendelman and Ben Giladi through their EGG Films and premiered on Israeli channel HOT8 in March 2016 . It was subsequently sold by the producers to Netflix for worldwide distribution and was released with subtitles in over 190 countries on January 27 , 2017 .   The series has received positive reviews , and won several awards , including the 2017 Israeli Academy Television Awards for best documentary series , best editing and best video-art and special effects . Revenge (NCIS) `` Revenge '' is the 22nd episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS and the 232nd episode overall . It originally aired on CBS in the United States on April 30 , 2013 . The episode is written by George Schenck and Frank Cardea and directed by James Whitmore , Jr. , and was seen by 18.29 million viewers .   The story arc was initiated in January when secondary characters Eli David ( Michael Nouri ) and Jackie Vance ( Paula Newsome ) were killed off in a shooting at the end of `` Shabbat Shalom '' . Subsequent episodes featured Ziva David and Leon Vance 's efforts to find the killer , eventually revealed to be Eli 's protégé Ilan Bodnar , and exact vengeance .   In the closing scenes of the previous episode , `` Berlin '' , Tony and Ziva are in a car crash instigated by Bodnar . `` Revenge '' focuses on the team 's hunt for Bodnar against the wishes of Homeland Security , culminating in Vance and Ziva finally getting closure when the latter kills him in a physical fight to the death . New Normal (Homeland) `` New Normal '' is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Homeland , and the 58th episode overall . It premiered on Showtime on December 6 , 2015 . Gaza Ghetto Gaza Ghetto : Portrait of a Family , 1948 -- 1984 is a documentary film about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp .   The film , created by Joan Mandell , Pea Holmquist , and Pierre Bjorklund in 1984 is believed to be the first documentary ever made in Gaza . The film features Ariel Sharon , Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and soldiers on patrol `` candidly discuss -LSB- ing -RSB- their responsibilities . ''   In his book , An Accented Cinema : Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking , Hamid Naficy describes the film as an `` early important film '' on the Palestinian refugee situation .   The film follows a refugee family from the Gaza Strip who visit the site of their former village , now a Jewish town in Israel . As the grandfather and great-grandfather point out an orchard and sycamore fig that belonged to Muhammed Ayyub and Uncle Khalil , an Israeli resident appears and tells them to leave , claiming they need a permit to be there . The mother tells him that , `` We work in Jaffa and Tel Aviv and that 's not forbidden , '' to which he replies , `` Here it 's forbidden . '' Ted Swedenburg mentions his scene in Memories of Revolt : The 1936-1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past : `` While chasing the refugee family off , he asserts forcibly that the site is his home . '' Instinct (2017 TV series) Instinct is an upcoming American drama television series . Beirut Is Back `` Beirut Is Back '' is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series Homeland , and the 14th episode overall . It originally aired on Showtime on October 7 , 2012 . GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben GSG 9 ( Grenzschutzgruppe 9 , literally Border Guard Group 9 ) is a German TV-series about the special unit GSG 9 der Bundespolizei of the German Federal Police . It premièred in the Spring of 2007 .   Its original title , GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben , is a pun on the word Einsatz . Einsatz can be translated as `` mission , stake , bet , dedication '' , depending on the context . Thus , it can be translated as , GSG 9 - Their Mission Is Their Life or GSG 9 - They Put Their Lives at Stake . An Englishman Abroad An Englishman Abroad is a 1983 BBC television drama film , based on the true story of a chance meeting of actress Coral Browne , with Guy Burgess ( Alan Bates ) , a member of the Cambridge spy ring who spied for the Soviet Union while an officer at MI6 . The production was written by Alan Bennett and directed by John Schlesinger ; Browne stars as herself .   The film is set is Moscow in 1958 , after Burgess had defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 with Donald Maclean when it became apparent that Maclean was about to be investigated by British intelligence . Burgess barges into Browne 's dressing room in the interval of a touring Shakespeare Memorial Theatre ( which became one of the bases of the Royal Shakespeare Company ) production of Hamlet , in which she portrayed Gertrude , and charms her . Later on she is invited to his Moscow flat , finding it with some difficulty , to measure him for a suit that he would like ordered from his London tailor .   Several plot changes were made from the true story told by Browne to Bennett . Burgess in fact threw up in the dressing room of Michael Redgrave , who asked for Browne 's help . Redgrave documented the incident in his biography . The play also contained scenes in Moscow 's British Embassy and in London shops where Browne encountered resistance to helping Burgess , none of which happened in reality .   Rather than film in the Soviet Union , Schlesinger used several locations in Scotland . The Caird Hall and Whitehall Theatre in Dundee stood in for the Moscow theatre , and the grand marble staircase of Glasgow City Chambers played the part of the British Embassy . Additional filming was done at Glasgow 's St. Andrew 's Suspension Bridge ( `` luckily , in a snowstorm '' Bennett later wrote ) and the Moss Heights flats in Cardonald , which represented Burgess ' Moscow apartment .   Both Browne and Bates were winners of the BAFTA awards for acting for their roles in this production .   Bennett gives the date of Browne 's meeting with Burgess as 1958 in the introduction to his Single Spies , which contains the text of An Englishman Abroad in the stage play version and the text of A Question of Attribution about Anthony Blunt .   The play was also adapted for radio on the BBC World Service in 1994 starring Michael Gambon as Burgess and Penelope Wilton as Coral Browne . It was subsequently re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra , most recently in 2013 as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra 's Cambridge Spies season .   On the BFI TV 100 , a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute ( BFI ) , chosen by a poll of industry professionals , to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened , An Englishman Abroad was listed at no. 30 on the list . Procedural drama A procedural drama is a genre of television programming which focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency , legislative body , or court of law . Some dramas include a lab or conference room with high-tech or state-of-the-art equipment where the main characters meet to work out the problem . Shows usually have an episodic format that does not require the viewer to have seen previous episodes . Episodes typically have a self-contained , also referred to as stand-alone , plot that is introduced and resolved within the same episode .   The procedural format is popular around the world . In 2011 , the director of a TV consultancy said , `` The continuing trend is for procedurals because they use a predictable structure . '' Due to their stand-alone episodic nature , they are more accessible to new viewers than serials . Self-contained episodes also make it easier for viewers to return to a show if they have missed some episodes . In general , procedural dramas can usually be re-run with little concern for episode order .   Procedurals are often criticized for being formulaic . Procedurals are also generally less character-driven than serialized shows . However , some procedurals have more character emphasis than is typical of the format . Some may occasionally feature a storyline stretching over several episodes .   A popular variant is the police procedural . Commanders for Israel's Security `` Commanders for Israel 's Security '' ( CIS , מפקדים למען ביטחון ישראל ) is an Israeli movement of ex-senior security officials ( IDF , Mossad , Shin Bet and Israel Police ) , that was founded in October 2014 , and aims to promote a regional political-security initiative to resolve the Israeli -- Palestinian conflict , and to normalize relations with moderate Arab states . The movement is non-partisan but promotes a political goal .   The organization was established by a private and spontaneous initiative , in which a number of senior reserve officers who called on the Prime Minister , Benjamin Netanyahu , to adopt the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for political negotiations and security , and to advance the peace process .   Among members of the movement , are former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz , former Directors of Mossad Zvi Zamir , Shabtai Shavit , Danny Yatom and Meir Dagan , former Head of the Shin Bet Ami Ayalon , former Air Force Commanders Amos Lapidot and Avihu Ben-Nun , and former Police Commissioners Herzl Shafir , Yaakov Turner and Assaf Hefetz , and many others . Shiva (NCIS) `` Shiva '' is the twelfth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS , and the 222nd episode overall . It originally aired on CBS in the United States on January 15 , 2013 . The episode is written by Christopher J. Waild , Gary Glasberg and Scott Williams and directed by Arvin Brown , and was seen live by 22.86 million viewers .   `` Shiva '' follows `` Shabbat Shalom '' , which aired the previous week and featured the shooting deaths of Mossad Director Eli David , the father of Ziva David , and Jackie Vance , the wife of NCIS Director Leon Vance . In the episode , Ziva and Vance must cope with the deaths of both Eli and Jackie as the rest of the team investigates the tragedy . While searching for answers , the characters also deal with the looming threat of war between Israel and Iran .   `` Shiva '' , together with `` Shabbat Shalom '' , sets in motion the primary long-term storyline in the second half of the tenth season . The arc is additionally significant in terms of character development -- Director Vance , then regarded as the character with the most stable home life , is left a widower with two children while Ziva loses her last remaining family member , her mother and siblings having all been killed prior . `` Shiva '' was received with overwhelmingly positive reviews and became the most watched episode of the series , surpassing season 8 's `` Freedom '' , the previous series high in viewers . Chris Brody Chris Brody may refer to :   Chris Brody , a character in Homeland ( TV series )  Chris Brody , a character in Haven ( TV series ) List of Awake episodes Awake is an American television police procedural fantasy drama , created by writer and executive producer Kyle Killen . The drama centers on Michael Britten ( Jason Isaacs ) , a detective living in two separate realities after a car accident . In one reality , in which he wears a green wrist band , his wife Hannah Britten ( Laura Allen ) was killed in the crash , and in another reality , in which he wears a red wrist band , his son Rex Britten ( Dylan Minnette ) was the one killed . Michael does not know which reality is real . He sees two separate therapists : Dr. Jonathan Lee ( BD Wong ) in the `` red reality '' , and Dr. Judith Evans ( Cherry Jones ) in the `` green reality '' .   The series was conceived by Killen after creating and developing Lone Star for the Fox network . NBC encouraged Killen to conceive a concept for a future television series . Although inspired by the processes of dreaming , the script was cited as potentially being too complex for mainstream American television . The first episode of Awake was released on Hulu on February 16 , officially premiering in the United States on NBC on March 1 , 2012 . On May 11 , NBC canceled the series and aired the final episode on May 24 , 2012 .   Awake averaged 4.8 million viewers per episode and ranked 125th in viewership for the 2011 -- 12 television season . Despite its relatively short life span , the series had large support by fans who teamed up to create the `` Save Awake '' campaign . It was well received by television critics based on its storylines . `` Say Hello to My Little Friend '' was generally considered the best episode of the series since the pilot by commentators . Various cast members have also been praised by critics , particularly Isaacs ' performance as Michael . Exile (TV series) Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer 's disease against a background of corruption . It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One . The series received varyingly positive reviews .   John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt , as did the director John Alexander .