Armoza Israeli legal drama wins case for viewers
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| 17 January 2019

Red Lines, the new legal drama from Armoza Formats that began airing in Israel on Kan from mid-December in primetime, has seen an increase in average ratings of the time slot by 126%, outperforming even the nightly news.

Written by Noa Rotman, granddaughter of Israel’s fifth Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Esther Namdar (Your Honor; Stockholm), Red Lines (13x60’) enters the world of the District Attorney’s office with up-and-coming attorney Marcelle Ben-David who believes in justice above all else, even the law. After convicting the head of a major crime family, she is given a promotion under the watchful eye of the highly-esteemed DA. As she begins working on her first assignment, a high-profile case of mortgage fraud, her disregard for the rules of the office’s rigid hierarchy opens a Pandora’s Box that threatens to shake the country’s entire legal system. She discovers that the corruption in the banking system is only the tip of the iceberg in a massive conspiracy.

Armoza Formats is distributing the series both as finished tapes and as formats. Commented company CEO Avi Armoza: “Red Lines is an intriguing new legal series that has captured Israeli audiences with its new perspective into the world of the District Attorney’s office and a mysterious conspiracy that will shut down the whole legal system if exposed. We are thrilled with the success of the show in Israel and to be adding this high-quality drama to our constantly expanding scripted offering.”

Added Tmira Yardeni, owner of Tedy Productions which made the series, “‘Red Lines’ is a powerful Israeli drama that took a real-life issue and turned it into a compelling series as a way to expose the truth. This, combined with a strong female lead who is able to stay true to herself in a conservative and patriarchal system, has led to the show's success in Israel.”