Keshet 12 Dominates Israeli TV Ratings with Strong News and Prime-Time Lineup

Another television week has drawn to a close, bringing with it the weekly rating figures for Israel's leading TV channels. The weekly overview reveals a tight and fascinating battle at the top, with Keshet 12 continuing to demonstrate dominance across various broadcast slots.

In the news department, Keshet 12' anchored absolute dominance remains unchallenged. The channel's flagship evening news edition posted a particularly strong week, with its most-watched broadcast airing on Wednesday and anchored by Yonit Levi, pulling in an impressive 14.8% rating and 411,000 viewers. Securing second place in the news rankings was Thursday's edition anchored by Keren Marciano, which achieved a 14.7% rating and 430,000 viewers.

Monday's news edition, anchored by Danny Kushmaro, claimed third place after accumulating a 14.1% rating, translating to 405,000 viewers. Sunday's edition, also anchored by Yonit Levi, rounded out the list with a 13.8% rating and 385,000 viewers.

In the core prime-time slot, Keshet 12 maintained its leadership by capturing all the top spots on the weekly chart. Taking first place with a resounding success of 17.5% rating and 480,000 viewers was Ilana Dayan's investigative program "Uvda", which aired on Monday and featured an in-depth conversation with released captive Avinatan Or.

Second place went to Keshet 12's reality cooking show "MKR Israel" (The Winning Kitchen VIP), which aired on Tuesday and delivered a tense and intriguing viewing evening with 16.5% rating and 413,000 viewers. Third place in the ratings table was claimed by the broadcast of the national ceremony commemorating October 7 on Wednesday. Although the ceremony was broadcast across almost all channels, Keshet 12's coverage won out over competitors with 15.2% rating and 407,000 viewers. Ranking at the bottom of the prime-time list was "Exposure with Haim Etgar" on Keshet 12, broadcast on Sunday, which recorded an 11.9% rating and 300,000 views.